diff --git a/.github/actions/run-tests/Dockerfile b/.github/actions/run-tests/Dockerfile
index a67d9b060..e6ff50ecd 100644
--- a/.github/actions/run-tests/Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/actions/run-tests/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ARG BASE_VARIANT=bullseye
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.17.5
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.17.6
 ARG XX_VERSION=1.1.0
 
-ARG LIBGIT2_IMG=ghcr.io/fluxcd/golang-with-libgit2
-ARG LIBGIT2_TAG=libgit2-1.1.1-3
+ARG LIBGIT2_IMG ?= quay.io/paulinhu/golang-with-libgit2
+ARG LIBGIT2_TAG ?= static
 
 FROM tonistiigi/xx:${XX_VERSION} AS xx
 FROM ${LIBGIT2_IMG}:${LIBGIT2_TAG} as libgit2
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 11eda1696..3ba0819a8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,55 +1,11 @@
-ARG BASE_VARIANT=bullseye
+ARG BASE_VARIANT=alpine
 ARG GO_VERSION=1.17
 ARG XX_VERSION=1.1.0
 
-ARG LIBGIT2_IMG=ghcr.io/fluxcd/golang-with-libgit2
-ARG LIBGIT2_TAG=libgit2-1.1.1-3
+ARG LIBGIT2_IMG
+ARG LIBGIT2_TAG
 
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM tonistiigi/xx:${XX_VERSION} AS xx
-FROM ${LIBGIT2_IMG}:${LIBGIT2_TAG} as libgit2
-
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:${GO_VERSION}-${BASE_VARIANT} as gostable
-
-FROM gostable AS go-linux
-
-FROM go-${TARGETOS} AS build-base-bullseye
-
-# Copy the build utilities
-COPY --from=xx / /
-
-# Align golang base image with bookworm. 
-# TODO: Replace this with a golang bookworm variant, once that is released.
-RUN echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bookworm.list \
-	&& echo "deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main" /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bookworm.list \
-	&& xx-apt update \
-	&& xx-apt -t bookworm upgrade -y \
-	&& xx-apt -t bookworm install -y curl
-
-COPY --from=libgit2 /Makefile /libgit2/
-
-# Install the libgit2 build dependencies
-RUN make -C /libgit2 cmake
-
-ARG TARGETPLATFORM
-RUN make -C /libgit2 dependencies
-
-FROM build-base-${BASE_VARIANT} as libgit2-bullseye
-
-ARG TARGETPLATFORM
-
-# First build libgit2 statically, this ensures that all its dependencies
-# will be statically available as well.
-ARG BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
-RUN FLAGS=$(xx-clang --print-cmake-defines) make -C /libgit2 libgit2
-
-# Rebuild libgit2 this time to generate the shared libraries.
-ARG BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
-RUN FLAGS=$(xx-clang --print-cmake-defines) make -C /libgit2 libgit2
-# Logs glibc version used at built time. The final image must be compatible with it.
-RUN ldd --version ldd > /libgit2/built-on-glibc-version
-
-
-FROM libgit2-${BASE_VARIANT} as build
+FROM ${LIBGIT2_IMG}:${LIBGIT2_TAG} as build
 
 # Configure workspace
 WORKDIR /workspace
@@ -64,35 +20,42 @@ COPY go.sum go.sum
 # Cache modules
 RUN go mod download
 
-# Copy source code
-COPY main.go main.go
-COPY controllers/ controllers/
-COPY pkg/ pkg/
-COPY internal/ internal/
+RUN apk add clang lld pkgconfig ca-certificates
 
-# Build the binary
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=1
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 
-# The dependencies being statically built are: libgit2, libssh2, libssl, libcrypto and libz.
-# Others (such as libc, librt, libdl and libpthread) are resolved at run-time.
-# To decrease the likelihood of such dependencies being out of sync, the base build image
-# should be aligned with the target (i.e. same debian variant).
-RUN FLAGS=$(pkg-config --static --libs --cflags libssh2 libgit2 libssl libcrypto zlib openssl) \
+RUN xx-apk add --no-cache \
+        musl-dev gcc lld binutils-gold
+
+# Performance related changes:
+# - Use read-only bind instead of copying go source files.
+# - Cache go packages.
+RUN --mount=target=. \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/go/pkg \
+    export LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/$(xx-info triple)/lib:/usr/local/$(xx-info triple)/lib64:${LIBRARY_PATH}" && \
+    export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/$(xx-info triple)/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/$(xx-info triple)/lib64/pkgconfig" && \
+	export FLAGS="$(pkg-config --static --libs --cflags libssh2 openssl libgit2)" && \
+    CGO_LDFLAGS="${FLAGS} -static" \
 	xx-go build \
-        -ldflags "-s -w -extldflags \"/usr/lib/$(xx-info triple)/libssh2.a /usr/lib/$(xx-info triple)/libssl.a /usr/lib/$(xx-info triple)/libcrypto.a /usr/lib/$(xx-info triple)/libz.a -Wl,--unresolved-symbols=ignore-in-object-files -Wl,-allow-shlib-undefined ${FLAGS} -static\"" \
+        -ldflags "-s -w" \
         -tags 'netgo,osusergo,static_build' \
-        -o source-controller -trimpath main.go;
+        -o /source-controller -trimpath main.go;
 
-# The target image must aligned with apt sources used for libgit2.
-FROM debian:bookworm-slim as controller
+# Ensure that the binary was cross-compiled correctly to the target platform.
+RUN xx-verify --static /source-controller
 
-ARG TARGETPLATFORM
-RUN apt update && apt install -y ca-certificates
 
-# Copy over binary from build
-COPY --from=build /workspace/source-controller /usr/local/bin/
-COPY --from=libgit2-bullseye /libgit2/built-on-glibc-version /
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static
+
+# Link repo to the GitHub Container Registry image
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/fluxcd/source-controller"
+
+ENV SSL_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
+
+COPY --from=build /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
+COPY --from=build /source-controller /usr/local/bin/
 COPY ATTRIBUTIONS.md /
 
 USER 65534:65534
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d3a63670d..f9ddaf499 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ IMG ?= fluxcd/source-controller
 TAG ?= latest
 
 # Base image used to build the Go binary
-LIBGIT2_IMG ?= ghcr.io/fluxcd/golang-with-libgit2
-LIBGIT2_TAG ?= libgit2-1.1.1-3
+LIBGIT2_IMG ?= quay.io/paulinhu/golang-with-libgit2
+LIBGIT2_TAG ?= static
 
 # Allows for defining additional Docker buildx arguments,
 # e.g. '--push'.
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ CRD_OPTIONS ?= crd:crdVersions=v1
 REPOSITORY_ROOT := $(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
 # Libgit2 version
-LIBGIT2_VERSION ?= 1.1.1
+LIBGIT2_VERSION ?= 1.3.0
 
 # Other dependency versions
 ENVTEST_BIN_VERSION ?= 1.19.2