diff --git a/src/ci/docker/host-aarch64/aarch64-gnu-debug/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/host-aarch64/aarch64-gnu-debug/Dockerfile
index 04b46226acfa4..e840113047e6d 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/host-aarch64/aarch64-gnu-debug/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/host-aarch64/aarch64-gnu-debug/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ FROM ubuntu:25.10
 
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+  # FIXME(#147556): Use GNU coreutils to work around a libffi-sys build failure.
+  coreutils-from-gnu coreutils-from-uutils- --allow-remove-essential \
   g++ \
   make \
   ninja-build \
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/host-aarch64/aarch64-gnu-llvm-20/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/host-aarch64/aarch64-gnu-llvm-20/Dockerfile
index 095624d6fb714..f5c0f6127a8d1 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/host-aarch64/aarch64-gnu-llvm-20/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/host-aarch64/aarch64-gnu-llvm-20/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ FROM ubuntu:25.10
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+  # FIXME(#147556): Use GNU coreutils to work around a libffi-sys build failure.
+  coreutils-from-gnu coreutils-from-uutils- --allow-remove-essential \
   bzip2 \
   g++ \
   make \
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/host-aarch64/aarch64-gnu/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/host-aarch64/aarch64-gnu/Dockerfile
index 4b61fd94a6cfa..a54ce19f97168 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/host-aarch64/aarch64-gnu/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/host-aarch64/aarch64-gnu/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ FROM ubuntu:25.10
 
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+  # FIXME(#147556): Use GNU coreutils to work around a libffi-sys build failure.
+  coreutils-from-gnu coreutils-from-uutils- --allow-remove-essential \
   g++ \
   make \
   ninja-build \