diff --git a/.github/workflows/codestyle.yml b/.github/workflows/codestyle.yml
index 63a076fc086a..7137a4eff559 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codestyle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codestyle.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on: [pull_request, workflow_call, workflow_dispatch]
 
 jobs:
   checkpatch:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/llext.yml b/.github/workflows/llext.yml
index a2888b75f2f4..8c655807f7af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/llext.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/llext.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ defaults:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     container:
-      image: thesofproject/zephyr-lite:v0.28.4
+      image: thesofproject/zephyr-lite:v0.29.0
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index 886d1b328ba7..eab5c9b912ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
 
   doxygen:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/repro-build.yml b/.github/workflows/repro-build.yml
index 034ae4ac286a..3c32ba0fd122 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repro-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repro-build.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on: [pull_request, workflow_dispatch, workflow_call]
 
 jobs:
   main:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rimage.yml b/.github/workflows/rimage.yml
index b6e66c23c449..9aa02671f200 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rimage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rimage.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
   # Basic build test
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     env:
       # FIXME: add  -Wpointer-arith
       _CFLGS: -Werror -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
 
   # cppcheck
   cppcheck:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with: {submodules: recursive, fetch-depth: 0, filter: 'tree:0'}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sparse-zephyr.yml b/.github/workflows/sparse-zephyr.yml
index e66856691dcb..8ddfa0fe0571 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sparse-zephyr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sparse-zephyr.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     # this in sync with it.
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     container:
-      image: thesofproject/zephyr-lite:v0.28.4
+      image: thesofproject/zephyr-lite:v0.29.0
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools.yml b/.github/workflows/tools.yml
index 9c8197a6cbcc..e370ffd95a91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tools.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
 
 
   SOF-alsa-plugin:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with: {filter: 'tree:0'}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/zephyr.yml b/.github/workflows/zephyr.yml
index 06b6cc3d7ee9..296996a62883 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/zephyr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/zephyr.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       run:
         shell: bash
     container:
-      image: thesofproject/zephyr-lite:v0.28.4
+      image: thesofproject/zephyr-lite:v0.29.0
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ jobs:
   # sof/scripts/xtensa-build-zephyr.py configuration script. Then this
   # job will be disappear, folded back in the regular build-* jobs below.
   LP64-WIP:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
     container:
-      image: thesofproject/zephyr-lite:v0.28.4
+      image: thesofproject/zephyr-lite:v0.29.0
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ jobs:
             -DEXTRA_AFLAGS=-Werror
 
   build-linux:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
     container:
-      image: thesofproject/zephyr-lite:v0.28.4
+      image: thesofproject/zephyr-lite:v0.29.0
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -285,12 +285,12 @@ jobs:
 
       # Keep this SDK version identical to the one in
       # sof/zephyr/docker-run.sh
-      - name: Cache Zephyr SDK 0.17.4
+      - name: Cache Zephyr SDK 1.0.0
         id: cache-zephyr-sdk
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
-          path: zephyr-sdk-0.17.4_windows-x86_64.7z
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-cache-zephyr-sdk-0-17-4
+          path: zephyr-sdk-1.0.0_windows-x86_64_gnu.7z
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-cache-zephyr-sdk-1-0-0
 
       # Wget is needed by Zephyr SDK setup.cmd installation script
       - name: Download wget
@@ -298,11 +298,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           curl -L -O http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/wget-1.11.4-1-bin.zip
 
-      - name: Download Zephyr SDK 0.17.4
+      - name: Download Zephyr SDK 1.0.0
         if: ${{ steps.cache-zephyr-sdk.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
         run: |  # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
           curl -L -O `
-          https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/sdk-ng/releases/download/v0.17.4/zephyr-sdk-0.17.4_windows-x86_64.7z
+          https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/sdk-ng/releases/download/v1.0.0/zephyr-sdk-1.0.0_windows-x86_64_gnu.7z
 
       # Unzips every .zip package to directory matching its name without extension
       - name: Unzip downloaded packages
@@ -325,12 +325,12 @@ jobs:
       # setup.cmd may not be called in from msys shell as it does not parse
       # forward slash script input arguments correctly.
       - name: Install Zephyr SDK
-        run: zephyr-sdk-0.17.4_windows-x86_64/zephyr-sdk-0.17.4/setup.cmd /t all /h /c
+        run: zephyr-sdk-1.0.0_windows-x86_64_gnu/zephyr-sdk-1.0.0/setup.cmd /t all /h /c
 
