diff --git a/base/.env b/base/.env
index 88ef91f..e63783e 100644
--- a/base/.env
+++ b/base/.env
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 DEBIAN_VERSION=11.9
-ALPINE_VERSION=3.18.6
+ALPINE_VERSION=3.20.3
 
 EPICS7_BASE_VERSION=7.0.7
 PVXS_VERSION=1.3.1
diff --git a/base/musl/Dockerfile b/base/musl/Dockerfile
index 9702280..417c010 100644
--- a/base/musl/Dockerfile
+++ b/base/musl/Dockerfile
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
     readline-static \
     ncurses-static \
     python3-dev \
+    py3-setuptools \
     py3-numpy-dev
 
 COPY lnls-get-n-unpack.sh /usr/local/bin/lnls-get-n-unpack