diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cc11920..695b865 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
-FROM ghcr.io/linuxserver/baseimage-alpine:3.22
+FROM ghcr.io/linuxserver/baseimage-alpine:3.23
 
 ARG BUILD_DATE
 ARG VERSION
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ ARG CHANGEDETECTION_RELEASE
 LABEL build_version="Linuxserver.io version:- ${VERSION} Build-date:- ${BUILD_DATE}"
 LABEL maintainer="thespad"
 
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    CRYPTOGRAPHY_DONT_BUILD_RUST=1
 
 RUN \
   apk add --update --no-cache --virtual=build-dependencies \
@@ -46,9 +47,8 @@ RUN \
   python3 -m venv /lsiopy && \
   pip install -U --no-cache-dir \
     pip \
-    setuptools \
-    wheel && \
-  pip install -U --no-cache-dir --find-links https://wheel-index.linuxserver.io/alpine-3.22/ -r /app/changedetection/requirements.txt && \
+    setuptools && \
+  pip install -U --no-cache-dir --find-links https://wheel-index.linuxserver.io/alpine-3.23/ -r /app/changedetection/requirements.txt && \
   PLAYWRIGHT_PY_RELEASE=$(curl -sX GET "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/playwright-python/releases/latest" \
     | awk '/tag_name/{print $4;exit}' FS='[""]'); \
   git clone --depth 1 --branch "${PLAYWRIGHT_PY_RELEASE}" https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-python /tmp/playwright-python && \
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ RUN \
   pip install -U --no-cache-dir . && \
   rm -f /lsiopy/lib/python3.12/site-packages/playwright/driver/node && \
   ln -s /usr/bin/node /lsiopy/lib/python3.12/site-packages/playwright/driver/node && \
-  # Force UTF-8 encoding for browser steps to prevent exception
-  sed -i "s|xpath_element_js = importlib.resources.files(\"changedetectionio.content_fetchers.res\").joinpath('xpath_element_scraper.js').read_text()|xpath_element_js = importlib.resources.files(\"changedetectionio.content_fetchers.res\").joinpath('xpath_element_scraper.js').read_text(encoding='utf-8')|" /app/changedetection/changedetectionio/blueprint/browser_steps/browser_steps.py && \
+  pybabel compile -d /app/changedetection/changedetectionio/translations && \
   printf "Linuxserver.io version: ${VERSION}\nBuild-date: ${BUILD_DATE}" > /build_version && \
   echo "**** cleanup ****" && \
   apk del --purge \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.aarch64 b/Dockerfile.aarch64
index aeae884..9eb54ba 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.aarch64
+++ b/Dockerfile.aarch64
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
-FROM ghcr.io/linuxserver/baseimage-alpine:arm64v8-3.22
+FROM ghcr.io/linuxserver/baseimage-alpine:arm64v8-3.23
 
 ARG BUILD_DATE
 ARG VERSION
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ ARG CHANGEDETECTION_RELEASE
 LABEL build_version="Linuxserver.io version:- ${VERSION} Build-date:- ${BUILD_DATE}"
 LABEL maintainer="thespad"
 
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    CRYPTOGRAPHY_DONT_BUILD_RUST=1
 
 RUN \
   apk add --update --no-cache --virtual=build-dependencies \
@@ -46,9 +47,8 @@ RUN \
   python3 -m venv /lsiopy && \
   pip install -U --no-cache-dir \
     pip \
-    setuptools \
-    wheel && \
-  pip install -U --no-cache-dir --find-links https://wheel-index.linuxserver.io/alpine-3.22/ -r /app/changedetection/requirements.txt && \
+    setuptools && \
+  pip install -U --no-cache-dir --find-links https://wheel-index.linuxserver.io/alpine-3.23/ -r /app/changedetection/requirements.txt && \
   echo "**** install playwright ****" && \
   PLAYWRIGHT_PY_RELEASE=$(curl -sX GET "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/playwright-python/releases/latest" \
     | awk '/tag_name/{print $4;exit}' FS='[""]'); \
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ RUN \
   pip install -U --no-cache-dir . && \
   rm -f /lsiopy/lib/python3.12/site-packages/playwright/driver/node && \
   ln -s /usr/bin/node /lsiopy/lib/python3.12/site-packages/playwright/driver/node && \
-  # Force UTF-8 encoding for browser steps to prevent exception
-  sed -i "s|xpath_element_js = importlib.resources.files(\"changedetectionio.content_fetchers.res\").joinpath('xpath_element_scraper.js').read_text()|xpath_element_js = importlib.resources.files(\"changedetectionio.content_fetchers.res\").joinpath('xpath_element_scraper.js').read_text(encoding='utf-8')|" /app/changedetection/changedetectionio/blueprint/browser_steps/browser_steps.py && \
+  pybabel compile -d /app/changedetection/changedetectionio/translations && \
   printf "Linuxserver.io version: ${VERSION}\nBuild-date: ${BUILD_DATE}" > /build_version && \
   echo "**** cleanup ****" && \
   apk del --purge \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dcfdf95..d2051e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with `-f Dockerfile.aarch64
 
 ## Versions
 
+* **18.01.26:** - Rebase to Alpine 3.23.
 * **05.07.25:** - Rebase to Alpine 3.22.
 * **19.12.24:** - Rebase to Alpine 3.21.
 * **31.05.24:** - Rebase to Alpine 3.20.
diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index 723d5a0..e595386 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ init_diagram: |
   "changedetection.io:latest" <- Base Images
 # changelog
 changelogs:
+  - {date: "18.02.26:", desc: "Rebase to Alpine 3.23."}
   - {date: "05.07.25:", desc: "Rebase to Alpine 3.22."}
   - {date: "19.12.24:", desc: "Rebase to Alpine 3.21."}
   - {date: "31.05.24:", desc: "Rebase to Alpine 3.20."}