diff --git a/containers/debian/base.Dockerfile b/containers/debian/base.Dockerfile
index 0eeb0b1a0b1af949b9b521ad48f1f668990eb8a9..5745a13f4e495fe623f46ba47ed066dd11ea041d 100644
--- a/containers/debian/base.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/debian/base.Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.4
+#syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.8
 ARG BASE_IMAGE="amd64/debian:stable-slim"
 ARG BUILD_IMAGE="debian_stable_base"