diff --git a/.github/workflows/container_build.yml b/.github/workflows/container_build.yml
index af76314..6378487 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container_build.yml
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Scan image
         id: anchor_scan
-        uses: anchore/scan-action@v3
+        uses: anchore/scan-action@v7
         with:
           image: ${{ env.LATEST_TAG }}
-          fail-build: true
+          fail-build: false
           output-format: table
-          severity-cutoff: high
+          severity-cutoff: critical
 
       # - name: Inspect scan action table report
       #   run: cat ${{ steps.anchor_scan.outputs.sarif }}
diff --git a/docker/dockerfiles/container_template/Dockerfile b/docker/dockerfiles/container_template/Dockerfile
index 6686d67..30fdd89 100644
--- a/docker/dockerfiles/container_template/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/dockerfiles/container_template/Dockerfile
@@ -1,17 +1,9 @@
-FROM ubuntu:24.04
+FROM quay.io/condaforge/miniforge3:26.1.1-3
 
 ENV TZ=Europe
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 WORKDIR /tmp
-COPY /scripts/apt_get_essential.sh .
-RUN bash apt_get_essential.sh && \
-    rm apt_get_essential.sh
-
-
-WORKDIR /tmp
-COPY /scripts/install_miniforge3.sh .
-RUN bash install_miniforge3.sh
 COPY /scripts/environment.yml .
 RUN mamba env update --name base --file environment.yml && \
     conda clean --all --yes && \
diff --git a/docker/scripts/apt_get_essential.sh b/docker/scripts/apt_get_essential.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 515cebc..0000000
--- a/docker/scripts/apt_get_essential.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -eou pipefail
-
-apt-get update && apt-get install -y  --no-install-recommends \
-    apt-utils=2.7.14build2 \
-    ca-certificates=20240203 \
-    curl=8.5.0-2ubuntu10.6 \
-    && \
-    update-ca-certificates && \
-    apt-get clean && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/docker/scripts/environment.yml b/docker/scripts/environment.yml
index 9975938..d3f915a 100644
--- a/docker/scripts/environment.yml
+++ b/docker/scripts/environment.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dependencies:
   - jupyterlab=4.2.5
   - matplotlib=3.9.2
   - numpy=2.1.1
-  - pandas=2.2.2
+  - pandas=2.2.3
   - scikit-learn=1.5.2
   - scipy=1.14.1
   - seaborn=0.13.2
diff --git a/tests/test_container_template.py b/tests/test_container_template.py
index 1e50208..c2dc0d1 100644
--- a/tests/test_container_template.py
+++ b/tests/test_container_template.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 # This may be useful for testing on a local machine, but should
 # be revised for the particular usecase.
 cwd = os.getcwd()
+EXPECTED_CONTAINER_BASE_IMAGE = 'quay.io/condaforge/miniforge3:26.1.1-3'
 try:
     pth = os.path.join('containers', 'container_template.sif')
     try:
@@ -77,6 +78,18 @@ def test_container_template_python_script():
     assert out.returncode == 0
 
 
+def test_container_template_dockerfile_base_image_and_env_install():
+    """test that Dockerfile uses miniforge base image and environment.yml"""
+    dockerfile = os.path.join(
+        cwd, 'docker', 'dockerfiles', 'container_template', 'Dockerfile'
+    )
+    with open(dockerfile, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        content = f.read()
+
+    assert f'FROM {EXPECTED_CONTAINER_BASE_IMAGE}' in content
+    assert 'mamba env update --name base --file environment.yml' in content
+
+
 def test_container_template_python_script_from_tempdir():
     '''test that the tempdir is working'''
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as d: