diff --git a/conf/containers.config b/conf/containers.config
index ea228832..de0b9702 100755
--- a/conf/containers.config
+++ b/conf/containers.config
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     container = "cmopipeline/strelka2-manta-bcftools-vt:2.0.1"
   }
   withName: '.*RunSvABA' {
-    container = "cmopipeline/svaba:0.0.1"
+    container = "cmopipeline/svaba:0.0.2"
   }
   withName: 'runBRASS.*' {
     container = "cmopipeline/brass:0.0.2"
diff --git a/containers/svaba/Dockerfile b/containers/svaba/Dockerfile
index 16172fe5..bdf9a1c1 100644
--- a/containers/svaba/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/svaba/Dockerfile
@@ -1,38 +1,56 @@
-# adapted from https://bitbucket.org/weischenfeldt/svaba/src/master/Dockerfile
-# they use SvABA version 134 (4a0606eba1bfd43c3d38433b27ac7f5e4887bc1e) but that is outdated at this point so start with latest commit
-FROM centos:7.3.1611
+# Start with an Ubuntu image
+FROM ubuntu:20.04
 
 LABEL maintainer="Anne Marie Noronha (noronhaa@mskcc.org)" \
-    version.image="0.0.1"
+    version.image="0.0.2"
 
-RUN yum install -y epel-release
-RUN yum install -y \
-    git \
-    zlib-devel \
-    gcc gcc-c++ \
-    gcc-gfortran \
+# Avoid prompts with tzdata (timezones)
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Install dependencies for htslib and svaba
+RUN apt update && apt install -y \
+    autoconf \
+    automake \
     make \
-    wget \
-    bzip2-devel.x86_64 \
-    xz-devel \
-    bcftools
-
-# original commit for pcawg
-ENV SVABA_COMMIT 4a0606eba1bfd43c3d38433b27ac7f5e4887bc1e
-# latest release commit
-#ENV SVABA_COMMIT d12cf224f7a488b913eabbcf54a215e17238032c
-
-# SvABA Version: 1.1.3 (4d7b57);
-# Submodule path 'SeqLib': checked out 'f7a89a127409a3f52fdf725fa74e5438c68e48fb'
-# Submodule path 'SeqLib/bwa': checked out 'c02766e3c34ac3f4af9842e20a54b7f9f4b36d0b'
-# Submodule path 'SeqLib/fermi-lite': checked out '5bc90f8d70e2b66184eccbd223a3be714c914365'
-# Submodule path 'SeqLib/htslib': checked out '49fdfbda20acbd73303df3c7fef84f2d972c5f8d'
-RUN git clone  https://github.com/walaj/svaba && \
-cd svaba && \
-git checkout ${SVABA_COMMIT} && \
-git submodule update --init --recursive && \
-./configure && \
-make && \
-make install
-
-ENV PATH=/svaba/bin/:$PATH
+    gcc \
+    g++ \
+    git \
+    perl \
+    zlib1g-dev \
+    libbz2-dev \
+    liblzma-dev \
+    libcurl4-gnutls-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    cmake \
+    bcftools \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Clone and install htslib
+WORKDIR /opt
+RUN git clone --recursive https://github.com/samtools/htslib.git && \
+    cd htslib && \
+    autoheader && \
+    autoconf && \
+    ./configure && \
+    make && \
+    make install
+
+# Ensure shared libraries are noticed
+RUN ldconfig
+
+# Clone svaba
+ENV SVABA_COMMIT ab39e3f656ccf34a985c4ac632426bb4be744e15
+WORKDIR /opt
+RUN git clone --recursive https://github.com/walaj/svaba.git && cd svaba && mkdir build && \
+    git checkout ${SVABA_COMMIT} && \
+    git submodule update --init --recursive
+
+# Compile svaba with htslib
+WORKDIR /opt/svaba/build
+RUN cmake .. \
+    -DHTSLIB_DIR=/usr/local && \
+    make
+
+# Default command can be your application run command or just an interactive shell for testing
+ENV PATH "$PATH:/opt/svaba/build"
+