diff --git a/scanners/nmap/Chart.yaml b/scanners/nmap/Chart.yaml
index 737008f383..661bb1ac0d 100644
--- a/scanners/nmap/Chart.yaml
+++ b/scanners/nmap/Chart.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description: A Helm chart for the NMAP security Scanner that integrates with the
 type: application
 # version - gets automatically set to the secureCodeBox release version when the helm charts gets published
 version: v3.1.0-alpha1
-appVersion: "7.92-r2"
+appVersion: "7.93-r1"
 kubeVersion: ">=v1.11.0-0"
 annotations:
   # supported cpu architectures for which docker images for the scanner should be build
diff --git a/scanners/nmap/README.md b/scanners/nmap/README.md
index 36fe5f13f6..671c521697 100644
--- a/scanners/nmap/README.md
+++ b/scanners/nmap/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: "Nmap"
 category: "scanner"
 type: "Network"
 state: "released"
-appVersion: "7.92-r2"
+appVersion: "7.94-r0"
 usecase: "Network discovery and security auditing"
 ---
 
diff --git a/scanners/nmap/docs/README.DockerHub-Parser.md b/scanners/nmap/docs/README.DockerHub-Parser.md
index 29d42fbf10..e0ac6ece44 100644
--- a/scanners/nmap/docs/README.DockerHub-Parser.md
+++ b/scanners/nmap/docs/README.DockerHub-Parser.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ You can find resources to help you get started on our [documentation website](ht
 
 ## Supported Tags
 - `latest`  (represents the latest stable release build)
-- tagged releases, e.g. `7.92-r2`
+- tagged releases, e.g. `7.94-r0`
 
 ## How to use this image
 This `parser` image is intended to work in combination with the corresponding security scanner docker image to parse the `findings` results. For more information details please take a look at the documentation page: https://www.securecodebox.io/docs/scanners/Nmap.
diff --git a/scanners/nmap/docs/README.DockerHub-Scanner.md b/scanners/nmap/docs/README.DockerHub-Scanner.md
index f0bc1c3420..3fb7cc42ac 100644
--- a/scanners/nmap/docs/README.DockerHub-Scanner.md
+++ b/scanners/nmap/docs/README.DockerHub-Scanner.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ You can find resources to help you get started on our [documentation website](ht
 
 ## Supported Tags
 - `latest`  (represents the latest stable release build)
-- tagged releases, e.g. `7.92-r2`
+- tagged releases, e.g. `7.94-r0`
 
 ## How to use this image
 This `scanner` image is intended to work in combination with the corresponding `parser` image to parse the scanner `findings` to generic secureCodeBox results. For more information details please take a look at the [project page][scb-docs] or [documentation page][https://www.securecodebox.io/docs/scanners/Nmap].
diff --git a/scanners/nmap/scanner/Dockerfile b/scanners/nmap/scanner/Dockerfile
index e71c5aafad..344aa1dc93 100644
--- a/scanners/nmap/scanner/Dockerfile
+++ b/scanners/nmap/scanner/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-FROM alpine:3.15
+FROM alpine:3.18
 ARG scannerVersion
 RUN apk add --no-cache nmap=$scannerVersion nmap-scripts=$scannerVersion
 RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 nmap && adduser nmap --system --uid 1001 --ingroup nmap