diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9ee9642..0cc25be 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-FROM python:2-alpine
+FROM python:3-alpine
 
 COPY ./requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-RUN apk --update add python py-pip openssl ca-certificates py-openssl wget bash linux-headers
-RUN apk --update add --virtual build-dependencies libffi-dev openssl-dev python-dev py-pip build-base \
+RUN apk --update add python3 py-pip openssl ca-certificates py-openssl wget bash linux-headers
+RUN apk --update add --virtual build-dependencies libffi-dev openssl-dev python3-dev py-pip build-base \
   && pip install --upgrade pip \
   && pip install --upgrade pipenv\
   && pip install --upgrade -r /app/requirements.txt\
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ COPY . /app
 
 ENTRYPOINT [ "python" ]
 
-CMD [ "hello.py" ]
\ No newline at end of file
+CMD [ "hello.py" ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ec1a4e8..01ceb56 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 Flask>=1.0.0
-cloudant==2.13.0
+cloudant==2.14.0