diff --git a/Dockerfile.template b/Dockerfile.template
index d1e7342..532fb55 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/Dockerfile.template
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 # Note: Only official DockerHub images are allowed, see https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archlinux-docker/-/commit/daa67d18579024947d69a45e6d028c5adb1c8c23
 # While we could use archlinux:base it could also break our build process, so we avoid dog fooding here
-FROM alpine:3.19 AS verify
+FROM alpine:3.21 AS verify
 COPY TEMPLATE_ROOTFS_FILE /
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache curl tar zstd