diff --git a/Earthfile b/Earthfile
index b55754f..0fd43ae 100644
--- a/Earthfile
+++ b/Earthfile
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ base-image:
                 if dpkg -l linux-image-generic > /dev/null; then apt-mark hold linux-image-generic linux-headers-generic linux-generic; fi
         END
         RUN apt update && \
-            apt upgrade -y
+            apt upgrade --no-install-recommends -y
         RUN kernel=$(ls /boot/vmlinuz-* | tail -n1) && \
             ln -sf "${kernel#/boot/}" /boot/vmlinuz
         RUN kernel=$(ls /lib/modules | tail -n1) && \
diff --git a/ubuntu-kairos-base/Dockerfile b/ubuntu-kairos-base/Dockerfile
index 5bf3178..d209f7f 100644
--- a/ubuntu-kairos-base/Dockerfile
+++ b/ubuntu-kairos-base/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ARG MODEL=generic
 ARG BASE_IMAGE
 ARG VARIANT
 ARG VERSION
-ARG FRAMEWORK_VERSION=master
+ARG FRAMEWORK_VERSION=v2.4.5
 # Not to be confused with the concept of MODEL, this is either fips or generic
 ARG SECURITY_PROFILE=generic
 # TARGETARCH is used to determine the architecture of the image