diff --git a/examples/fabric-contract-example-as-service/Dockerfile b/examples/fabric-contract-example-as-service/Dockerfile
index 8e21e344..39ff1e6c 100644
--- a/examples/fabric-contract-example-as-service/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/fabric-contract-example-as-service/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Example multi-stage dockerfile for Java Chaincode
 
 # the first stage 
-FROM gradle:8-jdk21 AS gradle_build
+FROM gradle:9-jdk21 AS gradle_build
  
 # copy the build.gradle and src code to the container
 COPY src/ src/