diff --git a/Dockerfile.api b/Dockerfile.api
index 0ad14a9f8..6eed7a500 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.api
+++ b/Dockerfile.api
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:18-alpine AS base
+FROM node:18-slim AS base
 ENV PNPM_HOME="/pnpm"
 ENV PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
 RUN corepack enable