diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 29cadab..835ff19 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # # downloading gradle every time which takes ALOT and allows for caching
 # RUN gradle war
 
-FROM tomcat:9-jdk21@sha256:701bdd15e1cf25451056932397b582681e5c2afbd5a4bd540835b47e0a31a4c3
+FROM tomcat:10-jdk21@sha256:5d684f2df6a4223ffcf957e8eca27eb3c2665a53f51320d650c05e5ab95120ae
 
 # If not using multistage: docker file expects the war file to be in the build/libs folder.
 # if we build it outside we can use github action gradle caching 
diff --git a/docker/tomcat.Dockerfile b/docker/tomcat.Dockerfile
index 9f28607..7b19239 100644
--- a/docker/tomcat.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/tomcat.Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # OLD DOCKERFILE
 # keeping it for reference
 # this was meant to be used for development purposes
-FROM tomcat:9-jdk21@sha256:701bdd15e1cf25451056932397b582681e5c2afbd5a4bd540835b47e0a31a4c3
+FROM tomcat:10-jdk21@sha256:5d684f2df6a4223ffcf957e8eca27eb3c2665a53f51320d650c05e5ab95120ae
 
 RUN adduser tomcat