diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6299dd82b7416763789393b0fe3b0f7937b3b5be..9c7e1ccc1c6406f444e68b42bce63e6984b46c68 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,13 +23,16 @@ stages:
       - OPENTOFU_VERSION: '1.6.0-rc1'
 
 variables:
+  # Pipeline configuration
+  
+  DOCKER_DIND_IMAGE: "docker:24.0.7-dind"
+  #
   # OpenTofu variables
   LATEST_OPENTOFU_VERSION: '1.6.0'
 
   # OpenTofu image build variables:
-  DOCKER_DIND_IMAGE: "docker:24.0.7-dind"
   PLATFORMS: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
-  BASE_IMAGE: "alpine:3.18.4"
+  BASE_IMAGE: "alpine:3.19.0"
   GITLAB_OPENTOFU_IMAGE_NAME: "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/internal/gitlab-opentofu-$OPENTOFU_VERSION:$CI_COMMIT_SHA"
 
 gitlab-opentofu-image:build: