diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile.amd64 b/cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile
similarity index 64%
rename from cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile.amd64
rename to cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile
index 8e4b6db52ad2..7a0d208e2223 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile.amd64
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile
@@ -11,10 +11,20 @@
 # 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.
-ARG BASEIMAGE=gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot-amd64
-FROM $BASEIMAGE
-LABEL maintainer="Marcin Wielgus <mwielgus@google.com>"
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.23 as builder
+
+WORKDIR /workspace
+
+COPY . .
+
+ARG GOARCH
+ARG LDFLAGS_FLAG
+ARG TAGS_FLAG
+
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -o cluster-autoscaler-$GOARCH $LDFLAGS_FLAG $TAGS_FLAG
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot
+ARG GOARCH
+COPY --from=builder /workspace/cluster-autoscaler-$GOARCH /cluster-autoscaler
 
-COPY cluster-autoscaler-amd64 /cluster-autoscaler
 WORKDIR /
 CMD ["/cluster-autoscaler"]
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile.arm64 b/cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile.arm64
deleted file mode 100644
index 45dc6c8f5c0c..000000000000
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile.arm64
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors. All rights reserved
-#
-# Licensed 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.
-ARG BASEIMAGE=gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot-arm64
-FROM $BASEIMAGE
-LABEL maintainer="Marcin Wielgus <mwielgus@google.com>"
-
-COPY cluster-autoscaler-arm64 /cluster-autoscaler
-WORKDIR /
-CMD ["/cluster-autoscaler"]
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile.s390x b/cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile.s390x
deleted file mode 100644
index 07ed8daf9ded..000000000000
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile.s390x
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors. All rights reserved
-#
-# Licensed 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.
-ARG BASEIMAGE=gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot-s390x
-FROM $BASEIMAGE
-LABEL maintainer="Marcin Wielgus <mwielgus@google.com>"
-
-COPY cluster-autoscaler-s390x /cluster-autoscaler
-WORKDIR /
-CMD ["/cluster-autoscaler"]
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/Makefile b/cluster-autoscaler/Makefile
index 142890288325..cfd489e2714a 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/Makefile
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 ALL_ARCH = amd64 arm64 s390x
 all: $(addprefix build-arch-,$(ALL_ARCH))
 
+# TODO: #8127 - Use default analyzers set by `go test` to include `printf` analyzer.
+# Default analyzers that go test runs according to https://github.com/golang/go/blob/52624e533fe52329da5ba6ebb9c37712048168e0/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go#L649
+# This doesn't include the `printf` analyzer until cluster-autoscaler libraries are updated.
+GO_TEST_DEFAULT_ANALYZERS?=atomic,bool,buildtags,directive,errorsas,ifaceassert,nilfunc,slog,stringintconv,tests
 TAG?=dev
 FLAGS=
 LDFLAGS?=-s
 ENVVAR=CGO_ENABLED=0
 GOOS?=linux
 GOARCH?=$(shell go env GOARCH)
-REGISTRY?=staging-k8s.gcr.io
+REGISTRY?=gcr.io/k8s-staging-autoscaling
 DOCKER_NETWORK?=default
 SUPPORTED_BUILD_TAGS=$(shell ls cloudprovider/builder/ | grep -e '^builder_.*\.go' | sed 's/builder_\(.*\)\.go/\1/')
 ifdef BUILD_TAGS
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@ else
   FOR_PROVIDER=
 endif
 ifdef LDFLAGS
-  LDFLAGS_FLAG=--ldflags "${LDFLAGS}"
+  LDFLAGS_FLAG=--ldflags="${LDFLAGS}"
 else
   LDFLAGS_FLAG=
 endif
@@ -38,8 +42,6 @@ IMAGE=$(REGISTRY)/cluster-autoscaler$(PROVIDER)
 export DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL := enabled
 
 build:
-	@echo "⚠️  WARNING: The vendor directory will be removed soon. \
-	Please make sure your dependencies are managed via Go modules."
 	@$(MAKE) build-arch-$(GOARCH)
 
 build-arch-%: clean-arch-%
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ test-build-tags:
 	done
 
 test-unit: clean build
-	go test --test.short -race ./... ${TAGS_FLAG}
+	go test --test.short -race ./... -vet="${GO_TEST_DEFAULT_ANALYZERS}" ${TAGS_FLAG}
 
 dev-release: dev-release-arch-$(GOARCH)
 
