# AMI and Container Image changes
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 There have been some changes to the packages included in AMIs and containers. 

**Topics**

 Amazon Linux 2023 introduces a [AL2023 Minimal container image](minimal-container.md), and support for building [Building bare-bones AL2023 container images](barebones-containers.md). For more information, see [Using AL2023 in containers](container.md).