diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2cd949b..58c9a55 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-FROM node:14.16.1-alpine
+FROM node:18-bookworm
 
 LABEL maintainer="madnificent@gmail.com"
 
-RUN apk update && apk upgrade && apk add --no-cache bash git openssh
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade && apt-get -y install git openssh-client
 
 ENV MU_SPARQL_ENDPOINT 'http://database:8890/sparql'
 ENV MU_APPLICATION_GRAPH 'http://mu.semte.ch/application'
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ ENV DEBUG_AUTH_HEADERS 'true'
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 COPY package.json /usr/src/app/package.json
 COPY ./scripts /app/scripts
-RUN npm config set unsafe-perm true && npm install
+RUN npm install
 COPY . /usr/src/app
 RUN chmod +x /usr/src/app/run-development.sh
 RUN chmod +x /usr/src/app/build-production.sh
 
 EXPOSE ${PORT}
 
-CMD sh boot.sh
+CMD bash boot.sh
 
 # This stuff only runs when building an image from the template
 ONBUILD RUN rm -Rf /app/scripts
diff --git a/babel.config.json b/babel.config.json
index d2e74b7..b8eae3d 100644
--- a/babel.config.json
+++ b/babel.config.json
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@
     ["@babel/preset-env",
       {
         "targets": {
-          "node": 14
+          "node": 18
         }
       }
     ],
     ["@babel/preset-typescript"]
   ],
   "plugins": [
-    ["@babel/plugin-proposal-decorators", { "legacy": true }],
-    ["@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties"]
+    ["@babel/plugin-proposal-decorators", { "version": "2023-05" }]
   ],
   "ignore": [
     "./node_modules",
diff --git a/boot.sh b/boot.sh
index 20961a6..c39f0b9 100755
--- a/boot.sh
+++ b/boot.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
 if [ "$NODE_ENV" == "development" ]
 then
     # Run live-reload development
diff --git a/build-production.sh b/build-production.sh
index 4f3767c..33517d7 100755
--- a/build-production.sh
+++ b/build-production.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 # Builds sources in production
 #
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 64da3c1..78729ba 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,23 +10,22 @@
     "mu-semtech"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@babel/cli": "^7.13.16",
-    "@babel/core": "^7.14.0",
-    "@babel/node": "^7.13.13",
-    "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties": "^7.13.0",
-    "@babel/plugin-proposal-decorators": "^7.13.15",
-    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.14.1",
-    "@babel/preset-typescript": "^7.16.7",
-    "babel-plugin-module-resolver": "4.1.0",
-    "body-parser": "~1.19.0",
+    "@babel/cli": "^7.20.7",
+    "@babel/core": "^7.20.12",
+    "@babel/node": "^7.20.7",
+    "@babel/plugin-proposal-decorators": "^7.22.15",
+    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.22.10",
+    "@babel/preset-typescript": "^7.18.6",
+    "babel-plugin-module-resolver": "5.0.0",
+    "body-parser": "~1.20.1",
     "coffeescript": "^2.6.1",
     "env-var": "^7.0.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-http-context": "~1.2.4",
-    "nodemon": "^2.0.7",
+    "nodemon": "^2.0.20",
     "sparql-client-2": "https://github.com/erikap/node-sparql-client.git",
     "typescript": "^4.6.2",
-    "uuid": "^8.3.2"
+    "uuid": "^9.0.0"
   },
   "author": "Aad Versteden <aad.versteden@gmail.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/run-development.sh b/run-development.sh
index ada805a..d3d4904 100755
--- a/run-development.sh
+++ b/run-development.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 # We want to run from /app but don't want to touch that folder.
 #