diff --git a/generators/app/templates/api/Dockerfile b/generators/app/templates/api/Dockerfile
index 64c855e..98ae667 100644
--- a/generators/app/templates/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/generators/app/templates/api/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Docker multi-stage building, as recommended by https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/deployment/docker/#docker-image-with-poetry
-FROM python:<%= pythonVersion %>-slim-buster as curl-stage
+FROM python:<%= pythonVersion %>-slim-bookworm as curl-stage
 
 # Install curl ; remove apt cache to reduce image size
-RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install curl  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install curl gcc && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 
 FROM curl-stage as poetry-requirements-stage