diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1177ff5dcf5..8b6d2009de5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ jobs:
             cmake_opts: -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined -fno-sanitize-recover=undefined" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined -fno-sanitize-recover=undefined" -DUSE_BUNDLED_DEPS=False
             ldflags: -lpthread
     container:
-      image: debian:buster
+      image: debian:bookworm
     steps:
       - name: Install deps ⛓️
         run: |
-          apt update && apt install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates cmake build-essential git clang llvm pkg-config autoconf automake libtool libelf-dev wget libc-ares-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev libtbb-dev libjq-dev libjsoncpp-dev libgrpc++-dev protobuf-compiler-grpc libgtest-dev libprotobuf-dev liblua5.2-dev linux-headers-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          apt update
+          apt install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates cmake build-essential git clang llvm pkg-config autoconf automake libtool libelf-dev wget libc-ares-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev libtbb-dev libjq-dev libjsoncpp-dev libgrpc++-dev protobuf-compiler-grpc libgtest-dev libprotobuf-dev liblua5.2-dev linux-headers-${{ matrix.arch }}
 
       - name: Checkout Libs ⤵️
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
@@ -58,10 +59,9 @@ jobs:
         env:
           UBSAN_OPTIONS: print_stacktrace=1
         run: |
-          mkdir -p build
-          cd build && LDFLAGS="${{ matrix.ldflags }}" cmake ${{ matrix.cmake_opts }} ../
-          KERNELDIR=/lib/modules/$(ls /lib/modules)/build make -j4
-          make run-unit-tests
+          LDFLAGS="${{ matrix.ldflags }}" cmake -B build -S . ${{ matrix.cmake_opts }}
+          KERNELDIR=/lib/modules/$(ls /lib/modules)/build cmake --build build -j4
+          cmake --build build --target run-unit-tests
 
   build-libs-linux-amd64-static:
     name: build-libs-linux-amd64-static 🎃
@@ -84,9 +84,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build and test 🏗️🧪
         run: |
-          mkdir -p build
-          cd build && cmake -DBUILD_BPF=On -DBUILD_DRIVER=Off -DUSE_BUNDLED_DEPS=On -DUSE_BUNDLED_LIBELF=Off -DUSE_SHARED_LIBELF=Off -DBUILD_LIBSCAP_MODERN_BPF=ON -DMUSL_OPTIMIZED_BUILD=On ../
-          make run-unit-tests -j4
+          cmake -B build -S . -DBUILD_BPF=On -DBUILD_DRIVER=Off -DUSE_BUNDLED_DEPS=On -DUSE_BUNDLED_LIBELF=Off -DUSE_SHARED_LIBELF=Off -DBUILD_LIBSCAP_MODERN_BPF=ON -DMUSL_OPTIMIZED_BUILD=On
+          cmake --build build -j4 --target run-unit-tests
 
   build-shared-libs-linux-amd64:
     name: build-shared-libs-linux-amd64 🧐
@@ -110,14 +109,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build and test 🏗️🧪
         run: |
           mkdir -p build
-          cd build && cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=True -DUSE_BUNDLED_DEPS=False -DMINIMAL_BUILD=True -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/libs-test ../
-          make -j4
-          make run-unit-tests
+          cmake -B build -S . -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=True -DUSE_BUNDLED_DEPS=False -DMINIMAL_BUILD=True -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/libs-test
+          cmake --build build -j4
+          cmake --build build --target run-unit-tests
 
       - name: Install
         run: |
-          cd build
-          make install
+          cmake --build build --target install
 
