diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5985cb3..a44c540 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # get the base image, the rocker/verse has R, RStudio and pandoc
-FROM rocker/verse:4.0.0
+FROM rocker/verse:4.4.0
 
 # required
 MAINTAINER Adam Sparks adamhsparks@gmail.com