diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-mxe-dockerimage.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-mxe-dockerimage.yml
index 5b5c05616..2e4c1d009 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-mxe-dockerimage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-mxe-dockerimage.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
   windows-mxe:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      VERSION: ${{ '3.2.0' }}    # 'official' images should have a dot-zero version
+      VERSION: ${{ '3.3.0' }}    # 'official' images should have a dot-zero version
       mxe_sha: '974808c2ecb02866764d236fe533ae57ba342e7a'
 
     steps:
diff --git a/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/Dockerfile b/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/Dockerfile
index cb3950f5a..511117ba3 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Build the image using the --build-arg option, e.g.:
 # docker build -t boret/myimage:0.1 --build-arg=mxe_sha=123ABC456 .
 
-FROM ubuntu:22.04 as base
+FROM ubuntu:24.04 as base
 
 # update and set up the packages we need for the build
 RUN apt-get update  &&  \
@@ -48,13 +48,14 @@ RUN apt-get install -y \
     libxml-parser-perl \
     python3 \
     python3-mako \
+    python3-setuptools \
     python-is-python3 \
     ruby \
     xz-utils \
     scons
 
 # very often master is broken, so we pass in a known good SHA
-ARG mxe_sha=master
+ARG mxe_sha=d6377b2f2334694dbb040294fd0d848327e63328
 ENV _ver=${mxe_sha}
 
 WORKDIR /win
@@ -73,9 +74,6 @@ ADD settings.mk .
 # backend is not picked
 ADD qtconnectivity-1.patch src/
 
-ADD mdbtools_version.patch .
-RUN patch -p1 < mdbtools_version.patch 2>&1 | tee mxe-patch.log
-
 # separate download from build so that we can redo the build
 RUN make -j download 2>&1 | tee mxe-build.log
 
diff --git a/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/mdbtools_version.patch b/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/mdbtools_version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 98fa6112d..000000000
--- a/scripts/docker/mxe-build-container/mdbtools_version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# Temporary patch to apply to MXE's src/mdbtools.mk file while building docker
-# image, until it's applied upstream at github's MXE repo.
-
-
-diff --git a/src/mdbtools.mk b/src/mdbtools.mk
-index 42d303c2..d9d0f557 100644
---- a/src/mdbtools.mk
-+++ b/src/mdbtools.mk
-@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
- # This file is part of MXE. See LICENSE.md for licensing information.
- 
- PKG             := mdbtools
--$(PKG)_WEBSITE  := https://sourceforge.net/projects/mdbtools/
-+$(PKG)_WEBSITE  := https://github.com/mdbtools/mdbtools
- $(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
--$(PKG)_VERSION  := 0.7.1
--$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 4eac1bce55066a38d9ea6c52a8e8ecc101b79afe75118ecc16852990472c4721
--$(PKG)_SUBDIR   := brianb-mdbtools-f8ce1cc
--$(PKG)_FILE     := $(PKG)-$($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.gz
--$(PKG)_URL      := https://github.com/brianb/$(PKG)/tarball/$($(PKG)_VERSION)/$($(PKG)_FILE)
-+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 1.0.0
-+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 3446e1d71abdeb98d41e252777e67e1909b186496fda59f98f67032f7fbcd955
-+$(PKG)_GH_CONF  := mdbtools/mdbtools/releases, v
- $(PKG)_DEPS     := cc glib
- 
- define $(PKG)_UPDATE
--    $(WGET) -q -O- 'https://github.com/brianb/mdbtools/tags' | \
--    grep '<a href="/brianb/mdbtools/archive/' | \
--    $(SED) -n 's,.*href="/brianb/mdbtools/archive/\([0-9][^"_]*\)\.tar.*,\1,p' | \
-+    $(WGET) -q -O- 'https://github.com/mdbtools/mdbtools/tags' | \
-+    grep 'href="/mdbtools/mdbtools/archive/' | \
-+    $(SED) -n 's,.*href="/mdbtools/mdbtools/archive/refs/tags/v\([0-9][^"_]*\)\.tar.*,\1,p' | \
-     head -1
- endef
- 
-@@ -24,10 +22,11 @@ define $(PKG)_BUILD
-         --build="`config.guess`" \
-         --disable-shared \
-         --disable-man \
-+        --without-bash-completion-dir \
-         --prefix='$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)' \
-         PKG_CONFIG='$(PREFIX)/bin/$(TARGET)-pkg-config'
--    $(MAKE) -C '$(1)' -j '$(JOBS)' install bin_PROGRAMS= sbin_PROGRAMS= noinst_PROGRAMS= html_DATA= || \
--    $(MAKE) -C '$(1)' -j 1 install bin_PROGRAMS= sbin_PROGRAMS= noinst_PROGRAMS= html_DATA=
-+    $(MAKE) CFLAGS+='-Wno-deprecated-declarations' -C '$(1)' -j '$(JOBS)' install bin_PROGRAMS= sbin_PROGRAMS= noinst_PROGRAMS= html_DATA= || \
-+    $(MAKE) CFLAGS+='-Wno-deprecated-declarations' -C '$(1)' -j 1 install bin_PROGRAMS= sbin_PROGRAMS= noinst_PROGRAMS= html_DATA=
- endef
- 
- $(PKG)_BUILD_SHARED =
--- 
-2.43.0
-