diff --git a/.semaphore/semaphore-runner.sh b/.semaphore/semaphore-runner.sh
index 22dc9fc4ffd..c6fe4481e23 100755
--- a/.semaphore/semaphore-runner.sh
+++ b/.semaphore/semaphore-runner.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 set -eux
 set -o pipefail
 
-DISTRO="${DISTRO:-debian}"
-RELEASE="${RELEASE:-trixie}"
+DISTRO="${DISTRO:-ubuntu}"
+RELEASE="${RELEASE:-resolute}"
 SALSA_URL="${SALSA_URL:-https://salsa.debian.org/systemd-team/systemd.git}"
 BRANCH="${BRANCH:-debian/master}"
 ARCH="${ARCH:-amd64}"
@@ -32,35 +32,40 @@ create_container() {
 lxc.apparmor.profile = unconfined
 lxc.mount.auto =
 lxc.mount.auto = proc:mixed sys:mixed
-lxc.init.cmd = /sbin/init systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1
+lxc.init.cmd = /sbin/init systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 systemd.mask=netplan-configure.service
 EOF
 
     sudo lxc-start -n "$CONTAINER" --define "lxc.include=/var/lib/lxc/$CONTAINER/config.systemd_upstream"
 
-    # enable source repositories so that apt-get build-dep works
     sudo lxc-attach -n "$CONTAINER" -- sh -ex <<EOF
+# enable source repositories so that apt-get build-dep works
 sed 's/^deb/deb-src/' /etc/apt/sources.list >>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/sources.list
-echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian $RELEASE-backports main" >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list
 # We might attach the console too soon
 until systemctl --quiet --wait is-system-running; do sleep 1; done
+# LXC uses a veth
+mkdir -p /etc/systemd/network/
+cat >/etc/systemd/network/10-eth0.network <<NETWORK
+[Match]
+Name=eth0
+[Network]
+DHCP=yes
+KeepConfiguration=yes
+NETWORK
+systemctl unmask systemd-networkd
+systemctl enable --now systemd-networkd
+networkctl reload
+/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online --interface=eth0:routable --ipv4 --timeout=60
 # Manpages database trigger takes a lot of time and is not useful in a CI
 echo 'man-db man-db/auto-update boolean false' | debconf-set-selections
 # Speed up dpkg, image is thrown away after the test
 mkdir -p /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/
 echo 'force-unsafe-io' >/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/unsafe_io
-# For some reason, it is necessary to run this manually or the interface won't be configured
-# Note that we avoid networkd, as some of the tests will break it later on
-dhclient
 apt-get -q --allow-releaseinfo-change update
 apt-get -y dist-upgrade
 apt-get install -y eatmydata
-# The following four are needed as long as these deps are not covered by Debian's own packaging
-apt-get install -y tree libpwquality-dev rpm libcurl4-openssl-dev libarchive-dev
-# autopkgtest doesn't consider backports
-apt-get install -y -t $RELEASE-backports debhelper
+# The following are needed as long as these deps are not covered by Debian's own packaging
+apt-get install -y tree rpm
 apt-get purge --auto-remove -y unattended-upgrades
-systemctl unmask systemd-networkd
-systemctl enable systemd-networkd
 EOF
     sudo lxc-stop -n "$CONTAINER"
 }
diff --git a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
index baa6ecfa4a0..2e3730b77bb 100644
--- a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
+++ b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # vi: ts=2 sw=2 et:
 
 version: v1.0
-name: Debian autopkgtest (LXC)
+name: autopkgtest (LXC)
 agent:
   machine:
     type: e1-standard-2
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ blocks:
   - name: "Setup & test"
     task:
       jobs:
-        - name: "Install dependencies & run the Debian autopkgtest"
+        - name: "Install dependencies & run the autopkgtest"
           commands:
             - checkout --use-cache
             - .semaphore/semaphore-runner.sh SETUP