diff --git a/custom/hardened-alpine/experiment/Dockerfile b/custom/hardened-alpine/experiment/Dockerfile
index 1d2f3be9..0e8e40b5 100644
--- a/custom/hardened-alpine/experiment/Dockerfile
+++ b/custom/hardened-alpine/experiment/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This Dockerfile contains the hardened alpine image with all the
 # litmus experiment dependencies installed.
 # It is also made non-root, sudo-enabled with default litmus directory.
-FROM alpine:3.16.9
+FROM alpine:3.19
 
 LABEL maintainer="LitmusChaos"