diff --git a/core/base/Dockerfile b/core/base/Dockerfile
index 65e8be94..e5ee50da 100644
--- a/core/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/core/base/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile-upstream:1.4.3
 
 # base system image (intermediate)
-ARG DISTRO=alpine:3.16.3
+ARG DISTRO=alpine:3.17.0
 FROM $DISTRO as system
 
 ENV TZ=Etc/UTC LANG=C.UTF-8
diff --git a/towncrier/newsfragments/2570.misc b/towncrier/newsfragments/2570.misc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec31181e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/towncrier/newsfragments/2570.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Upgrade to Alpine 3.17.0