diff --git a/.github/CHANGELOG.md b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
index 3cdaafa24..f1a2d73b9 100644
--- a/.github/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 ### Improvements
 
+* Update Linux wheels to use manylinux_2_28 images.
+  [(#667)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/667)
+
 ### Documentation
 
 ### Bug fixes
@@ -14,6 +17,8 @@
 
 This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):
 
+Amintor Dusko
+
 ---
 
 # Release 0.36.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_aarch64.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_aarch64.yml
index 498bdcce6..66acb86df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_aarch64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_aarch64.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         arch: [aarch64]
         exec_model: ${{ fromJson(needs.set_wheel_build_matrix.outputs.exec_model) }}
         kokkos_version: ${{ fromJson(needs.set_wheel_build_matrix.outputs.kokkos_version) }}
-        container_img: ["quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_aarch64"]
+        container_img: ["quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_aarch64"]
     timeout-minutes: 45
     name: Kokkos core (${{ matrix.exec_model }}::${{ matrix.arch }})
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
         cibw_build: ${{ fromJson(needs.set_wheel_build_matrix.outputs.python_version) }}
         exec_model: ${{ fromJson(needs.set_wheel_build_matrix.outputs.exec_model) }}
         kokkos_version: ${{ fromJson(needs.set_wheel_build_matrix.outputs.kokkos_version) }}
-        container_img: ["quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_aarch64"]
+        container_img: ["quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_aarch64"]
     timeout-minutes: 45
     name: ${{ matrix.os }}::${{ matrix.arch }} - ${{ matrix.pl_backend }} (Python ${{ fromJson('{ "cp39-*":"3.9","cp310-*":"3.10","cp311-*":"3.11", "cp312-*":"3.12" }')[matrix.cibw_build] }})
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
 
           CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: PL_BACKEND="${{ matrix.pl_backend }}" CMAKE_ARGS="-DENABLE_LAPACK=OFF"
 
-          CIBW_MANYLINUX_AARCH64_IMAGE: manylinux2014
+          CIBW_MANYLINUX_AARCH64_IMAGE: manylinux_2_28
 
           CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 3
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_ppc64le.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_ppc64le.yml
index 51a988b21..ab089bbf1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_ppc64le.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_ppc64le.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         arch: [ppc64le]
         exec_model: ${{ fromJson(needs.set_wheel_build_matrix.outputs.exec_model) }}
         kokkos_version: ${{ fromJson(needs.set_wheel_build_matrix.outputs.kokkos_version) }}
-        container_img: ["quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_ppc64le"]
+        container_img: ["quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_ppc64le"]
     timeout-minutes: 45
     name: Kokkos core (${{ matrix.exec_model }}::${{ matrix.arch }})
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
         cibw_build: ${{fromJson(needs.set_wheel_build_matrix.outputs.python_version)}}
         exec_model: ${{ fromJson(needs.set_wheel_build_matrix.outputs.exec_model) }}
         kokkos_version: ${{ fromJson(needs.set_wheel_build_matrix.outputs.kokkos_version) }}
-        container_img: ["quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_ppc64le"]
+        container_img: ["quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_ppc64le"]
     timeout-minutes: 45
     name: ${{ matrix.os }}::${{ matrix.arch }} - ${{ matrix.pl_backend }} (Python ${{ fromJson('{"cp39-*":"3.9","cp310-*":"3.10","cp311-*":"3.11", "cp312-*":"3.12"}')[matrix.cibw_build] }})
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
 
           CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: PL_BACKEND="${{ matrix.pl_backend }}" CMAKE_ARGS="-DENABLE_LAPACK=OFF"
 
-          CIBW_MANYLINUX_PPC64LE_IMAGE: manylinux2014
+          CIBW_MANYLINUX_PPC64LE_IMAGE: manylinux_2_28
 
           CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 3
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64.yml
index b84a01e67..664685b0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name: Wheel::Linux::x86_64
 # **Who does it impact**: Wheels to be uploaded to PyPI.
 
