diff --git a/compiler-plugin/src/main/java/io/ballerina/c2c/DockerGenConstants.java b/compiler-plugin/src/main/java/io/ballerina/c2c/DockerGenConstants.java
index 8867047b..7260a4e3 100644
--- a/compiler-plugin/src/main/java/io/ballerina/c2c/DockerGenConstants.java
+++ b/compiler-plugin/src/main/java/io/ballerina/c2c/DockerGenConstants.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class DockerGenConstants {
     public static final String EXECUTABLE_JAR = ".jar";
     public static final String REGISTRY_SEPARATOR = "/";
     public static final String TAG_SEPARATOR = ":";
-    public static final String JRE_SLIM_BASE = "ballerina/jvm-runtime:3.0";
+    public static final String JRE_SLIM_BASE = "ballerina/jvm-runtime:3.1";
     public static final String NATIVE_BUILDER_IMAGE = "ghcr.io/graalvm/native-image-community:21-ol9";
     public static final String NATIVE_RUNTIME_BASE_IMAGE = "gcr.io/distroless/cc";
     public static final int MAX_BALLERINA_LAYERS = 110;