diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c647697..bbdc8e0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM    ubuntu:14.04
+FROM    ubuntu:16.04
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
 #prevent apt from installing recommended packages
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ RUN echo 'APT::Install-Recommends "false";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-no-reco
     echo 'APT::Install-Suggests "false";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-no-recommends
 
 # Install java and tomcat
-RUN     apt-get update && apt-get install -y tomcat7 openjdk-7-jdk libyaml-perl libfile-slurp-perl && \
+RUN     apt-get update && apt-get install -y tomcat7 openjdk-8-jdk libyaml-perl libfile-slurp-perl && \
         rm -rf /var/lib/tomcat7/webapps/* && \
         rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-ENV     JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64
+ENV     JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
 ENV     CATALINA_HOME /usr/share/tomcat7
 ENV     CATALINA_BASE /var/lib/tomcat7