diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 28cf5fb8f754fa81b6634de74c022de50c939c25..2d3da15eb0c0131ee73131d2fe1e44a22def0d96 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ stages:
 
 .run_script:
   stage: run_scripts
-  image: python:3-alpine
+  image: python:3-bookworm
   tags:
   - amd64 # needed for matplotlib
   variables: