diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cee623d20..ee6f6db83 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,21 +4,12 @@ COPY . .
 RUN VERSION=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) && \
 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o bin/gitleaks -ldflags "-X="github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/v8/cmd.Version=${VERSION}
 
-FROM alpine:3.15.4
+FROM alpine:3.16
 RUN adduser -D gitleaks && \
     apk add --no-cache bash git openssh-client
 COPY --from=build /go/src/github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/bin/* /usr/bin/
 USER gitleaks
 
-# default to avoid the follow error:
-# 11:09PM ERR fatal: unsafe repository ('/path' is owned by someone else)
-# 11:09PM ERR To add an exception for this directory, call:
-# 11:09PM ERR 
-# 11:09PM ERR     git config --global --add safe.directory /path
-# This means that when you run gitleaks from docker you must mount to /path
-# in order to avoid this error.
-
-# TODO waiting to push this until I've thought a bit more about it
-# RUN git config --global --add safe.directory /path
+RUN git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["gitleaks"]