diff --git a/core/base/Dockerfile b/core/base/Dockerfile
index 31b632e0..53df286c 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:3.17.1
+ARG DISTRO=alpine:3.17.2
 FROM $DISTRO as system
 
 ENV TZ=Etc/UTC LANG=C.UTF-8
diff --git a/towncrier/newsfragments/2666.misc b/towncrier/newsfragments/2666.misc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6cd065a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/towncrier/newsfragments/2666.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Upgrade to alpine 3.17.2