diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 07480e7..d52d462 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ steps:
       tags:
         - latest
         - linux-amd64
-        - 37
-        - f37
+        - 39
+        - f39
         - ${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:8}
       repo: immawanderer/fedora-minimal
       username:
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ trigger:
 
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 44f6a51b06a9827e618596a0a3da04a11a19b25836e031c1da7a2350ec6ebf96
+hmac: 18e742c6888e263000effd478f5d5fef0245b722b5764241c855b67833be3814
 
 ...
diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
index eeab575..77e1ef8 100644
--- a/Containerfile
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.3
-FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-minimal:37
+FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-minimal:39
 
 ARG BUILD_DATE
 ARG VCS_REF
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cd2882c..92e94bc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ this repo provides a Containerfile to build a container image based on
 `registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-minimal`, hourly updated, serving as a
 base image for other projects
 
-currently based on fedora version: `37`
+currently based on fedora version: `39`
 
 ### LICENSE
 MIT