diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3434f5a98c6927f4ab48c0e0d01c174370dcdc69..4ad3620a94f611b658fe4c1759cc2bd99b5407b3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ variables:
 
   # OpenTofu image build variables:
   PLATFORMS: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
-  BASE_IMAGE: "alpine:3.19.1"
+  BASE_IMAGE: "alpine:3.20.0"
   GITLAB_OPENTOFU_IMAGE_BASE: "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/internal"
   GITLAB_OPENTOFU_IMAGE_NAME: "$GITLAB_OPENTOFU_IMAGE_BASE/gitlab-opentofu:$CI_COMMIT_SHA-opentofu$OPENTOFU_VERSION"