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: West install
         run: pip3 install west
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         id: cache-python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
+          python-version: '3.12'
           cache: 'pip'
           cache-dependency-path: workspace/zephyr/scripts/requirements.txt
 
diff --git a/scripts/docker_build/zephyr_lite/Dockerfile b/scripts/docker_build/zephyr_lite/Dockerfile
index fb891468e5e9..c6d6e28159c8 100644
--- a/scripts/docker_build/zephyr_lite/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/docker_build/zephyr_lite/Dockerfile
@@ -2,30 +2,31 @@
 # Copyright(c) 2025 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
 
 # Use zephyr-build as base image
-FROM ghcr.io/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr-build:v0.28.4 as base
+FROM ghcr.io/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr-build:v0.29.0 as base
 
 # Remove additional toolchains.
 # As this is not ideal solution there is a plan to build docker image without zephyr-build as the base
 # and install only needed toolchains in the future.
 USER root
 
-RUN cd /opt/toolchains/zephyr-sdk-0.17.4 && \
-    rm -rvf arc* \
-        micro* \
-        mips* \
-        nios* \
-        risc* \
-        sparc* \
-        sysroots \
-        x86* \
-        xtensa-espressif* \
-        xtensa-sample* \
-        xtensa-dc233c*
+RUN rm -rvf /opt/toolchains/zephyr-sdk-1.0.0/hosttools/sysroots && \
+    rm -rvf /opt/fvps && \
+    cd /opt/toolchains/zephyr-sdk-1.0.0/gnu && \
+      rm -rvf arc* \
+          micro* \
+          mips* \
+          nios* \
+          risc* \
+          sparc* \
+          x86* \
+          xtensa-espressif* \
+          xtensa-sample* \
+          xtensa-dc233c*
 
 # Use ubuntu24.04 as base for zephyr-lite
 FROM ubuntu:24.04 as zephyr-lite
 
-# Copy needed files from base to zephyr-lite
+# Copy only required files from base image to zephyr-lite
 # /opt for toolchains and sdk
 # /usr for binaries and libs
 # /home for libs installed in .local
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ RUN /opt/python/venv/bin/pip install 'cmake>=3.21' jsonschema
 
 # Set zephyr env variables
 ENV PATH="/opt/python/venv/bin/:$PATH"
-ENV ZEPHYR_SDK_INSTALL_DIR=/opt/toolchains/zephyr-sdk-0.17.4
+ENV ZEPHYR_SDK_INSTALL_DIR=/opt/toolchains/zephyr-sdk-1.0.0
+ENV ZSDK_VERSION=1.0.0
 ENV ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT=zephyr
 
 CMD ["/bin/bash", "-l"]
diff --git a/west.yml b/west.yml
index efa8f38a2f56..470a0df6d022 100644
--- a/west.yml
+++ b/west.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ manifest:
 
     - name: zephyr
       repo-path: zephyr
-      revision: 653ebccc49ad1f79cae2729f4c6fabd5ff54d397
+      revision: 70969f88f5373d8f99b2d1a2b9d85a4462df2ac8
       remote: zephyrproject
 
       # Import some projects listed in zephyr/west.yml@revision
diff --git a/zephyr/docker-run.sh b/zephyr/docker-run.sh
index c8a4af7fd38e..e71e266d52b8 100755
--- a/zephyr/docker-run.sh
+++ b/zephyr/docker-run.sh
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ main()
 
 run_command()
 {
-    # zephyr-lite:v0.28.4 has /opt/toolchains/zephyr-sdk-0.17.4
-    # zephyr-lite:v0.28.4 is based on zephyr-build:v0.28.4
+    # zephyr-lite:v0.29.0 has /opt/toolchains/zephyr-sdk-1.0.0
+    # zephyr-lite:v0.29.0 is based on zephyr-build:v0.29.0
     # https://hub.docker.com/r/zephyrprojectrtos/zephyr-build/tags
     # https://hub.docker.com/r/thesofproject/zephyr-lite/tags
     #
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ run_command()
            --workdir /zep_workspace \
            $SOF_DOCKER_RUN \
            --env REAL_CC --env http_proxy --env https_proxy \
-           thesofproject/zephyr-lite:v0.28.4 \
+           thesofproject/zephyr-lite:v0.29.0 \
            ./sof/scripts/sudo-cwd.sh "$@"
 }