diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 34ebc9c..6de934d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine:3.20
+FROM python:3.12.5-alpine
 # set version label
 ARG VERSION
 
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ RUN \
   apk add --no-cache --allow-untrusted 7zip*.apk && \
   rm -f 7zip*.apk && \
   echo "**** install packages ****" && \
+  apk add --no-cache --virtual=build-dependencies \
+    gcc musl-dev \
+    curl-dev && \
   apk add --no-cache \
-    python3 \
-    py3-pip \
-    py3-curl \
     shadow \
     curl \
     tesseract-ocr && \
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ RUN \
     PYLOAD="pyload-ng[all]==${VERSION}"; \
   fi && \
   pip3 install --no-cache-dir --break-system-packages -U "${PYLOAD}" && \
+  apk del --purge \
+    build-dependencies && \
   echo "**** add user abc ****" && \
   adduser -D -u 911 -h /config abc