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 ++++
 
 Docker images for {kib} are available from the Elastic Docker registry. The
-base image is https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu[ubuntu:20.04].
+base image is https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu[ubuntu:22.04].
 
 A list of all published Docker images and tags is available at
 https://www.docker.elastic.co[www.docker.elastic.co]. The source code is in