diff --git a/eng/pack/scripts/nix_arm64_deps.sh b/eng/pack/scripts/nix_arm64_deps.sh
index 5bef0b7b..bf473542 100644
--- a/eng/pack/scripts/nix_arm64_deps.sh
+++ b/eng/pack/scripts/nix_arm64_deps.sh
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@ ls -la /tmp/arm64_wheels/
 
 # Install ARM64 wheels from the downloaded files
 echo "Installing ARM64 dependencies from downloaded wheels..."
-# Extract wheel files manually to bypass platform compatibility checks
-# Wheels are just ZIP archives, so we can extract them directly
+# Extract wheel files manually to bypass platform compatibility checks.
+# Wheels are just ZIP archives, so we extract them with Python's built-in
+# zipfile module (unzip is not available on the minimal image and the venv
+# Python is already on PATH here).
 for wheel in /tmp/arm64_wheels/*.whl; do
     echo "Extracting $wheel..."
-    unzip -o -q "$wheel" -d $BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/deps
+    python -m zipfile -e "$wheel" $BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/deps
 done
 
 # Remove .dist-info directories to avoid conflicts
diff --git a/eng/pack/scripts/rc_nix_arm64_deps.sh b/eng/pack/scripts/rc_nix_arm64_deps.sh
index 5bef0b7b..bf473542 100644
--- a/eng/pack/scripts/rc_nix_arm64_deps.sh
+++ b/eng/pack/scripts/rc_nix_arm64_deps.sh
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@ ls -la /tmp/arm64_wheels/
 
 # Install ARM64 wheels from the downloaded files
 echo "Installing ARM64 dependencies from downloaded wheels..."
-# Extract wheel files manually to bypass platform compatibility checks
-# Wheels are just ZIP archives, so we can extract them directly
+# Extract wheel files manually to bypass platform compatibility checks.
+# Wheels are just ZIP archives, so we extract them with Python's built-in
+# zipfile module (unzip is not available on the minimal image and the venv
+# Python is already on PATH here).
 for wheel in /tmp/arm64_wheels/*.whl; do
     echo "Extracting $wheel..."
-    unzip -o -q "$wheel" -d $BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/deps
+    python -m zipfile -e "$wheel" $BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/deps
 done
 
 # Remove .dist-info directories to avoid conflicts
diff --git a/eng/templates/official/release/build-artifacts.yml b/eng/templates/official/release/build-artifacts.yml
index ff3cf4a6..7b49a145 100644
--- a/eng/templates/official/release/build-artifacts.yml
+++ b/eng/templates/official/release/build-artifacts.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
 
     pool:
       name: 1es-pool-azfunc
-      image: 1es-ubuntu-24.04-min
+      image: 1es-ubuntu-22.04
       os: linux
 
     templateContext:
diff --git a/eng/templates/official/release/bump-version.yml b/eng/templates/official/release/bump-version.yml
index 9af318ca..031278e6 100644
--- a/eng/templates/official/release/bump-version.yml
+++ b/eng/templates/official/release/bump-version.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     displayName: 'Create Release Branch'
     pool:
       name: 1es-pool-azfunc
-      image: 1es-ubuntu-24.04-min
+      image: 1es-ubuntu-22.04
       os: linux
     steps:
     - powershell: |
diff --git a/eng/templates/official/release/publish-release.yml b/eng/templates/official/release/publish-release.yml
index 386c7a0b..dd79d0b7 100644
--- a/eng/templates/official/release/publish-release.yml
+++ b/eng/templates/official/release/publish-release.yml
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ jobs:
 
     pool:
       name: 1es-pool-azfunc
-      image: 1es-ubuntu-24.04-min
+      image: 1es-ubuntu-22.04
       os: linux
 
     steps: