diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 64d85aa..ad0ca74 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
+FROM ghcr.io/linuxserver/unrar:latest as unrar
+
 FROM ghcr.io/linuxserver/baseimage-alpine:3.18
 
 # set version label
-ARG UNRAR_VERSION=6.2.10
 ARG BUILD_DATE
 ARG VERSION
 ARG SICKCHILL_VERSION
@@ -30,17 +31,6 @@ RUN \
     libssl1.1 \
     libxslt \
     python3 && \
-  echo "**** install unrar from source ****" && \
-  mkdir /tmp/unrar && \
-  curl -o \
-    /tmp/unrar.tar.gz -L \
-    "https://www.rarlab.com/rar/unrarsrc-${UNRAR_VERSION}.tar.gz" && \  
-  tar xf \
-    /tmp/unrar.tar.gz -C \
-    /tmp/unrar --strip-components=1 && \
-  cd /tmp/unrar && \
-  make && \
-  install -v -m755 unrar /usr/local/bin && \
   echo "**** install sickchill ****" && \
   if [ -z ${SICKCHILL_VERSION+x} ]; then \
     SICKCHILL_VERSION=$(curl -sL  https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sickchill/json |jq -r '. | .info.version'); \
@@ -63,6 +53,9 @@ RUN \
 # copy local files
 COPY root/ /
 
+# add unrar
+COPY --from=unrar /usr/bin/unrar-alpine /usr/bin/unrar
+
 # ports and volumes
 EXPOSE 8081
 VOLUME /config
diff --git a/Dockerfile.aarch64 b/Dockerfile.aarch64
index 40c90e9..41ac44c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.aarch64
+++ b/Dockerfile.aarch64
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
+FROM ghcr.io/linuxserver/unrar:arm64v8-latest as unrar
+
 FROM ghcr.io/linuxserver/baseimage-alpine:arm64v8-3.18
 
 # set version label
-ARG UNRAR_VERSION=6.2.10
 ARG BUILD_DATE
 ARG VERSION
 ARG SICKCHILL_VERSION
@@ -30,17 +31,6 @@ RUN \
     libssl1.1 \
     libxslt \
     python3 && \
-  echo "**** install unrar from source ****" && \
-  mkdir /tmp/unrar && \
-  curl -o \
-    /tmp/unrar.tar.gz -L \
-    "https://www.rarlab.com/rar/unrarsrc-${UNRAR_VERSION}.tar.gz" && \  
-  tar xf \
-    /tmp/unrar.tar.gz -C \
-    /tmp/unrar --strip-components=1 && \
-  cd /tmp/unrar && \
-  make && \
-  install -v -m755 unrar /usr/local/bin && \
   echo "**** install sickchill ****" && \
   if [ -z ${SICKCHILL_VERSION+x} ]; then \
     SICKCHILL_VERSION=$(curl -sL  https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sickchill/json |jq -r '. | .info.version'); \
@@ -63,6 +53,9 @@ RUN \
 # copy local files
 COPY root/ /
 
+# add unrar
+COPY --from=unrar /usr/bin/unrar-alpine /usr/bin/unrar
+
 # ports and volumes
 EXPOSE 8081
 VOLUME /config
diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index 4d035e2..b60fbbd 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ app_setup_block: |
   Web interface is at `<your ip>:8081` , set paths for downloads, tv-shows to match docker mappings via the webui.
 # changelog
 changelogs:
+  - {date: "07.10.23:", desc: "Install unrar from [linuxserver repo](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-unrar)."}
   - {date: "10.08.23:", desc: "Bump unrar to 6.2.10."}
   - {date: "12.07.23:", desc: "Rebase to alpine 3.18."}
   - {date: "06.07.23:", desc: "Deprecate armhf. As announced [here](https://www.linuxserver.io/blog/a-farewell-to-arm-hf)"}