diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 824b89bb12..c0884f51e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ jobs:
         cxx:
           - clang++
         include:
-          - os: ubuntu-22.04
-            java: 17
-            cxx: g++
           - os: macos-15
             java: 17
             cxx: clang++
@@ -185,7 +182,7 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 20
       matrix:
         os:
-          - ubuntu-22.04
+          - ubuntu-24.04
         cxx:
           - clang++
     env:
@@ -298,7 +295,6 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 20
       matrix:
         os:
-          - ubuntu-22.04
           - ubuntu-24.04
           - ubuntu-24.04-arm
           - macos-15
diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index 9c03cad64f..14603be773 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 * Debian 12, and 13
 * Fedora 37
-* Ubuntu 22, 24 and 26
+* Ubuntu 24 and 26
 * Oracle Linux 9 and 10
 * Amazon Linux 2023
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 Apache ORC community provides a set of pre-built docker images and uses it during testing.
 
-    docker pull apache/orc-dev:ubuntu22
+    docker pull apache/orc-dev:ubuntu24
 
 You can find all tags here.
 
diff --git a/docker/os-list.txt b/docker/os-list.txt
index a80d229730..06ad440c8e 100644
--- a/docker/os-list.txt
+++ b/docker/os-list.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 debian12
 debian13
-ubuntu22
 ubuntu24
 ubuntu26
 oraclelinux9
diff --git a/docker/ubuntu22/Dockerfile b/docker/ubuntu22/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index acd7150e73..0000000000
--- a/docker/ubuntu22/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# ORC compile for Ubuntu 22
-#
-
-FROM ubuntu:22.04
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="Apache ORC project <dev@orc.apache.org>"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="Apache ORC on Ubuntu 22"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version=""
-ARG jdk=17
-ARG cc=gcc
-
-RUN ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles /etc/localtime
-RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get install -y \
-  cmake \
-  git \
-  libsasl2-dev \
-  libssl-dev \
-  make \
-  curl \
-  maven \
-  openjdk-${jdk}-jdk \
-  tzdata; \
-  if [ "${cc}" = "gcc" ] ; then \
-    apt-get install -y \
-    gcc \
-    g++ \
-  ; else \
-    apt-get install -y \
-    clang \
-    && \
-    update-alternatives --set cc  /usr/bin/clang && \
-    update-alternatives --set c++ /usr/bin/clang++ \
-  ; fi
-RUN update-alternatives --set java $(update-alternatives --list java | grep ${jdk}) && \
-    update-alternatives --set javac $(update-alternatives --list javac | grep ${jdk})
-
-ENV CC=cc
-ENV CXX=c++
-
-WORKDIR /root
-VOLUME /root/.m2/repository
-
-CMD ["/bin/bash", "-c", "if [ ! -d orc ]; then echo \"No volume provided, building from apache main.\"; echo \"Pass '-v`pwd`:/root/orc' to docker run to build local source.\"; git clone https://github.com/apache/orc.git -b main; fi && mkdir build && cd build && cmake ../orc && make package test-out"]
diff --git a/site/_docs/building.md b/site/_docs/building.md
index 5536fd7191..08e1a3367e 100644
--- a/site/_docs/building.md
+++ b/site/_docs/building.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The C++ library is supported on the following operating systems:
 
 * MacOS 15 to 26
 * Debian 12 to 13
-* Ubuntu 22.04 to 26.04
+* Ubuntu 24.04 to 26.04
 * Oracle Linux 9 to 10
 * Amazon Linux 2023
 
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ is in the docker subdirectory, for the list of packages required to build ORC:
 
 * [Debian 12]({{ page.dockerUrl }}/debian12/Dockerfile)
 * [Debian 13]({{ page.dockerUrl }}/debian13/Dockerfile)
-* [Ubuntu 22]({{ page.dockerUrl }}/ubuntu22/Dockerfile)
 * [Ubuntu 24]({{ page.dockerUrl }}/ubuntu24/Dockerfile)
 * [Ubuntu 26]({{ page.dockerUrl }}/ubuntu26/Dockerfile)
 * [Oracle Linux 9]({{ page.dockerUrl }}/oraclelinux9/Dockerfile)