diff --git a/apps/portal-api/Dockerfile b/apps/portal-api/Dockerfile
index ca95c397..2ae1e0af 100644
--- a/apps/portal-api/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/portal-api/Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # Built from the repo root so the build context can see the whole
 # monorepo:  docker build -f apps/portal-api/Dockerfile .
 
-FROM node:25-bookworm-slim AS base
+FROM node:26-bookworm-slim AS base
 ENV PNPM_HOME=/pnpm
 ENV PATH=$PNPM_HOME:$PATH
 # Three things in one RUN to keep the layer count tight: