diff --git a/alpine/Dockerfile b/alpine/Dockerfile
index 3a3b9af..8d06a82 100644
--- a/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine:3.8
+FROM alpine:3.9
 
 # add our user and group first to make sure their IDs get assigned consistently, regardless of whatever dependencies get added
 RUN addgroup -g 11211 memcache && adduser -D -u 11211 -G memcache memcache
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ RUN set -x \
 		gcc \
 		libc-dev \
 		libevent-dev \
-		libressl \
 		linux-headers \
 		make \
+		openssl \
 		perl \
 		perl-utils \
 		tar \