diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/build-images.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/build-images.sh
index cd83cfa132b..15408c6f9fb 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/build-images.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/build-images.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ do
   make \
     BUILD_IN_CONTAINER=false \
     PUSH_MULTIARCH_TARGET="type=oci,dest=$OUTPUT/$NAME.oci" \
-    PUSH_MULTIARCH_TARGET_DISTROLESS="type=oci,dest=$OUTPUT/$NAME\-distroless.oci" \
+    PUSH_MULTIARCH_TARGET_ALPINE="type=oci,dest=$OUTPUT/$NAME\-alpine.oci" \
     PUSH_MULTIARCH_TARGET_CONTINUOUS_TEST="type=oci,dest=$OUTPUT/$NAME\-continuous\-test.oci" \
     push-multiarch-$target
 done
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-build-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/test-build-deploy.yml
index 104beea3817..4c2cdfcab87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-build-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-build-deploy.yml
@@ -281,15 +281,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Mimir with race-detector
         run: |
           # When building uptodate_race target, we create two images since
-          # a Dockerfile.distroless exists. The distroless image is built with
-          # the `-distroless` suffix.
+          # a Dockerfile.alpine exists. The alpine image is built with
+          # the `-alpine` suffix.
           # We build both until we have finished migrating to distroless.
           # We test the distroless race image in every integration test.
           # We test the (legacy) alpine race image when deploying (aka pushing).
           make BUILD_IN_CONTAINER=false cmd/mimir/.uptodate_race
           export IMAGE_TAG_RACE=$(make image-tag-race)
-          export MIMIR_DISTROLESS_IMAGE="grafana/mimir-distroless:$IMAGE_TAG_RACE"
-          export MIMIR_ALPINE_IMAGE="grafana/mimir:$IMAGE_TAG_RACE"
+          export MIMIR_DISTROLESS_IMAGE="grafana/mimir:$IMAGE_TAG_RACE"
+          export MIMIR_ALPINE_IMAGE="grafana/mimir-alpine:$IMAGE_TAG_RACE"
           docker save $MIMIR_DISTROLESS_IMAGE -o ./mimir_race_image_distroless
           docker save $MIMIR_ALPINE_IMAGE -o ./mimir_race_image_alpine
       - name: Upload archive with race-enabled Mimir
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           export IMAGE_TAG_RACE=$(make image-tag-race)
           docker load -i ./mimir_race_image_distroless
-          docker run "grafana/mimir-distroless:$IMAGE_TAG_RACE" --version
+          docker run "grafana/mimir:$IMAGE_TAG_RACE" --version
       - name: Preload Images
         # We download docker images used by integration tests so that all images are available
         # locally and the download time doesn't account in the test execution time, which is subject
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Integration Tests
         run: |
           export IMAGE_TAG_RACE=$(make image-tag-race)
-          export MIMIR_IMAGE="grafana/mimir-distroless:$IMAGE_TAG_RACE"
+          export MIMIR_IMAGE="grafana/mimir:$IMAGE_TAG_RACE"
           export IMAGE_TAG=$(make image-tag)
           export MIMIRTOOL_IMAGE="grafana/mimirtool:$IMAGE_TAG"
           export MIMIR_CHECKOUT_DIR="/go/src/github.com/grafana/mimir"
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           export IMAGE_TAG_RACE=$(make image-tag-race)
           docker load -i ./mimir_race_image_alpine
-          docker run "grafana/mimir:$IMAGE_TAG_RACE" --version
+          docker run "grafana/mimir-alpine:$IMAGE_TAG_RACE" --version
       - name: Preload Images
         # We download docker images used by integration tests so that all images are available
         # locally and the download time doesn't account in the test execution time, which is subject
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Integration Tests
         run: |
           export IMAGE_TAG_RACE=$(make image-tag-race)
-          export MIMIR_IMAGE="grafana/mimir:$IMAGE_TAG_RACE"
+          export MIMIR_IMAGE="grafana/mimir-alpine:$IMAGE_TAG_RACE"
           export IMAGE_TAG=$(make image-tag)
           export MIMIRTOOL_IMAGE="grafana/mimirtool:$IMAGE_TAG"
           export MIMIR_CHECKOUT_DIR="/go/src/github.com/grafana/mimir"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 180b4934dfc..f96134b6037 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Grafana Mimir
 
