diff --git a/scripts/release/Dockerfile b/scripts/release/Dockerfile
index 0bc79cad9..ce8e40d01 100644
--- a/scripts/release/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/release/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # that mimics Vagrant environment as far as required
 # for building the scripts and running provision scripts
 
-FROM ubuntu:16.04
+FROM ubuntu:18.04
 
 RUN apt-get update; apt-get install -y \
             apt-transport-https \