diff --git a/lib/functions/rootfs/rootfs-create.sh b/lib/functions/rootfs/rootfs-create.sh
index 59d57e10b..145779125 100644
--- a/lib/functions/rootfs/rootfs-create.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/rootfs/rootfs-create.sh
@@ -72,17 +72,12 @@ function create_new_rootfs_cache_via_debootstrap() {
 		"'--components=${AGGREGATED_DEBOOTSTRAP_COMPONENTS_COMMA}'" # from aggregation.py
 	)
 
-	# Hacking deboostrap to support future releases
-	# Install most recent version from build framework blob section
+	# Hacking debootstrap to support future releases as symlink is often the only change, so we don't need to bump host OS
+	# This functionality is coming with debootstrap v1.0.128 (Mantic)
 	local debootstrap_home="/usr/share/debootstrap/scripts"
-	if [[ ! -L "${debootstrap_home}/${RELEASE}" && ! -e "${debootstrap_home}/${RELEASE}" && "$(debootstrap --version)" != *1.0.134* ]]; then
-		display_alert "Installing new version of deboostrap to the host" "${HOSTRELEASE}" "wrn"
-		if [[ "$(cat /etc/os-release | grep "^ID=" | cut -d"=" -f2)" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
-		run_host_command_logged dpkg -i "${SRC}/packages/blobs/debootstrap/debootstrap_1.0.134ubuntu1_all.deb"
-		else
-		run_host_command_logged dpkg -i "${SRC}/packages/blobs/debootstrap/debootstrap_1.0.134_all.deb"
-		fi
-		run_host_command_logged apt -f install
+	if [[ ! -L "${debootstrap_home}/${RELEASE}" && ! -e "${debootstrap_home}/${RELEASE}" ]]; then
+		display_alert "Making symlink as host deboostrap is missing it" "" "wrn"
+		run_host_command_logged ln -s "${DEBOOTSTRAP_SOURCE}" "${debootstrap_home}/${RELEASE}"
 	fi
 
 	# Small detour for local apt caching option.
diff --git a/packages/blobs/debootstrap/debootstrap_1.0.134_all.deb b/packages/blobs/debootstrap/debootstrap_1.0.134_all.deb
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diff --git a/packages/blobs/debootstrap/debootstrap_1.0.134ubuntu1_all.deb b/packages/blobs/debootstrap/debootstrap_1.0.134ubuntu1_all.deb
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