diff --git a/containers/docker/Dockerfile b/containers/docker/Dockerfile
index 2c7426f08551008df26f3ba90cf279c904221a02..0509ba9125ea0154d91dc29bfb46b805f1be064b 100644
--- a/containers/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ RUN   ls -lrth /usr/local/lib/lib*.so \
   && source /usr/local/bin/thisroot.sh \
   && cd /tmp \
   && git clone https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt.git && cd fmt \
-  && git checkout 5.3.0 && mkdir /tmp/build && cd /tmp/build \
+  && git checkout 6.2.1 && mkdir /tmp/build && cd /tmp/build \
   && cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=TRUE ../fmt \
   &&  make -j20 install \
   && cd /tmp && rm -r /tmp/build && rm -r /tmp/fmt \