diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 21ed082d8530519328b8b71f263cadfd66b10a8a..e1ef8af68174eaf2b692edad56687796a7ff124c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM openjdk:8-jdk
+FROM openjdk:11-jdk
 
 # define arguments for versions to be used for platform and build tools
 ARG PLATFORM