diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2474b0d6ef6cd37b365d8bb582c723c902c464e6..b26191907b5c42e60c6324efc4882a5a5f968906 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ variables:
 ## common steps
 
 cache_lint_test:
-  image: "denoland/deno:alpine-1.28.1"
+  image: "denoland/deno:alpine-1.36.1"
   stage: "test"
   script:
     - deno cache --reload --lock=deno.lock app/deps.ts app/dev_deps.ts
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 580d002c32d4feb5f8f131e632a6ae5969217291..7aac5adcaac304541aad80fd93277df8bfe1118a 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 8004
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d4e382ea1d09e24600d3cfeef0984dfb968192a0..2e121a956994dedd043ded9f173f6afe0fa067d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The backend for handling Volunteering 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/).