diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-debian-multi-arch.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-debian-multi-arch.yml
index 52be9c9..b40d9f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-debian-multi-arch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-debian-multi-arch.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        base: ["bullseye"]
+        base: ["stable"]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -35,20 +35,19 @@ jobs:
           image_name=${{secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME}}/roon-bridge
 
           declare -A base_images_dict
+          base_images_dict[stable]="debian:stable-slim"
+          base_images_dict[bookworm]="debian:bookworm-slim"
           base_images_dict[bullseye]="debian:bullseye-slim"
 
           select_base_image=${base_images_dict[${{ matrix.base }}]}
 
           declare -A upstream_image_from_matrix
+          upstream_image_from_matrix[stable]=debian:stable-slim
           upstream_image_from_matrix[bookworm]=debian:bookworm-slim
           upstream_image_from_matrix[bullseye]=debian:bullseye-slim
-          upstream_image_from_matrix[buster]=debian:buster-slim
-          upstream_image_from_matrix[vanilla-bookworm]=debian:bookworm-slim
-          upstream_image_from_matrix[vanilla-bullseye]=debian:bullseye-slim
-          upstream_image_from_matrix[vanilla-buster]=debian:buster-slim
 
           declare -A special_tags
-          special_tags[bullseye]="${image_name}:stable,${image_name}:latest"
+          special_tags[stable]="${image_name}:stable,${image_name}:latest"
 
           tags=""
           if [ "${ref_type}" = "branch" ]; then
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4520230..51da76f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ Those two platforms do not ship docker out of the box (unsurprisingly), so docke
 
 Date|Description
 :---|:---
+2023-09-28|Switch to debian stable by default (see [#20](https://github.com/GioF71/roon-bridge-docker/issues/20))
 2023-03-29|Allow `BASE_URL` as alternate source for downloads
 2023-03-29|Removed `/roon` mountpoint for ease of use
 2023-03-29|Add volume `/files` for providing the necessary binary files (avoid downloads)
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 2222e2d..91a54f4 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@
 
 declare -A base_image_tags
 
+base_image_tags[stable]=debian:stable-slim
+base_image_tags[bookworm]=debian:bookworm-slim
 base_image_tags[bullseye]=debian:bullseye-slim
 
 declare -A local_tag
+local_tag[stable]=local-stable
+local_tag[bookworm]=local-bookworm
 local_tag[bullseye]=local-bullseye
 
-DEFAULT_BASE_IMAGE=bullseye
+DEFAULT_BASE_IMAGE=stable
 DEFAULT_TAG=local
 DEFAULT_USE_PROXY=N