diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9145b7b1d4630d129a047e9204f6545f8b5d1e61..12313c85fdbeddd68244c2c9e76f292268cc11c0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # images hosted on Docker Hub https://hub.docker.com/r/metabase/metabase/ which use the
 # Dockerfile located at ./bin/docker/Dockerfile
 
-FROM java:openjdk-7-jre-alpine
+FROM java:openjdk-8-jre-alpine
 
 ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default-jvm
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH