diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3285171..7c56a74 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG SYNAPSE_VERSION=1.96.1
+ARG SYNAPSE_VERSION=1.97.0rc1
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.11
 ARG HARDENED_MALLOC_VERSION=11
 ARG UID=991