diff --git a/base/Dockerfile b/base/Dockerfile
index 9b1f79da30ef25cd36f72e62e736ae9232420ef2..7c56400730fba837d13c879c18a4ae2ea469d874 100644
--- a/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/base/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.6-alpine as base
+FROM python:3.7-alpine as base
 
 FROM base as staging