diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 9b3195df..f05aa269 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Must be run with --privileged flag
 # Recommended to run the container with a volume mapped
 # in order to easy exprort images built to "external" world
-FROM debian:buster
+FROM debian:11
 LABEL authors="VyOS Maintainers <maintainers@vyos.io>"
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive