diff --git a/docker-images/base-image/Dockerfile b/docker-images/base-image/Dockerfile
index 50a16b81..4c83d57b 100644
--- a/docker-images/base-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker-images/base-image/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ FROM alpine:3.18.8
 ENV LANG='en_US.UTF-8' LANGUAGE='en_US:en' LC_ALL='en_US.UTF-8'
 
 # fontconfig and ttf-dejavu added to support serverside image generation by Java programs
-RUN apk upgrade --no-cache && apk add --no-cache fontconfig libretls musl-locales musl-locales-lang ttf-dejavu tzdata zlib libc6-compat gcompat\
+RUN apk upgrade --no-cache && apk add --no-cache libexpat fontconfig libretls musl-locales musl-locales-lang ttf-dejavu tzdata zlib libc6-compat gcompat\
     && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
 
 ENV JAVA_VERSION jdk-17.0.9+9