diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index e57d9dacf..cd2de6f9a 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 # Version 0.1
 
-FROM node:latest
+FROM node:buster-slim
 LABEL maintainer="Etherpad team, https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite"
 
 # git hash of the version to be built.