diff --git a/script/deploy.sh b/script/deploy.sh
index fdb9842..db93b2f 100755
--- a/script/deploy.sh
+++ b/script/deploy.sh
@@ -60,10 +60,24 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
 done
 
 [[ -f "$manifest" ]]                    || die "manifest not found: $manifest"
-command -v yq    >/dev/null 2>&1        || die "yq is required"
-command -v pass  >/dev/null 2>&1        || die "pass is required"
-command -v rsync >/dev/null 2>&1        || die "rsync is required"
-command -v cargo >/dev/null 2>&1        || die "cargo is required"
+command -v yq     >/dev/null 2>&1       || die "yq is required"
+command -v pass   >/dev/null 2>&1       || die "pass is required"
+command -v rsync  >/dev/null 2>&1       || die "rsync is required"
+command -v cargo  >/dev/null 2>&1       || die "cargo is required"
+command -v podman >/dev/null 2>&1       || die "podman is required (used for the deploy build container)"
+
+# Rust binaries are built inside a Debian container so the resulting ELF
+# links against an older glibc than this workstation's. Building natively
+# on f44 (glibc 2.43) produces binaries that won't load on f42 / f43
+# servers — the dynamic loader refuses them outright. Debian bookworm's
+# glibc 2.36 is older than every Fedora release we deploy to, so its
+# binaries are forward-compatible.
+#
+# The artifacts land in target/deploy/release/ so a native `cargo build`
+# in this checkout (for tests, clippy, dev runs) doesn't compete with
+# the container for incremental state, and vice-versa.
+rust_build_image="docker.io/library/rust:1-bookworm"
+rust_target_dir="${repo_root}/target/deploy"
 
 # Resolve component list ----------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -93,8 +107,20 @@ for c in "${components[@]}"; do
 done
 
 if (( needs_rust )); then
-    log "cargo build --release (api, worker)"
-    run cargo build --release --bin moments-api --bin moments-worker --manifest-path "${repo_root}/Cargo.toml"
+    log "cargo build --release in ${rust_build_image} (api, worker)"
+    install --directory "$rust_target_dir"
+    # Named volumes cache the cargo registry and git index across runs so
+    # subsequent builds don't re-fetch every crate. CARGO_TARGET_DIR
+    # redirects build output into the host-mounted target/deploy.
+    # :Z relabels the bind mount for SELinux on Fedora hosts.
+    run podman run --rm \
+        --volume "${repo_root}:/workspace:Z" \
+        --volume moments-deploy-cargo-registry:/usr/local/cargo/registry \
+        --volume moments-deploy-cargo-git:/usr/local/cargo/git \
+        --workdir /workspace \
+        --env CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/workspace/target/deploy \
+        "$rust_build_image" \
+        cargo build --release --bin moments-api --bin moments-worker
 fi
 
 if (( needs_web )); then
@@ -156,7 +182,7 @@ deploy_api() {
     install --mode=0644 "${repo_root}/asset/systemd/moments-api.service"             "$stage/etc/systemd/system/"
     install --mode=0644 "${repo_root}/asset/systemd/moments-api-cert-reload.service" "$stage/etc/systemd/system/"
     install --mode=0644 "${repo_root}/asset/systemd/moments.sysusers.conf"           "$stage/etc/sysusers.d/moments.conf"
-    install --mode=0755 "${repo_root}/target/release/moments-api"                    "$stage/usr/local/bin/moments-api"
+    install --mode=0755 "${rust_target_dir}/release/moments-api"                    "$stage/usr/local/bin/moments-api"
 
     chmod 0640 "$stage/etc/moments/api.env"
 
@@ -310,7 +336,7 @@ deploy_worker() {
     install --mode=0644 "${repo_root}/asset/systemd/moments-worker.service"             "$stage/etc/systemd/system/"
     install --mode=0644 "${repo_root}/asset/systemd/moments-worker-cert-reload.service" "$stage/etc/systemd/system/"
     install --mode=0644 "${repo_root}/asset/systemd/moments.sysusers.conf"              "$stage/etc/sysusers.d/moments.conf"
-    install --mode=0755 "${repo_root}/target/release/moments-worker"                    "$stage/usr/local/bin/moments-worker"
+    install --mode=0755 "${rust_target_dir}/release/moments-worker"                    "$stage/usr/local/bin/moments-worker"
 
     chmod 0640 "$stage/etc/moments/worker.env"