diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index abe2be0e238b3bc7708904653e4f90c9f10cdc6a..4e9c9a7aaa145f164f31cb811ea75c9f898c4ad0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ RUN apk --no-cache upgrade apk-tools
 
 # Openssl is used by OpenShift tests
 # https://github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench/issues/535
-RUN apk --no-cache add openssl
+# Ensuring that we update/upgrade before installing openssl, to mitigate CVE-2021-3711 and CVE-2021-3712
+RUN apk update && apk upgrade && apk --no-cache add openssl
 
 # Add glibc for running oc command 
 RUN wget -q -O /etc/apk/keys/sgerrand.rsa.pub https://alpine-pkgs.sgerrand.com/sgerrand.rsa.pub