diff --git a/base/Dockerfile b/base/Dockerfile
index c4263ae..05559b1 100644
--- a/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/base/Dockerfile
@@ -2,17 +2,15 @@
 FROM debian:12
 
 # Update local package index, upgrade packages and install required packages. 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-	openjdk-8-jdk \
+RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+	openjdk-17-jdk \
 	net-tools \
 	curl \
-	netcat \
 	gnupg \
-	libsnappy-dev \
 	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
       
 # Set Java env
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64/
 
 # Download Hadoop Keys
 RUN curl -O https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/hadoop/common/KEYS
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@ RUN curl -O https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/hadoop/common/KEYS
 RUN gpg --import KEYS
 
 # Set hadoop version & URL
-ENV HADOOP_VERSION 3.3.6
+ENV HADOOP_VERSION 3.4.1
 ENV HADOOP_URL https://www.apache.org/dist/hadoop/common/hadoop-$HADOOP_VERSION/hadoop-$HADOOP_VERSION.tar.gz
 
 # Download hadoop and signature, verify with gpg, extract hadoop-ver.tar.hz into /opt and remove hadoop-ver.tar.gz