diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/admission-controller/Dockerfile b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/admission-controller/Dockerfile
index cebf93ae7598e3456cce206115fc5ddf174ab905..8560eb90e4b23e435595fb2d38108aed83f36c17 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/admission-controller/Dockerfile
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/admission-controller/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM gcr.io/google_containers/ubuntu-slim:0.1
+FROM gcr.io/google-containers/debian-base-amd64:0.3
 MAINTAINER Tomasz Kulczynski "tkulczynski@google.com"
 
 ADD admission-controller admission-controller
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/recommender/Dockerfile b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/recommender/Dockerfile
index ea2216e0d4b31e2eedeb06e8a1ee54699fbc468e..d4f36eb659c5bbf7997f858041ff2404e0c4040f 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/recommender/Dockerfile
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/recommender/Dockerfile
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM gcr.io/google_containers/ubuntu-slim:0.1
+FROM gcr.io/google-containers/debian-base-amd64:0.3
 MAINTAINER Krzysztof Grygiel "kgrygiel@google.com"
-MAINTAINER Karol Kraskiewicz "karol.kraskiewicz@gmail.com"
 
 ADD recommender recommender
 
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/updater/Dockerfile b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/updater/Dockerfile
index bf27d63693f28689198e25b569b902a151413d5c..2859f2f30972a9dfbafd8ea7c5a8ffabadccedc3 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/updater/Dockerfile
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/updater/Dockerfile
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 
-FROM k8s.gcr.io/ubuntu-slim:0.1
-MAINTAINER Gabriela Filipek "gfilipek@google.com"
+FROM gcr.io/google-containers/debian-base-amd64:0.3
 MAINTAINER Marcin Wielgus "mwielgus@google.com"
 
 ADD updater updater