diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 19428ab..cf1c49e 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@sha256:8c247ee5bf39eaefcd6c457d468b04f11773e10a2bb0eb47281da9d91f0e4b44
+FROM tomcat:10-jdk21@sha256:f8d4d17b11c6aaea409a26c093fb79a7800b650c50e915783dc5168bb1adbd1a
 
 # 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 acafd14..bf0cdaa 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@sha256:8c247ee5bf39eaefcd6c457d468b04f11773e10a2bb0eb47281da9d91f0e4b44
+FROM tomcat:10-jdk21@sha256:f8d4d17b11c6aaea409a26c093fb79a7800b650c50e915783dc5168bb1adbd1a
 
 RUN adduser tomcat