diff --git a/opennlp-distr/src/main/docker/Dockerfile b/opennlp-distr/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
index 0db89852c..ee80aeda5 100644
--- a/opennlp-distr/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/opennlp-distr/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM openjdk:11-jre-slim
+FROM openjdk:17-alpine
 MAINTAINER Apache OpenNLP (dev@opennlp.apache.org)
 
 ARG OPENNLP_BINARY