diff --git a/stable/alpine/Dockerfile b/stable/alpine/Dockerfile
index 83de7060..de58e97d 100644
--- a/stable/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/stable/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine:3.7
+FROM alpine:3.8
 
 LABEL maintainer="NGINX Docker Maintainers <docker-maint@nginx.com>"