diff --git a/runtimes/python-runtime/Dockerfile b/runtimes/python-runtime/Dockerfile
index c63712cf3c..1d6cdd734b 100644
--- a/runtimes/python-runtime/Dockerfile
+++ b/runtimes/python-runtime/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolki
     org.opencontainers.image.vendor="Keptn" \
     org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0"
 
-RUN apk --no-cache add curl libexpat==2.6.3-r0
+RUN apk --no-cache add curl
 
 RUN pip install -q --disable-pip-version-check pyyaml GitPython requests