diff --git a/pica-db-backup-rotation/Dockerfile b/pica-db-backup-rotation/Dockerfile
index 2d03d2a98a2772bee156c646dad3522b4d2ec27c..1c3e3e4f916e544522af649d9e3e547f110ffe02 100644
--- a/pica-db-backup-rotation/Dockerfile
+++ b/pica-db-backup-rotation/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-FROM python:3-slim-buster
+FROM python:3.8-alpine
 
-RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get -y upgrade \
-    && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends cron \
-    && pip3 install rotate-backups python-crontab \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir "rotate-backups<9" "python-crontab<2.5"
 
 COPY start_rotation.py /start_rotation.py
 
diff --git a/pica-db-backup-rotation/docker-compose.yml b/pica-db-backup-rotation/docker-compose.yml
index 28643988d44cf9411da8ca90eb90dd36b03f9344..25c4685f1f016f69cff184e638e4f39f0247371b 100644
--- a/pica-db-backup-rotation/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/pica-db-backup-rotation/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: "3.7"
 
 services:
   db-backup-rotation:
-    image: registry.picasoft.net/pica-db-backup-rotation:1.2
+    image: registry.picasoft.net/pica-db-backup-rotation:1.3
     container_name: db-backup-rotation
     volumes:
       - /DATA/BACKUP/:/backup/