diff --git a/docker/alpine-base.dockerfile b/docker/alpine-base.dockerfile
index 922fd2527..d162fe8fb 100644
--- a/docker/alpine-base.dockerfile
+++ b/docker/alpine-base.dockerfile
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install apprise, iputils for non-root ping, setpriv
 RUN apk add --no-cache iputils setpriv dumb-init python3 py3-cryptography py3-pip py3-six py3-yaml py3-click py3-markdown py3-requests py3-requests-oauthlib && \
-    pip3 --no-cache-dir install apprise && \
+    pip3 --no-cache-dir install apprise==0.9.6 && \
     rm -rf /root/.cache
diff --git a/docker/debian-base.dockerfile b/docker/debian-base.dockerfile
index a4d701674..83fd434be 100644
--- a/docker/debian-base.dockerfile
+++ b/docker/debian-base.dockerfile
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ FROM node:14-buster-slim
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install Apprise, add sqlite3 cli for debugging in the future, iputils-ping for ping, util-linux for setpriv
-# Stupid python3 and python3-pip actually install a lot of useless things into Debian, specific --no-install-recommends to skip them, make the base even smaller than alpine!
+# Stupid python3 and python3-pip actually install a lot of useless things into Debian, specify --no-install-recommends to skip them, make the base even smaller than alpine!
 RUN apt update && \
     apt --yes --no-install-recommends install python3 python3-pip python3-cryptography python3-six python3-yaml python3-click python3-markdown python3-requests python3-requests-oauthlib \
         sqlite3 iputils-ping util-linux dumb-init && \
-    pip3 --no-cache-dir install apprise && \
+    pip3 --no-cache-dir install apprise==0.9.6 && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*