diff --git a/Dockerfile.alpine b/Dockerfile.alpine
index 6d55042..060166f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ FROM nginxproxy/docker-gen:0.12.0 AS docker-gen
 FROM nginxproxy/forego:0.18.1 AS forego
 
 # Build the final image
-FROM nginx:1.25.4-alpine
+FROM nginx:1.26.0-alpine
 
 ARG NGINX_PROXY_VERSION
 # Add DOCKER_GEN_VERSION environment variable because 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.debian b/Dockerfile.debian
index b304bc6..1803978 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.debian
+++ b/Dockerfile.debian
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ FROM nginxproxy/docker-gen:0.12.0-debian AS docker-gen
 FROM nginxproxy/forego:0.18.1-debian AS forego
 
 # Build the final image
-FROM nginx:1.25.4
+FROM nginx:1.26.0
 
 ARG NGINX_PROXY_VERSION
 # Add DOCKER_GEN_VERSION environment variable because 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2eb347..09e81d0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [![Test](https://github.com/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy/actions/workflows/test.yml)
 [![GitHub release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy)](https://github.com/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy/releases)
-![nginx 1.25.4](https://img.shields.io/badge/nginx-1.25.4-brightgreen.svg)
+![nginx 1.26.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/nginx-1.26.0-brightgreen.svg)
 [![Docker Image Size](https://img.shields.io/docker/image-size/nginxproxy/nginx-proxy?sort=semver)](https://hub.docker.com/r/nginxproxy/nginx-proxy "Click to view the image on Docker Hub")
 [![Docker stars](https://img.shields.io/docker/stars/nginxproxy/nginx-proxy.svg)](https://hub.docker.com/r/nginxproxy/nginx-proxy "DockerHub")
 [![Docker pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/nginxproxy/nginx-proxy.svg)](https://hub.docker.com/r/nginxproxy/nginx-proxy "DockerHub")