@@ -66,15 +68,11 @@ dev-release-arch-%: build-arch-% make-image-arch-% push-image-arch-%
 make-image: make-image-arch-$(GOARCH)
 
 make-image-arch-%:
-ifdef BASEIMAGE
-	docker build --pull --build-arg BASEIMAGE=${BASEIMAGE} \
+	GOOS=$(GOOS) docker buildx build --pull --platform linux/$* \
+		--build-arg "GOARCH=$*" \
+		--provenance=false \
 		-t ${IMAGE}-$*:${TAG} \
-		-f Dockerfile.$* .
-else
-	docker build --pull \
-		-t ${IMAGE}-$*:${TAG} \
-		-f Dockerfile.$* .
-endif
+		-f Dockerfile .
 	@echo "Image ${TAG}${FOR_PROVIDER}-$* completed"
 
 push-image: push-image-arch-$(GOARCH)
@@ -82,12 +80,15 @@ push-image: push-image-arch-$(GOARCH)
 push-image-arch-%:
 	./push_image.sh ${IMAGE}-$*:${TAG}
 
+push-release-image-arch-%:
+	docker push ${IMAGE}-$*:${TAG}
+
 push-manifest:
 	docker manifest create ${IMAGE}:${TAG} \
 	    $(addprefix $(REGISTRY)/cluster-autoscaler$(PROVIDER)-, $(addsuffix :$(TAG), $(ALL_ARCH)))
 	docker manifest push --purge ${IMAGE}:${TAG}
 
-execute-release: $(addprefix make-image-arch-,$(ALL_ARCH)) $(addprefix push-image-arch-,$(ALL_ARCH)) push-manifest
+execute-release: $(addprefix make-image-arch-,$(ALL_ARCH)) $(addprefix push-release-image-arch-,$(ALL_ARCH)) push-manifest
 	@echo "Release ${TAG}${FOR_PROVIDER} completed"
 
 clean: clean-arch-$(GOARCH)
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ container-arch-%: build-in-docker-arch-% make-image-arch-%
 	@echo "Full in-docker image ${TAG}${FOR_PROVIDER}-$* completed"
 
 test-in-docker: clean docker-builder
-	docker run ${RM_FLAG} -v `pwd`:/cluster-autoscaler/:Z autoscaling-builder:latest bash -c 'cd /cluster-autoscaler && go test -race ./... ${TAGS_FLAG}'
+	docker run ${RM_FLAG} -v `pwd`:/cluster-autoscaler/:Z autoscaling-builder:latest bash -c 'cd /cluster-autoscaler && go test -race ./... -vet="${GO_TEST_DEFAULT_ANALYZERS}" ${TAGS_FLAG}'
 
 .PHONY: all build test-unit clean format execute-release dev-release docker-builder build-in-docker release generate push-image push-manifest
 
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/externalgrpc/examples/external-grpc-cloud-provider-service/Makefile b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/externalgrpc/examples/external-grpc-cloud-provider-service/Makefile
index af1d3d1c345c..d25c1d744ee0 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/externalgrpc/examples/external-grpc-cloud-provider-service/Makefile
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/externalgrpc/examples/external-grpc-cloud-provider-service/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LDFLAGS?=-s
 ENVVAR=CGO_ENABLED=0
 GOOS?=linux
 GOARCH?=$(shell go env GOARCH)
-REGISTRY?=staging-k8s.gcr.io
+REGISTRY?=gcr.io/k8s-staging-autoscaling
 DOCKER_NETWORK?=default
 ifdef BUILD_TAGS
   TAGS_FLAG=--tags ${BUILD_TAGS}