diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7cbfc4d9..919caaad 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM geonode/geonode-base:latest-ubuntu-24.04
+FROM geonode/geonode-base:latest-ubuntu-26.04
 
 ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 \
     LANG=C.UTF-8
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 6f66e2f4..bdff72c8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ x-common-django:
       condition: service_healthy
     redis:
       condition: service_healthy
-    memcached:
-      condition: service_healthy
 
 services:
 
@@ -82,19 +80,6 @@ services:
       retries: 3
       start_period: 10s
 
-  # memcached service
-  memcached:
-    image: memcached:alpine
-    container_name: memcached4${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}
-    command: memcached ${MEMCACHED_OPTIONS:-}
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-z", "127.0.0.1", "11211"]
-      interval: 30s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 3
-      start_period: 10s
-
   # Gets and installs letsencrypt certificates
   letsencrypt:
     image: ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}/letsencrypt:${LETSENCRYPT_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION}