diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4b37ffe..8da07ba 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM lsiobase/alpine.python:3.7
+FROM lsiobase/alpine.python:3.8
 
 # set version label
 ARG BUILD_DATE
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce2316d..f9b022d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ Smartmontools has not been included, you can safely ignore the warning error in
 
 ## Versions
 
++ **17.08.18:** Rebase to alpine 3.8.
 + **12.12.17:** Rebase to alpine 3.7.
 + **20.07.17:** Internal git pull instead of at runtime.
 + **25.05.17:** Rebase to alpine 3.6.