+* [CHANGE] Build: `grafana/mimir` docker image is now based on `gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12` image. Alpine-based docker image is still available as `grafana/mimir-alpine`, until Mimir 2.15. #8204
 * [CHANGE] Ingester: `/ingester/flush` endpoint is now only allowed to execute only while the ingester is in `Running` state. The 503 status code is returned if the endpoint is called while the ingester is not in `Running` state. #7486
 * [CHANGE] Distributor: Include label name in `err-mimir-label-value-too-long` error message: #7740
 * [CHANGE] Ingester: enabled 1 out 10 errors log sampling by default. All the discarded samples will still be tracked by the `cortex_discarded_samples_total` metric. The feature can be configured via `-ingester.error-sample-rate` (0 to log all errors). #7807
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8c5562b07b5..e33e05df92c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ SED ?= $(shell which gsed 2>/dev/null || which sed)
 			--build-arg=goproxyValue=$(GOPROXY_VALUE) \
 			-t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D))-continuous-test:$(IMAGE_TAG) $(@D)/; \
 	fi;
-	if [ -f $(@D)/Dockerfile.distroless ]; then \
-		$(SUDO) docker build -f $(@D)/Dockerfile.distroless \
+	if [ -f $(@D)/Dockerfile.alpine ]; then \
+		$(SUDO) docker build -f $(@D)/Dockerfile.alpine \
 			--build-arg=revision=$(GIT_REVISION) \
 			--build-arg=goproxyValue=$(GOPROXY_VALUE) \
-			-t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D))-distroless:$(IMAGE_TAG) $(@D)/; \
+			-t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D))-alpine:$(IMAGE_TAG) $(@D)/; \
 	fi;
 	@echo
 	$(SUDO) docker build --build-arg=revision=$(GIT_REVISION) --build-arg=goproxyValue=$(GOPROXY_VALUE) -t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D)) -t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D)):$(IMAGE_TAG) $(@D)/
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ SED ?= $(shell which gsed 2>/dev/null || which sed)
 	@echo Image name: $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D))
 	@echo Image name: $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D)):$(IMAGE_TAG)
 	@echo Image name: $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D))-continuous-test:$(IMAGE_TAG)
-	@echo Image name: $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D))-distroless:$(IMAGE_TAG)
+	@echo Image name: $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D))-alpine:$(IMAGE_TAG)
 	@echo
 	@echo Please use '"make push-multiarch-build-image"' to build and push build image.
 	@echo Please use '"make push-multiarch-mimir"' to build and push Mimir image.
@@ -126,24 +126,30 @@ SED ?= $(shell which gsed 2>/dev/null || which sed)
 
