diff --git a/tests/performance/Makefile b/tests/performance/Makefile
index b963a55902d..aac962c759d 100644
--- a/tests/performance/Makefile
+++ b/tests/performance/Makefile
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ config: ## Create config for your locust tests
 	@uv run locust_settings.py $(input) | tee "${ENV_FILE}"
 
 
-.PHONY: build push
-build: ## Build test image
-	docker build -t ${TEST_IMAGE_NAME}:${TEST_IMAGE_TAG} ./docker
+.PHONY: build-test-image push-test-image
+build-test-image: _check_venv_active ## Build test image
+	docker build --build-arg PYTHON_VERSION=$(shell python --version | cut -d' ' -f2) -t ${TEST_IMAGE_NAME}:${TEST_IMAGE_TAG} ./docker
 
-push: ## Push test image to dockerhub
+push-test-image: ## Push test image to dockerhub
 	docker push ${TEST_IMAGE_NAME}:${TEST_IMAGE_TAG}
diff --git a/tests/performance/docker/Dockerfile b/tests/performance/docker/Dockerfile
index 48358dc1e7f..e2aaed05727 100644
--- a/tests/performance/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/performance/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,46 +1,13 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
-ARG PYTHON_VERSION="3.11.9"
-ARG UV_VERSION="0.5"
-FROM ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:${UV_VERSION} AS uv_build
-FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-slim-bookworm AS base
+ARG UV_VERSION="0.4"
+FROM cruizba/ubuntu-dind:latest as base
 
 LABEL maintainer=bisgaard-itis
 
-# NOTE: to list the latest version run `make` inside `scripts/apt-packages-versions`
-ENV DOCKER_APT_VERSION="5:26.1.4-1~debian.12~bookworm"
-
-# -------------------------- Install docker -------------------
-# for docker apt caching to work this needs to be added: [https://vsupalov.com/buildkit-cache-mount-dockerfile/]
-RUN rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean && \
-  echo 'Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "true";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/keep-cache
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=private \
-  set -eux; \
-  apt-get update; \
-  apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-  gosu \
-  ca-certificates \
-  curl \
-  gnupg \
-  lsb-release \
-  && mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings \
-  && curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg \
-  && echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian \
-  $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null \
-  && apt-get update \
-  && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-  # only the cli is needed and we remove the unnecessary stuff again
-  docker-ce-cli=${DOCKER_APT_VERSION} \
-  && apt-get remove -y\
-  gnupg \
-  curl \
-  lsb-release \
-  && apt-get clean -y\
-  # verify that the binary works
-  && gosu nobody true
-
 # Sets utf-8 encoding for Python et al
 ENV LANG=C.UTF-8
+ENV UV_PYTHON=3.11.9
 
 # Turns off writing .pyc files; superfluous on an ephemeral container.
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
@@ -50,19 +17,9 @@ ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 # those from our virtualenv.
 ENV PATH="${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin:$PATH"
 
-
-# -------------------------- Build stage -------------------
-# Installs build/package management tools and third party dependencies
-#
-# + /build             WORKDIR
-#
-FROM base AS build
-
 ENV SC_BUILD_TARGET=build
 
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=private \
-  set -eux \
-  && apt-get update \
+RUN apt-get update \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   build-essential \
   curl \
@@ -70,7 +27,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=private \
   jq
 
 # install UV https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/integration/docker/#installing-uv
-COPY --from=uv_build /uv /uvx /bin/
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
 
 RUN uv venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"