diff --git a/DOCKER/Dockerfile b/DOCKER/Dockerfile
index 09b25f732..98a1db4e7 100644
--- a/DOCKER/Dockerfile
+++ b/DOCKER/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine:3.5
+FROM alpine:3.6
 
 # This is the release of tendermint to pull in.
 ENV TM_VERSION 0.10.0
diff --git a/DOCKER/Dockerfile.develop b/DOCKER/Dockerfile.develop
index 82cd884ae..2ffb68281 100644
--- a/DOCKER/Dockerfile.develop
+++ b/DOCKER/Dockerfile.develop
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine:3.5
+FROM alpine:3.6
 
 ENV DATA_ROOT /tendermint
 ENV TMHOME $DATA_ROOT