diff --git a/docker/containers/web-server/Dockerfile b/docker/containers/web-server/Dockerfile
index b9246722bd7a2407943300b8efa063d8c8ebbcca..5faaf3faacf9e286ff7fdf89b8a9bdf2d8870817 100644
--- a/docker/containers/web-server/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/containers/web-server/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # GENERATED BY init.sh - template: ./templates/web-server-Dockerfile - 42dce773c83597a7d05af398bdd66d15
 #
-FROM php:8.2-apache
+FROM php:8.3-apache
 
 # install packages
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git unzip zip rsync
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ RUN a2enmod rewrite
 
 # install php packages
 COPY --from=mlocati/php-extension-installer /usr/bin/install-php-extensions /usr/local/bin/
-RUN install-php-extensions curl mbstring ldap intl xml sockets
+RUN install-php-extensions curl mbstring ldap intl xml
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index db4bb56ea06bb54c0604af983ffca6a9af504dce..2b7f14c6947f0c4046c782abeee668332f8462bc 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ services:
       dockerfile: ./containers/web-server/Dockerfile
     
     # keep "FROM" in docker file ... then image is not needed here
-    # image: "php:8.2-apache"
+    # image: "php:8.3-apache"
 
     container_name: 'imlcinode-server'
     ports:
diff --git a/docker/init.sh.cfg b/docker/init.sh.cfg
index 90f5efc858bc0d0456b917798cb48aee6127ce14..38f5780b4e28b4435ff0b53a42e11c91ecd14675 100644
--- a/docker/init.sh.cfg
+++ b/docker/init.sh.cfg
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ APP_APT_PACKAGES="git unzip zip rsync"
 APP_APACHE_MODULES="rewrite"
 # APP_APACHE_MODULES=""
 
-APP_PHP_VERSION=8.2
+APP_PHP_VERSION=8.3
 # sqlite3 is active already
 # sockets is for appmonitor tcp check only
-APP_PHP_MODULES="curl mbstring ldap intl xml sockets"
+APP_PHP_MODULES="curl mbstring ldap intl xml"
 
 # ONSTARTUP="docker exec -it appmonitor-server nohup /usr/local/bin/php /var/www/appmonitor/public_html/server/service.php > /tmp/appmonitor-service.log &"
 # APP_ONSTARTUP="php ${WEBROOT}/server/service.php"