 %/$(UPTODATE_RACE): GOOS=linux
 %/$(UPTODATE_RACE): %/Dockerfile
-	# Build Dockerfile.distroless if it exists, we use distroless/base-nossl-debian12 as base image since race detector needs glibc packages.
-	if [ -f $(@D)/Dockerfile.distroless ]; then \
-		$(SUDO) docker build -f $(@D)/Dockerfile.distroless \
+	# Build Dockerfile.alpine if it exists
+	if [ -f $(@D)/Dockerfile.alpine ]; then \
+		$(SUDO) docker build -f $(@D)/Dockerfile.alpine \
 			--build-arg=revision=$(GIT_REVISION) \
 			--build-arg=goproxyValue=$(GOPROXY_VALUE) \
 			--build-arg=USE_BINARY_SUFFIX=true \
 			--build-arg=BINARY_SUFFIX=_race \
-			--build-arg=BASEIMG="gcr.io/distroless/base-nossl-debian12" \
-			-t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D))-distroless:$(IMAGE_TAG_RACE) $(@D)/; \
+			--build-arg=EXTRA_PACKAGES="gcompat" \
+			-t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D))-alpine:$(IMAGE_TAG_RACE) $(@D)/; \
 	fi;
 	@echo
 	# We need gcompat -- compatibility layer with glibc, as race-detector currently requires glibc, but Alpine uses musl libc instead.
-	$(SUDO) docker build --build-arg=revision=$(GIT_REVISION) --build-arg=goproxyValue=$(GOPROXY_VALUE) --build-arg=USE_BINARY_SUFFIX=true --build-arg=BINARY_SUFFIX=_race --build-arg=EXTRA_PACKAGES="gcompat" -t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D)):$(IMAGE_TAG_RACE) $(@D)/
+	$(SUDO) docker build \
+		--build-arg=revision=$(GIT_REVISION) \
+		--build-arg=goproxyValue=$(GOPROXY_VALUE) \
+		--build-arg=USE_BINARY_SUFFIX=true \
+		--build-arg=BINARY_SUFFIX=_race \
+		--build-arg=BASEIMG="gcr.io/distroless/base-nossl-debian12" \
+		-t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D)):$(IMAGE_TAG_RACE) $(@D)/
 	@echo
 	@echo Go binaries were built using GOOS=$(GOOS) and GOARCH=$(GOARCH)
 	@echo
 	@echo Image name: $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D)):$(IMAGE_TAG_RACE)
-	@echo Image name: $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D))-distroless:$(IMAGE_TAG_RACE)
+	@echo Image name: $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(@D))-alpine:$(IMAGE_TAG_RACE)
 	@echo
 	@touch $@
 
@@ -151,7 +157,7 @@ SED ?= $(shell which gsed 2>/dev/null || which sed)
 # Other options are documented in https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/buildx_build/#output.
 # CI workflow uses PUSH_MULTIARCH_TARGET="type=oci,dest=file.oci" to store images locally for next steps in the pipeline.
 PUSH_MULTIARCH_TARGET ?= type=registry
-PUSH_MULTIARCH_TARGET_DISTROLESS ?= type=registry
+PUSH_MULTIARCH_TARGET_ALPINE ?= type=registry
 PUSH_MULTIARCH_TARGET_CONTINUOUS_TEST ?= type=registry
 
 # This target compiles mimir for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64 and then builds and pushes a multiarch image to the target repository.
@@ -164,7 +170,13 @@ push-multiarch-%/$(UPTODATE):
 		$(MAKE) GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 BINARY_SUFFIX=_linux_amd64 $(DIR)/$(shell basename $(DIR)); \
 		$(MAKE) GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 BINARY_SUFFIX=_linux_arm64 $(DIR)/$(shell basename $(DIR)); \
 	fi
-	$(SUDO) docker buildx build -o $(PUSH_MULTIARCH_TARGET) --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --build-arg=revision=$(GIT_REVISION) --build-arg=goproxyValue=$(GOPROXY_VALUE) --build-arg=USE_BINARY_SUFFIX=true -t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(DIR)):$(IMAGE_TAG) $(DIR)/
+	$(SUDO) docker buildx build \
+		-o $(PUSH_MULTIARCH_TARGET) \
+		--platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
+		--build-arg=revision=$(GIT_REVISION) \
+		--build-arg=goproxyValue=$(GOPROXY_VALUE) \
+		--build-arg=USE_BINARY_SUFFIX=true \
+		-t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(DIR)):$(IMAGE_TAG) $(DIR)/
 