 env:
-  GCC_VERSION: 11
+  GCC_VERSION: 13
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         exec_model: ${{ fromJson(needs.set_wheel_build_matrix.outputs.exec_model) }}
         kokkos_version: ${{ fromJson(needs.set_wheel_build_matrix.outputs.kokkos_version) }}
-        container_img: ["quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64"]
+        container_img: ["quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64"]
     timeout-minutes: 30
     name: Kokkos core (${{ matrix.exec_model }})
     runs-on: ${{ needs.determine_runner.outputs.runner_group }}
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ (matrix.container_img == 'ubuntu-latest') && (steps.kokkos-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true') }}
         run: |
           apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ=Etc/UTC apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-$GCC_VERSION g++-$GCC_VERSION ninja-build git
-          echo "COMPILER=g++-11" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "COMPILER=g++-13" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: Install dependencies (CentOS)
-        if: ${{ (matrix.container_img == 'quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64') && (steps.kokkos-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true') }}
+      - name: Install dependencies (AlmaLinux)
+        if: ${{ (matrix.container_img == 'quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64') && (steps.kokkos-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true') }}
         run: |
-          yum update -y && yum install -y cmake ninja-build
+          dnf update -y && dnf install -y cmake ninja-build
           echo "COMPILER=g++" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Clone Kokkos libs
@@ -104,11 +104,13 @@ jobs:
         cibw_build: ${{ fromJson(needs.set_wheel_build_matrix.outputs.python_version) }}
         exec_model: ${{ fromJson(needs.set_wheel_build_matrix.outputs.exec_model) }}
         kokkos_version: ${{ fromJson(needs.set_wheel_build_matrix.outputs.kokkos_version) }}
-        container_img: ["quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64"]
+        container_img: ["quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64"]
     timeout-minutes: 30
     name: Linux::${{ matrix.arch }} - ${{ matrix.pl_backend }} (Python ${{ fromJson('{ "cp39-*":"3.9","cp310-*":"3.10","cp311-*":"3.11","cp312-*":"3.12" }')[matrix.cibw_build] }})
     runs-on: ${{ needs.determine_runner.outputs.runner_group }}
-    container: ${{ matrix.container_img }}
+    container:
+      image: ${{ matrix.container_img }}
+      options: --privileged
 
     steps:
       - name: Restoring cached dependencies
@@ -127,18 +129,18 @@ jobs:
           mkdir Kokkos
           cp -rf /root/Kokkos_install/${{ matrix.exec_model }}/* Kokkos/
 
-      - name: Install dependencies (CentOS)
-        if: ${{ (matrix.container_img == 'quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64') }}
+      - name: Install dependencies (AlmaLinux)
+        if: ${{ (matrix.container_img == 'quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64') }}
         run: |
-          # Reduce wait time for repos not responding
-          cat /etc/yum.conf | sed "s/\[main\]/\[main\]\ntimeout=5/g" > /etc/yum.conf
-          yum update -y && yum install -y docker
+          dnf update -y && dnf install -y podman
 
       - name: Install cibuildwheel
         run: python3.9 -m pip install cibuildwheel~=2.16.0
 
       - name: Build wheels
         env:
+          CIBW_CONTAINER_ENGINE: "podman"
+
           CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: ${{matrix.arch}}
 
           CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.cibw_build }}
@@ -147,15 +149,15 @@ jobs:
 
           # Python build settings
           CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: |
-            cat /etc/yum.conf | sed "s/\[main\]/\[main\]\ntimeout=5/g" > /etc/yum.conf
+            cat /etc/dnf.conf | sed "s/\[main\]/\[main\]\ntimeout=5/g" > /etc/dnf.conf
             python -m pip install ninja cmake~=3.24.0 scipy
-            yum clean all -y
-            yum install centos-release-scl-rh -y
-            yum install devtoolset-11-gcc-c++ -y
-            source /opt/rh/devtoolset-11/enable -y
+            dnf clean all -y
+            dnf install gcc-toolset-13 -y
+            source /opt/rh/gcc-toolset-13/enable -y
+            PATH="/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-13/root/usr/bin:$PATH"
 
           CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: |
-            PATH="/opt/rh/devtoolset-11/root/usr/bin:$PATH" \
+            PATH="/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-13/root/usr/bin:$PATH" \
             PL_BACKEND="${{ matrix.pl_backend }}"
 
           CIBW_BEFORE_TEST: |
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ jobs:
             DEVICENAME=`echo ${{ matrix.pl_backend }} | sed "s/_/./g"`
             pl-device-test --device=${DEVICENAME} --skip-ops -x --tb=short --no-flaky-report
 
-          CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux2014
+          CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux_2_28
 
           CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 3
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64_cuda.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64_cuda.yml
index aa1671fd7..a12173daa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64_cuda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64_cuda.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name: Wheel::Linux::x86_64::CUDA
 # **Who does it impact**: Wheels to be uploaded to PyPI.
 
 env:
-  GCC_VERSION: "11"
+  GCC_VERSION: 12
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -48,28 +48,30 @@ jobs:
         pl_backend: ["lightning_gpu"]
         cuda_version: ["12"]
         cibw_build: ${{ fromJson(needs.set_wheel_build_matrix.outputs.python_version) }}
-        container_img: ["quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64"]
+        container_img: ["quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64"]
     timeout-minutes: 30
     name: Linux::${{ matrix.arch }} - ${{ matrix.pl_backend }} CUDA ${{ matrix.cuda_version }} (Python ${{ fromJson('{ "cp39-*":"3.9","cp310-*":"3.10","cp311-*":"3.11","cp312-*":"3.12" }')[matrix.cibw_build] }})
     runs-on: ${{ needs.determine_runner.outputs.runner_group }}
-    container: ${{ matrix.container_img }}
+    container:
+      image: ${{ matrix.container_img }}
+      options: --privileged
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout PennyLane-Lightning
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Install dependencies (CentOS)
-        if: ${{ (matrix.container_img == 'quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64') }}
+      - name: Install dependencies (AlmaLinux)
+        if: ${{ (matrix.container_img == 'quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64') }}
         run: |
-          # Reduce wait time for repos not responding
-          cat /etc/yum.conf | sed "s/\[main\]/\[main\]\ntimeout=5/g" > /etc/yum.conf
-          yum update -y && yum install -y docker
+          dnf update -y && dnf install -y podman
 
       - name: Install cibuildwheel
         run: python3.9 -m pip install cibuildwheel~=2.16.0
 
       - name: Build wheels
         env:
+          CIBW_CONTAINER_ENGINE: "podman"
+
           CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: ${{ matrix.arch }}
 
           CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.cibw_build }}
@@ -80,25 +82,23 @@ jobs:
 
           # Python build settings
           CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: |
-            cat /etc/yum.conf | sed "s/\[main\]/\[main\]\ntimeout=5/g" > /etc/yum.conf
             python -m pip install ninja cmake~=3.24.3 auditwheel~=5.0 custatevec-cu${{ matrix.cuda_version }} scipy
-            yum clean all -y
-            yum install centos-release-scl-rh -y
-            yum install devtoolset-11-gcc-c++ -y
-            source /opt/rh/devtoolset-11/enable -y
-            yum-config-manager --add-repo https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/rhel7/x86_64/cuda-rhel7.repo -y
-            yum -y install cuda-${{ matrix.cuda_version }}-0 git openssh wget
+            dnf clean all -y
+            dnf install gcc-toolset-12 dnf-utils -y
+            source /opt/rh/gcc-toolset-12/enable -y
+            yum-config-manager --add-repo http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/rhel8/x86_64/cuda-rhel8.repo -y
+            dnf -y install cuda-${{ matrix.cuda_version }}-0 git openssh wget
 
           # ensure nvcc is available
           CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: |
-            PATH=/opt/rh/devtoolset-11/root/usr/bin:$PATH:/usr/local/cuda-${{ matrix.cuda_version }}/bin \
-            LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/rh/devtoolset-11/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/devtoolset-11/root/usr/lib:/opt/rh/devtoolset-11/root/usr/lib64/dyninst:/opt/rh/devtoolset-11/root/usr/lib/dyninst:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/cuda-${{ matrix.cuda_version }}/lib64 \
+            PATH=/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-12/root/usr/bin:$PATH:/usr/local/cuda-${{ matrix.cuda_version }}/bin \
+            LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-12/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-12/root/usr/lib:/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-12/root/usr/lib64/dyninst:/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-12/root/usr/lib/dyninst:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/cuda-${{ matrix.cuda_version }}/lib64 \
             PL_BACKEND="${{ matrix.pl_backend }}" \
-            PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/rh/devtoolset-11/root/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+            PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-12/root/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 
           CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND_LINUX: "./bin/auditwheel repair -w {dest_dir} {wheel}"
 
-          CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux2014
+          CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux_2_28
 
           CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 3
 
diff --git a/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py b/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
index cd1f98d17..7cad190a0 100644
--- a/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.37.0-dev0"
+__version__ = "0.37.0-dev1"