diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 55fe656c..ecb30508 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-FROM adoptopenjdk/openjdk8-openj9:alpine
+FROM adoptopenjdk/openjdk11-openj9:alpine
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="Geoff Bourne <itzgeoff@gmail.com>"
 
-# upgrade all packages since alpine jre8 base image tops out at 8u212
 RUN apk -U --no-cache upgrade
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache -U \