diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bc97d6f76..3eae7a88f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.17
+ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.18
 FROM alpine:${ALPINE_VERSION}
 LABEL Maintainer="Tim de Pater <code@trafex.nl>"
-LABEL Description="Lightweight container with Nginx 1.22 & PHP 8.1 based on Alpine Linux."
+LABEL Description="Lightweight container with Nginx 1.24 & PHP 8.1 based on Alpine Linux."
 # Setup document root
 WORKDIR /var/www/html
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b3cfcc7b7..29847b669 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# Docker PHP-FPM 8.1 & Nginx 1.22 on Alpine Linux
-Example PHP-FPM 8.1 & Nginx 1.22 container image for Docker, built on [Alpine Linux](https://www.alpinelinux.org/).
+# Docker PHP-FPM 8.1 & Nginx 1.24 on Alpine Linux
+Example PHP-FPM 8.1 & Nginx 1.24 container image for Docker, built on [Alpine Linux](https://www.alpinelinux.org/).
 
 Repository: https://github.com/TrafeX/docker-php-nginx