diff --git a/3.3/alpine3.18/Dockerfile b/3.3/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
index 74a9ed71a..a8fc31e8d 100644
--- a/3.3/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.3/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	\
 	apk add --no-cache --virtual .ruby-builddeps \
 		autoconf \
-		bison \
 		bzip2 \
 		bzip2-dev \
 		ca-certificates \
diff --git a/3.3/alpine3.19/Dockerfile b/3.3/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
index ca56f0f9f..09166fdd9 100644
--- a/3.3/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.3/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	\
 	apk add --no-cache --virtual .ruby-builddeps \
 		autoconf \
-		bison \
 		bzip2 \
 		bzip2-dev \
 		ca-certificates \
diff --git a/3.3/bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.3/bookworm/Dockerfile
index ec774551c..42ab5f94e 100644
--- a/3.3/bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.3/bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	savedAptMark="$(apt-mark showmanual)"; \
 	apt-get update; \
 	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		bison \
 		dpkg-dev \
 		libgdbm-dev \
 		ruby \
diff --git a/3.3/bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.3/bullseye/Dockerfile
index a2f0cdd3f..3be8ea342 100644
--- a/3.3/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.3/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	savedAptMark="$(apt-mark showmanual)"; \
 	apt-get update; \
 	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		bison \
 		dpkg-dev \
 		libgdbm-dev \
 		ruby \
diff --git a/3.3/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.3/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
index a873fb2ec..ace67cb4a 100644
--- a/3.3/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.3/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	savedAptMark="$(apt-mark showmanual)"; \
 	apt-get update; \
 	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		bison \
 		dpkg-dev \
 		libgdbm-dev \
 		ruby \
diff --git a/3.3/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.3/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
index 58b43445a..da0533312 100644
--- a/3.3/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.3/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	savedAptMark="$(apt-mark showmanual)"; \
 	apt-get update; \
 	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		bison \
 		dpkg-dev \
 		libgdbm-dev \
 		ruby \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.template b/Dockerfile.template
index 4cb9f1ea3..b59a19ea7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/Dockerfile.template
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 {{ if is_alpine then ( -}}
 	apk add --no-cache --virtual .ruby-builddeps \
 		autoconf \
+{{ if [ "3.0", "3.1", "3.2" ] | index(env.version | rtrimstr("-rc")) then ( -}}
+{{ # https://github.com/docker-library/ruby/pull/438 -}}
 		bison \
+{{ ) else "" end -}}
 		bzip2 \
 		bzip2-dev \
 		ca-certificates \
@@ -103,7 +106,10 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	savedAptMark="$(apt-mark showmanual)"; \
 	apt-get update; \
 	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+{{ if [ "3.0", "3.1", "3.2" ] | index(env.version | rtrimstr("-rc")) then ( -}}
+{{ # https://github.com/docker-library/ruby/pull/438 -}}
 		bison \
+{{ ) else "" end -}}
 		dpkg-dev \
 		libgdbm-dev \
 		ruby \