diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index be8254cbb00ff8e0ba5ca1cfb542584d21949694..28c56015014095b346441e9f555f11a8fc4ceacb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM denoland/deno:alpine-1.28.1
+FROM denoland/deno:alpine-1.36.1
 
 # The port that your application listens to.
 EXPOSE 8002
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f7753b2ff4e2c7dea1aa25f59a9550141e4b2d0..d5ac2eeded1327acfc412bd861b1cf94fb0c1301 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The backend for handling GoodNews projects, including a GraphQL API for
 
 ### Setup
 
-Install [`deno`](https://github.com/denoland/deno_install) in version 1.28.3.
+Install [`deno`](https://github.com/denoland/deno_install) in version 1.36.1.
 
 as well as [`Velociraptor`](https://velociraptor.run/docs/installation/).