 	# Build Dockerfile.continuous-test
 	if [ -f $(DIR)/Dockerfile.continuous-test ]; then \
@@ -176,15 +188,15 @@ push-multiarch-%/$(UPTODATE):
 			--build-arg=USE_BINARY_SUFFIX=true \
 			-t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(DIR))-continuous-test:$(IMAGE_TAG) $(DIR)/; \
 	fi;
-	# Build Dockerfile.distroless if it exists
-	if [ -f $(DIR)/Dockerfile.distroless ]; then \
-		$(SUDO) docker buildx build -f $(DIR)/Dockerfile.distroless \
-			-o $(PUSH_MULTIARCH_TARGET_DISTROLESS) \
+	# Build Dockerfile.alpine if it exists
+	if [ -f $(DIR)/Dockerfile.alpine ]; then \
+		$(SUDO) docker buildx build -f $(DIR)/Dockerfile.alpine \
+			-o $(PUSH_MULTIARCH_TARGET_ALPINE) \
 			--platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
 			--build-arg=revision=$(GIT_REVISION) \
 			--build-arg=goproxyValue=$(GOPROXY_VALUE) \
 			--build-arg=USE_BINARY_SUFFIX=true \
-			-t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(DIR))-distroless:$(IMAGE_TAG) $(DIR)/; \
+			-t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)$(shell basename $(DIR))-alpine:$(IMAGE_TAG) $(DIR)/; \
 	fi;
 
 push-multiarch-mimir: ## Push mimir docker image.
@@ -740,8 +752,8 @@ integration-tests: ## Run all integration tests.
 integration-tests: cmd/mimir/$(UPTODATE)
 	go test -tags=requires_docker,stringlabels ./integration/...
 
-integration-tests-race: ## Run all integration tests with race-enabled Mimir-distroless docker image.
-integration-tests-race: export MIMIR_IMAGE=$(IMAGE_PREFIX)mimir-distroless:$(IMAGE_TAG_RACE)
+integration-tests-race: ## Run all integration tests with race-enabled distroless docker image.
+integration-tests-race: export MIMIR_IMAGE=$(IMAGE_PREFIX)mimir:$(IMAGE_TAG_RACE)
 integration-tests-race: cmd/mimir/$(UPTODATE_RACE)
 	go test -timeout 30m -tags=requires_docker,stringlabels ./integration/...
 
diff --git a/cmd/mimir/Dockerfile b/cmd/mimir/Dockerfile
index b7fb5013751..b096b29c5a4 100644
--- a/cmd/mimir/Dockerfile
+++ b/cmd/mimir/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
-# Provenance-includes-location: https://github.com/cortexproject/cortex/cmd/cortex/Dockerfile
-# Provenance-includes-license: Apache-2.0
-# Provenance-includes-copyright: The Cortex Authors.
+# We use different base images for mimir and mimir race images since race-detector needs glibc packages.
+# See difference between distroless static and base-nossl at https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless/blob/main/base/README.md.
 
-FROM       alpine:3.19.1
-ARG        EXTRA_PACKAGES
-RUN        apk add --no-cache ca-certificates tzdata $EXTRA_PACKAGES
+ARG        BASEIMG=gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12
+FROM       ${BASEIMG}
 # Expose TARGETOS and TARGETARCH variables. These are supported by Docker when using BuildKit, but must be "enabled" using ARG.
 ARG        TARGETOS
 ARG        TARGETARCH
diff --git a/cmd/mimir/Dockerfile.distroless b/cmd/mimir/Dockerfile.alpine
similarity index 69%
rename from cmd/mimir/Dockerfile.distroless
rename to cmd/mimir/Dockerfile.alpine
index b096b29c5a4..b7fb5013751 100644
--- a/cmd/mimir/Dockerfile.distroless
+++ b/cmd/mimir/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
-# We use different base images for mimir and mimir race images since race-detector needs glibc packages.
-# See difference between distroless static and base-nossl at https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless/blob/main/base/README.md.
+# Provenance-includes-location: https://github.com/cortexproject/cortex/cmd/cortex/Dockerfile
+# Provenance-includes-license: Apache-2.0
+# Provenance-includes-copyright: The Cortex Authors.
 
-ARG        BASEIMG=gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12
-FROM       ${BASEIMG}
+FROM       alpine:3.19.1
+ARG        EXTRA_PACKAGES
+RUN        apk add --no-cache ca-certificates tzdata $EXTRA_PACKAGES
 # Expose TARGETOS and TARGETARCH variables. These are supported by Docker when using BuildKit, but must be "enabled" using ARG.
 ARG        TARGETOS
 ARG        TARGETARCH