diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml
--- a/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      # manylinux2014 is based on CentOS 7, but already has a lot of things
+      # manylinux_2_28 is based on AlmaLinux 8, and already has a lot of things
       # installed and preconfigured. It makes it easier to build OpenTTD.
-      image: quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64
+      # This distro is based on glibc 2.28, released in 2018.
+      image: quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64
 
     steps:
     - name: Download source
@@ -28,29 +29,11 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         tar -xf source.tar.gz --strip-components=1
 
-    # curl is too old for most of the tools to work properly. For example,
-    # rust-toolchain doesn't work properly, neither vcpkg caching.
-    # The easier solution here is to upgrade curl.
-    - name: Update curl
-      run: |
-        yum install -y \
-          openssl-devel \
-          # EOF
-
-        mkdir /curl
-        cd /curl
-        curl -o curl-7.81.0.zip https://curl.se/download/curl-7.81.0.zip
-        unzip curl-7.81.0.zip
-        cd curl-7.81.0
-        ./configure --with-ssl --with-zlib --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64
-        make -j $(nproc)
-        make install
-
     - name: Install Rust toolchain
       uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
 
     - name: Enable Rust cache
-      uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2.7.0
+      uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
 
     - name: Setup vcpkg caching
       uses: actions/github-script@v6
@@ -99,22 +82,12 @@ jobs:
           cmake --install .
         )
 
-        # The container we use is old enough, that it doesn't know SHF_COMPRESSED.
-        # But, breakpad needs this symbol to exist. So we patch it in our system
-        # libraries.
-        (
-          cd /
-          patch -p1 < ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/os/linux/shf-compressed.patch
-        )
-        echo "::endgroup::"
-
         echo "::group::Install audio drivers"
         # These audio libs are to make sure the SDL version of vcpkg adds
         # sound-support; these libraries are not added to the resulting
         # binary, but the headers are used to enable them in SDL.
         yum install -y \
           alsa-lib-devel \
-          jack-audio-connection-kit-devel \
           pulseaudio-libs-devel \
           # EOF
         echo "::endgroup::"
@@ -132,6 +105,11 @@ jobs:
           libxkbcommon-devel \
           libXrandr-devel \
           libXScrnSaver-devel \
+          mesa-libEGL-devel \
+          mesa-libGL-devel \
+          mesa-libGLES-devel \
+          wayland-devel \
+          wayland-protocols-devel \
           # EOF
         echo "::endgroup::"
 
@@ -145,17 +123,6 @@ jobs:
           ./bootstrap-vcpkg.sh -disableMetrics
         )
 
-        # Make Python3 available for other packages. This needs to be done
-        # first, as otherwise dependencies fail to build because Python3 is
-        # not available.
-        (
-          cd /
-
-          /vcpkg/vcpkg install python3
-          ln -sf /vcpkg/installed/x64-linux/tools/python3/python3.[0-9][0-9] /usr/bin/python3
-        )
-        echo "::endgroup::"
-
         echo "::group::Install breakpad dependencies"
         cargo install dump_syms
         echo "::endgroup::"