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Saikrishna Arcot edited this page Sep 11, 2025 · 2 revisions

Both the SONiC base image and the containers packaged with SONiC are based on Debian. The table below lists the Debian version that the base image and the containers use:

Base System Containers*
201811 Jessie Stretch
201911 Stretch Stretch
202012 Buster Buster
202106 Buster Buster
202111 Bullseye Buster
202205 Bullseye Bullseye
202211 Bullseye Bullseye
202305 Bullseye Bullseye
202311 Bullseye Bullseye
202405 Bookworm Bookworm
202411 Bookworm Bookworm
202505 Bookworm Bookworm
master Bookworm Bookworm

* Note that some containers may be on an older version of Debian. The version specified here represents the Debian version used by the majority of containers.

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