diff --git a/Dockerfile.server b/Dockerfile.server
index 15a796741..db42d6d4d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.server
+++ b/Dockerfile.server
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # It does not spin up mongodb instances or redis instances, which the server
 # does need to boot. You should consider using docker-compose for this.
 
-FROM node:16 as build
+FROM node:16-alpine as build
 WORKDIR /app
 
 ARG COMMIT_HASH