diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker_build_develop.yml b/.github/workflows/docker_build_develop.yml
index a667e550..42901769 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker_build_develop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker_build_develop.yml
@@ -63,4 +63,6 @@ jobs:
           # Cannot be built at the moment https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/issues/1335
           # platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
           tags: escolalms/demo:dev
-          build-args: APP_VERSION=dev
+          build-args: |
+            APP_VERSION=dev
+            NODE_VERSION=20.18.1
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7a4cd6f3..c0b7622d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #test with `docker build -t foo . && docker run  -p 8080:80 -it foo`
-FROM node:20-buster AS base
-
+ARG NODE_VERSION=20.18.1
+FROM node:${NODE_VERSION}-bookworm AS base
 ARG APP_VERSION="xxx"
 WORKDIR /home/node/app
 COPY / /home/node/app