diff --git a/phenoRankeR/deploy/Dockerfile b/phenoRankeR/deploy/Dockerfile
index bb0fd09..028029f 100644
--- a/phenoRankeR/deploy/Dockerfile
+++ b/phenoRankeR/deploy/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM perl:5.36.1-bullseye as base
+FROM perl:5.39.6-bullseye as base
 RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install \ 
   cpanminus \ 
   gcc \