       - name: Test sinsp-example build with pkg-config
         run: |
@@ -149,9 +147,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build and test 🏗️🧪
         run: |
-          mkdir -p build
-          cd build && cmake -DUSE_BUNDLED_DEPS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY=${{ matrix.crt }} -DCREATE_TEST_TARGETS=ON -DMINIMAL_BUILD=ON ..
-          cmake --build . --config Release && make run-unit-tests || libsinsp\test\Release\unit-test-libsinsp.exe
+          cmake -B build -S . -DUSE_BUNDLED_DEPS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY=${{ matrix.crt }} -DCREATE_TEST_TARGETS=ON -DMINIMAL_BUILD=ON
+          cmake --build build --config Release
+          cmake --build build --target run-unit-tests || libsinsp\test\Release\unit-test-libsinsp.exe
 
   build-shared-libs-macos-amd64:
     name: build-shared-libs-macos-amd64 😨
@@ -171,13 +169,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build 🏗️
         run: |
           mkdir -p build
-          cd build && cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=True -DUSE_BUNDLED_DEPS=False -DUSE_BUNDLED_VALIJSON=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCREATE_TEST_TARGETS=OFF -DMINIMAL_BUILD=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/libs-test ..
+          cmake -B build -S . -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=True -DUSE_BUNDLED_DEPS=False -DUSE_BUNDLED_VALIJSON=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCREATE_TEST_TARGETS=OFF -DMINIMAL_BUILD=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/libs-test
           cmake --build . --config Release
 
       - name: Install
         run: |
-          cd build
-          make install
+          cmake --build build --target install
 
       - name: Test sinsp-example build with pkg-config 🧪
         run: |
@@ -211,9 +208,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build sinsp-example
         run: |
-          mkdir -p build
-          cd build && cmake -DUSE_BUNDLED_DEPS=On -DBUILD_DRIVER=ON -DBUILD_LIBSCAP_MODERN_BPF=ON -DBUILD_BPF=On -DBUILD_LIBSCAP_GVISOR=On -DCREATE_TEST_TARGETS=Off -DENABLE_LIBSCAP_TESTS=Off ../
-          make -j$(nproc) sinsp-example
+          cmake -B build -S . -DUSE_BUNDLED_DEPS=On -DBUILD_DRIVER=ON -DBUILD_LIBSCAP_MODERN_BPF=ON -DBUILD_BPF=On -DBUILD_LIBSCAP_GVISOR=On -DCREATE_TEST_TARGETS=Off -DENABLE_LIBSCAP_TESTS=Off
+          cmake --build build -j$(nproc) --target sinsp-example
 
       - name: Ensure that sinsp-example with bundled deps is as static as possible
         run: |
@@ -294,16 +290,15 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build and test 🏗️🧪
         run: |
-          mkdir -p build && cd build
-          cmake -DBUILD_BPF=ON \
+          cmake -B build -S . \
+                -DBUILD_BPF=ON \
                 -DBUILD_LIBSCAP_MODERN_BPF=ON \
                 -DBUILD_LIBSCAP_GVISOR=OFF \
                 ${{ matrix.cmake_opts }} \
-                -DUSE_BUNDLED_LIBBPF=ON \
-                ..
-          make -j$(nproc) sinsp-example driver bpf
-          sudo make e2e-install-deps
-          sudo ../test/e2e/scripts/run_tests.sh
+                -DUSE_BUNDLED_LIBBPF=ON
+          cmake --build build -j$(nproc) --target sinsp-example driver bpf
+          sudo cmake --build build --target e2e-install-deps
+          sudo ./test/e2e/scripts/run_tests.sh
 
       - name: Archive test reports
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@a8a3f3ad30e3422c9c7b888a15615d19a852ae32 # v3.1.3
diff --git a/test/e2e/containers/sinsp.Dockerfile b/test/e2e/containers/sinsp.Dockerfile
index b73ea8ebde8..2ffa3ba9ad4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/containers/sinsp.Dockerfile
+++ b/test/e2e/containers/sinsp.Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM debian:buster
+FROM debian:bookworm
 
 ENV HOST_ROOT /host
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/containers/tests.Dockerfile b/test/e2e/containers/tests.Dockerfile
index 0d316e0de2a..abcc8f048c3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/containers/tests.Dockerfile
+++ b/test/e2e/containers/tests.Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM debian:buster
+FROM debian:bookworm
 
 WORKDIR /tests
 ENV CONTAINERIZED=1