diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile
index 373ee7f40a..18548e9337 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # Once the commands have been run, you can build the image using `yarn build-image`
 
-FROM node:18-bullseye-slim
+FROM node:18-bookworm-slim
 
 # Install isolate-vm dependencies, these are needed by the @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend.
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \