diff --git a/vm/packer/templates/nginx/packer.in.json b/vm/packer/templates/nginx/packer.in.json
index d5cdb0286d..2d890dd3ac 100644
--- a/vm/packer/templates/nginx/packer.in.json
+++ b/vm/packer/templates/nginx/packer.in.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "license": "c2d-nginxstack",
-  "source_image_family": "debian-11",
+  "source_image_family": "debian-12",
   "chef": {
     "run_list": [ "c2d-config", "nginx::standalone", "google-cloud-ops-agent" ]
   }