diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 3a4480f..7e28aa8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         id: prep
         run: |
           DOCKER_IMAGE=justb4/jmeter
-          VERSION="5.5"
+          VERSION="5.6.2"
           TAGS="${DOCKER_IMAGE}:${VERSION}"
           echo ::set-output name=image::${DOCKER_IMAGE}
           echo ::set-output name=version::${VERSION}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index daf1182..8536a9f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # inspired by https://github.com/hauptmedia/docker-jmeter  and
 # https://github.com/hhcordero/docker-jmeter-server/blob/master/Dockerfile
-FROM alpine:3.12
+FROM alpine:3.18
 
 MAINTAINER Just van den Broecke<just@justobjects.nl>
 
-ARG JMETER_VERSION="5.5"
+ARG JMETER_VERSION="5.6.2"
 ENV JMETER_HOME /opt/apache-jmeter-${JMETER_VERSION}
 ENV JMETER_CUSTOM_PLUGINS_FOLDER /plugins
 ENV	JMETER_BIN	${JMETER_HOME}/bin
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f627529..6bdcda3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ TARGET_HOST ?= "example.com"
 TARGET_PORT ?= "80"
 THREADS ?= "1"
 CONTAINER_NAME ?= "docker-jmeter"
-IMAGE = "justb4/jmeter:5.5"
+IMAGE = "justb4/jmeter:5.6.2"
 TEST ?= trivial
 JVM_ARGS ?= "-Xms1g -Xmx1g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=256m"
 TARGET_PATH ?= "/index.html"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d726c23..9903f05 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Contribution by @wilsonmar
 
    The last line in the response should be:
 
-   <tt>Successfully tagged justb4/jmeter:5.5</tt>
+   <tt>Successfully tagged justb4/jmeter:5.6.2</tt>
 
 1. Run the test script:
 
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 03d90ec..09b4370 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-JMETER_VERSION=${JMETER_VERSION:-"5.5"}
+JMETER_VERSION=${JMETER_VERSION:-"5.6.2"}
 IMAGE_TIMEZONE=${IMAGE_TIMEZONE:-"Europe/Amsterdam"}
 
 # Example build line