diff --git a/6.0/bookworm/Dockerfile b/6.0/bookworm/Dockerfile
index d114ae0..d4fc188 100644
--- a/6.0/bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/6.0/bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -120,8 +120,14 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		echo "$adapter:" >> ./config/database.yml; \
 		echo "  adapter: $adapter" >> ./config/database.yml; \
 	done; \
+# ruby gems (like nokogiri) don't publish arm32v5-compatible, pre-compiled libraries
+# force them to compile so that they don't pull arm32v[6-7] libraries
+	arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"; \
+	if [ "$arch" = 'armel' ]; then \
+		gosu redmine bundle config set force_ruby_platform true; \
+	fi; \
 # nokogiri's vendored libxml2 + libxslt do not build on mips64le, so use the apt packages when building
-	gosu redmine bundle config build.nokogiri --use-system-libraries; \
+	gosu redmine bundle config set build.nokogiri --use-system-libraries; \
 	gosu redmine bundle install --jobs "$(nproc)"; \
 	rm ./config/database.yml; \
 # fix permissions for running as an arbitrary user
diff --git a/6.0/trixie/Dockerfile b/6.0/trixie/Dockerfile
index 995d114..95c64b2 100644
--- a/6.0/trixie/Dockerfile
+++ b/6.0/trixie/Dockerfile
@@ -119,8 +119,14 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		echo "$adapter:" >> ./config/database.yml; \
 		echo "  adapter: $adapter" >> ./config/database.yml; \
 	done; \
+# ruby gems (like nokogiri) don't publish arm32v5-compatible, pre-compiled libraries
+# force them to compile so that they don't pull arm32v[6-7] libraries
+	arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"; \
+	if [ "$arch" = 'armel' ]; then \
+		gosu redmine bundle config set force_ruby_platform true; \
+	fi; \
 # nokogiri's vendored libxml2 + libxslt do not build on mips64le, so use the apt packages when building
-	gosu redmine bundle config build.nokogiri --use-system-libraries; \
+	gosu redmine bundle config set build.nokogiri --use-system-libraries; \
 	gosu redmine bundle install --jobs "$(nproc)"; \
 	rm ./config/database.yml; \
 # fix permissions for running as an arbitrary user
diff --git a/6.1/bookworm/Dockerfile b/6.1/bookworm/Dockerfile
index 8179f73..543087f 100644
--- a/6.1/bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/6.1/bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -122,8 +122,14 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		echo "$adapter:" >> ./config/database.yml; \
 		echo "  adapter: $adapter" >> ./config/database.yml; \
 	done; \
+# ruby gems (like nokogiri) don't publish arm32v5-compatible, pre-compiled libraries
+# force them to compile so that they don't pull arm32v[6-7] libraries
+	arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"; \
+	if [ "$arch" = 'armel' ]; then \
+		gosu redmine bundle config set force_ruby_platform true; \
+	fi; \
 # nokogiri's vendored libxml2 + libxslt do not build on mips64le, so use the apt packages when building
-	gosu redmine bundle config build.nokogiri --use-system-libraries; \
+	gosu redmine bundle config set build.nokogiri --use-system-libraries; \
 	gosu redmine bundle install --jobs "$(nproc)"; \
 	rm ./config/database.yml; \
 # fix permissions for running as an arbitrary user
diff --git a/6.1/trixie/Dockerfile b/6.1/trixie/Dockerfile
index 0e4d137..c74ebdc 100644
--- a/6.1/trixie/Dockerfile
+++ b/6.1/trixie/Dockerfile
@@ -121,8 +121,14 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		echo "$adapter:" >> ./config/database.yml; \
 		echo "  adapter: $adapter" >> ./config/database.yml; \
 	done; \
+# ruby gems (like nokogiri) don't publish arm32v5-compatible, pre-compiled libraries
+# force them to compile so that they don't pull arm32v[6-7] libraries
+	arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"; \
+	if [ "$arch" = 'armel' ]; then \
+		gosu redmine bundle config set force_ruby_platform true; \
+	fi; \
 # nokogiri's vendored libxml2 + libxslt do not build on mips64le, so use the apt packages when building
-	gosu redmine bundle config build.nokogiri --use-system-libraries; \
+	gosu redmine bundle config set build.nokogiri --use-system-libraries; \
 	gosu redmine bundle install --jobs "$(nproc)"; \
 	rm ./config/database.yml; \
 # fix permissions for running as an arbitrary user
diff --git a/Dockerfile.template b/Dockerfile.template
index 4a7fc2a..cf1fde9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/Dockerfile.template
@@ -242,8 +242,14 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		echo "  adapter: $adapter" >> ./config/database.yml; \
 	done; \
 {{ if is_alpine then "" else ( -}}
+# ruby gems (like nokogiri) don't publish arm32v5-compatible, pre-compiled libraries
+# force them to compile so that they don't pull arm32v[6-7] libraries
+	arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"; \
+	if [ "$arch" = 'armel' ]; then \
+		gosu redmine bundle config set force_ruby_platform true; \
+	fi; \
 # nokogiri's vendored libxml2 + libxslt do not build on mips64le, so use the apt packages when building
-	gosu redmine bundle config build.nokogiri --use-system-libraries; \
+	gosu redmine bundle config set build.nokogiri --use-system-libraries; \
 {{ ) end -}}
 	gosu redmine bundle install --jobs "$(nproc)"; \
 	rm ./config/database.yml; \