diff --git a/.changeset/fair-monkeys-tickle.md b/.changeset/fair-monkeys-tickle.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83b8ca4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fair-monkeys-tickle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+"@openstapps/node-builder": patch
+"@openstapps/database": patch
+"@openstapps/node-base": patch
+"@openstapps/backend": patch
+"@openstapps/app": patch
+---
+
+pin alpine version to 3.18 and add healthchecks
diff --git a/backend/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/backend/Dockerfile
index 6502b7af..8a1f165f 100644
--- a/backend/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ ENV NODE_ENV=production
 WORKDIR /app
 
 EXPOSE 3000
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=10s --timeout=10s --start-period=10s --retries=12 CMD curl -s --fail --request POST --data '{}' --header 'Content-Type: application/json' http://localhost:3000/ >/dev/null || exit 1
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["node", "app.js"]
diff --git a/backend/database/Dockerfile b/backend/database/Dockerfile
index defd70e5..c3bf9cee 100644
--- a/backend/database/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/database/Dockerfile
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ RUN chown elasticsearch:elasticsearch config/elasticsearch.yml
 
 USER elasticsearch
 
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=10s --timeout=10s --start-period=60s --retries=12 CMD curl --fail -s http://localhost:9200/ >/dev/null || exit 1
+
 CMD ["/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch"]
diff --git a/backend/database/config/elasticsearch.yml b/backend/database/config/elasticsearch.yml
index dbae1e8b..e22f39ff 100644
--- a/backend/database/config/elasticsearch.yml
+++ b/backend/database/config/elasticsearch.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ discovery.type: "single-node"
 cluster.routing.allocation.disk.threshold_enabled: false
 network.bind_host: 0.0.0.0
 xpack.security.enabled: false
+ingest.geoip.downloader.enabled: false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/app/Dockerfile b/frontend/app/Dockerfile
index 615d4e66..6f826233 100644
--- a/frontend/app/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/app/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Creates a docker image with only the app as an executable unit
 # Dependencies need to be installed beforehand
 # Needs to be build beforehand
-FROM node:18-alpine
+FROM node:18-alpine3.18
 
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY www/ /app/www
diff --git a/images/node-base/Dockerfile b/images/node-base/Dockerfile
index 8201f020..f819fce0 100644
--- a/images/node-base/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/node-base/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:18-alpine
+FROM node:18-alpine3.18
 
 RUN apk update && apk add git curl jq && mkdir -p /opt
 
diff --git a/images/node-builder/Dockerfile b/images/node-builder/Dockerfile
index d50c8232..456508ae 100644
--- a/images/node-builder/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/node-builder/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:18-alpine
+FROM node:18-alpine3.18
 
 RUN apk update && apk add git jq curl python3 build-base