diff --git a/build_library/disk_layout.json b/build_library/disk_layout.json
index de346ea424a..2106b0f7377 100644
--- a/build_library/disk_layout.json
+++ b/build_library/disk_layout.json
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
       "9":{
         "label":"ROOT",
         "fs_label":"ROOT",
-        "blocks":"58875904"
+        "blocks":"50876416"
       }
     },
     "vagrant":{
diff --git a/changelog/changes/2025-11-03-azure-size.md b/changelog/changes/2025-11-03-azure-size.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5a6f533cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/changes/2025-11-03-azure-size.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Alpha only: Reduced Azure image size again to 30 GB as before by shrinking the root partition to compensate for the growth of the other partitions ([scripts#TODO](https://github.com/flatcar/scripts/pull/TODO))