diff --git a/api/Dockerfile b/api/Dockerfile
index 06c0719..77d8492 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/api/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Digest-pinned for reproducible builds (node:20-alpine index digest verified
 # against the registry via `docker buildx imagetools inspect node:20-alpine`).
-FROM node:20-alpine@sha256:fb4cd12c85ee03686f6af5362a0b0d56d50c58a04632e6c0fb8363f609372293
+FROM node:26-alpine@sha256:e88a35be04478413b7c71c455cd9865de9b9360e1f43456be5951032d7ac1a66
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY package*.json ./
 RUN npm ci --omit=dev