diff --git a/wormchain/.dockerignore b/wormchain/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b21579dcb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wormchain/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+target
+bin
+**/target
+**/node_modules
+
+build/config/gentx/
diff --git a/wormchain/Dockerfile.deploy b/wormchain/Dockerfile.deploy
index f86b232489..2606ed3818 100644
--- a/wormchain/Dockerfile.deploy
+++ b/wormchain/Dockerfile.deploy
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ FROM const-gen AS const-export
 FROM cosmwasm_artifacts AS artifacts
 
 # Contract deployment stage
-FROM node:16-buster-slim@sha256:93c9fc3550f5f7d159f282027228e90e3a7f8bf38544758024f005e82607f546
+FROM node:20.13.1-buster-slim@sha256:8916ca78cc94933fdaef715531141c8a658bea61b89d7d88a1b2dcc0a1ae92f6
 
 RUN apt update && apt install netcat curl jq -y