diff --git a/python-sync-actions/Dockerfile b/python-sync-actions/Dockerfile
index 1e5603c..ec3594c 100644
--- a/python-sync-actions/Dockerfile
+++ b/python-sync-actions/Dockerfile
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
-FROM nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.12-nodejs18
-ENV PYTHONIOENCODING utf-8
+FROM python:3.12
+
+ENV PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8
+
+# Install Node.js 18
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y curl && \
+    curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash - && \
+    apt-get install -y nodejs
+
+# Install build essentials
+RUN apt-get install -y build-essential
+
+# Install curlconverter using npm
+RUN npm install --global curlconverter
 
 COPY /src /code/src/
 COPY /tests /code/tests/
 COPY requirements.txt /code/requirements.txt
 COPY flake8.cfg /code/flake8.cfg
 
-# install gcc to be able to build packages - e.g. required by regex, dateparser, also required for pandas
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential curl
-
 # Install curlconverter using npm
 RUN npm install --global curlconverter@4.10.0