diff --git a/Dockerfiles/nginx.Dockerfile b/Dockerfiles/nginx.Dockerfile
index 243121bf2..300af208c 100644
--- a/Dockerfiles/nginx.Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfiles/nginx.Dockerfile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ RUN find /site -type f -name "*.md" -exec sed -i "s/{{[[:space:]]*site.github.bu
     find /site/_site -type f -name "*.html" -exec sed -i 's@\(href=\)"/"@\1"/readme/"@g' "{}" \;
 
 # build NGINX image
-FROM alpine:3.16
+FROM alpine:3.17
 
 LABEL maintainer="malcolm@inl.gov"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors='malcolm@inl.gov'
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ RUN set -x ; \
   " ; \
   apk update --no-cache; \
   apk upgrade --no-cache; \
-  apk add --no-cache curl shadow; \
+  apk add --no-cache curl shadow libressl; \
   addgroup -g ${DEFAULT_GID} -S ${PGROUP} ; \
   adduser -S -D -H -u ${DEFAULT_UID} -h /var/cache/nginx -s /sbin/nologin -G ${PGROUP} -g ${PUSER} ${PUSER} ; \
   addgroup ${PUSER} shadow ; \
diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index 3daa244e6..c149bfda6 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Then, go take a walk or something since it will be a while. When you're done, yo
 * `malcolmnetsec/logstash-oss` (based on `opensearchproject/logstash-oss-with-opensearch-output-plugin`)
 * `malcolmnetsec/name-map-ui` (based on `alpine:3.17`)
 * `malcolmnetsec/netbox` (based on `netboxcommunity/netbox:latest`)
-* `malcolmnetsec/nginx-proxy` (based on `alpine:3.16`)
+* `malcolmnetsec/nginx-proxy` (based on `alpine:3.17`)
 * `malcolmnetsec/opensearch` (based on `opensearchproject/opensearch`)
 * `malcolmnetsec/pcap-capture` (based on `debian:11-slim`)
 * `malcolmnetsec/pcap-monitor` (based on `debian:11-slim`)