diff --git a/components/dashboard/leeway.Dockerfile b/components/dashboard/leeway.Dockerfile
index dde006db2d648c..bbdc3b7eb18d8e 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/leeway.Dockerfile
+++ b/components/dashboard/leeway.Dockerfile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ RUN xcaddy build v2.11.4 \
 FROM caddy/caddy:2.11.4-alpine@sha256:f6bd5f6e7ffc0d9954d47155006bd73eb35f3360f2b0e3e6b46ee0af5ac565c4
 
 # Keep runtime packages current and remove the unused curl client inherited from Caddy.
-RUN apk upgrade --no-cache libssl3 libcrypto3 \
+RUN apk upgrade --no-cache libssl3 libcrypto3 zlib \
   && apk upgrade --no-cache \
   && apk del curl
 
diff --git a/components/gitpod-db/leeway.Dockerfile b/components/gitpod-db/leeway.Dockerfile
index 9b9822c377e0e9..61233686496ea3 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-db/leeway.Dockerfile
+++ b/components/gitpod-db/leeway.Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RUN /installer/install.sh
 
 FROM node:22.22.3-alpine
 # npm is not used by the runtime entrypoint; omit its bundled dependency tree.
-RUN apk upgrade --no-cache libssl3 libcrypto3 \
+RUN apk upgrade --no-cache libssl3 libcrypto3 zlib \
     && apk upgrade --no-cache \
     && apk add --no-cache bash \
     && rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm \
diff --git a/components/ide-proxy/Dockerfile b/components/ide-proxy/Dockerfile
index 1fb286047eeef9..e6269eec999e13 100644
--- a/components/ide-proxy/Dockerfile
+++ b/components/ide-proxy/Dockerfile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ RUN xcaddy build v2.11.4 \
 FROM caddy/caddy:2.11.4-alpine@sha256:f6bd5f6e7ffc0d9954d47155006bd73eb35f3360f2b0e3e6b46ee0af5ac565c4
 
 # Keep runtime packages current and remove the unused curl client inherited from Caddy.
-RUN apk upgrade --no-cache libssl3 libcrypto3 \
+RUN apk upgrade --no-cache libssl3 libcrypto3 zlib \
   && apk upgrade --no-cache \
   && apk del curl
 
diff --git a/components/image-builder-bob/leeway.Dockerfile b/components/image-builder-bob/leeway.Dockerfile
index db28ef73d3c99c..31f58d538a06ff 100644
--- a/components/image-builder-bob/leeway.Dockerfile
+++ b/components/image-builder-bob/leeway.Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 FROM ghcr.io/gitpod-io/buildkit:v0.34.0-gitpod.1@sha256:dbe25ae89df951659bbb996465754eba57281de9a99bdf1e27216c89098eee55
 
 USER root
-RUN apk upgrade --no-cache brotli-libs curl libcurl libssl3 libcrypto3 \
+RUN apk upgrade --no-cache brotli-libs curl libcurl libssl3 libcrypto3 zlib \
     && apk upgrade --no-cache \
     && apk --no-cache add sudo bash \
     && addgroup -g 33333 gitpod \
diff --git a/components/proxy/Dockerfile b/components/proxy/Dockerfile
index 03d67d01d8f755..e3adfc0c8347a0 100644
--- a/components/proxy/Dockerfile
+++ b/components/proxy/Dockerfile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ RUN xcaddy build v2.11.4 \
 FROM caddy/caddy:2.11.4-alpine@sha256:f6bd5f6e7ffc0d9954d47155006bd73eb35f3360f2b0e3e6b46ee0af5ac565c4
 
 # Keep runtime packages current and remove the unused curl client inherited from Caddy.
-RUN apk upgrade --no-cache libssl3 libcrypto3 \
+RUN apk upgrade --no-cache libssl3 libcrypto3 zlib \
   && apk upgrade --no-cache \
   && apk del curl \
   && apk add --no-cache ca-certificates bash
diff --git a/components/server/leeway.Dockerfile b/components/server/leeway.Dockerfile
index c0765b814c06d8..aa7ecd79e76db0 100644
--- a/components/server/leeway.Dockerfile
+++ b/components/server/leeway.Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN /installer/install.sh
 
 FROM node:22.22.3-alpine
 # npm is not used by the runtime entrypoint; omit its bundled dependency tree.
-RUN apk upgrade --no-cache libssl3 libcrypto3 \
+RUN apk upgrade --no-cache libssl3 libcrypto3 zlib \
     && apk upgrade --no-cache \
     && rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm \
     && rm -f /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/local/bin/npx
diff --git a/components/ws-manager-bridge/leeway.Dockerfile b/components/ws-manager-bridge/leeway.Dockerfile
index 3681f7ac8ff14f..bcddc2a7b93050 100644
--- a/components/ws-manager-bridge/leeway.Dockerfile
+++ b/components/ws-manager-bridge/leeway.Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN /installer/install.sh
 
 FROM node:22.22.3-alpine
 # npm is not used by the runtime entrypoint; omit its bundled dependency tree.
-RUN apk upgrade --no-cache libssl3 libcrypto3 \
+RUN apk upgrade --no-cache libssl3 libcrypto3 zlib \
     && apk upgrade --no-cache \
     && rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm \
     && rm -f /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/local/bin/npx