diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4cc047f..571817c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM nginx:1.7.11
+FROM nginx:1.9.0
 MAINTAINER Jason Wilder jwilder@litl.com
 
 # Install wget and install/updates certificates
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2312b25..230181a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-![nginx 1.7.11](https://img.shields.io/badge/nginx-1.7.11-brightgreen.svg) ![License MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)
+![nginx 1.9.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/nginx-1.9.0-brightgreen.svg) ![License MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)
 
 nginx-proxy sets up a container running nginx and [docker-gen][1].  docker-gen generates reverse proxy configs for nginx and reloads nginx when containers are started and stopped.