diff --git a/deployment/serverless-image-handler.template b/deployment/serverless-image-handler.template
index 3e655f49e..b335a9a2b 100644
--- a/deployment/serverless-image-handler.template
+++ b/deployment/serverless-image-handler.template
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
                     "S3Bucket" : { "Fn::Join": [ "-", [{ "Fn::FindInMap": [ "SourceCode", "General", "S3Bucket" ]}, { "Ref": "AWS::Region" }]]}, 
                     "S3Key" : "serverless-image-handler/%%VERSION%%/image-handler.zip" 
                 }, 
-                "Runtime": "nodejs8.10", 
+                "Runtime": "nodejs10.x", 
                 "MemorySize": 1024,
                 "Timeout": 30,
                 "Environment" : { 
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
                     "S3Key": "serverless-image-handler/%%VERSION%%/custom-resource.zip" 
                 }, 
                 "Timeout": 30, 
-                "Runtime": "nodejs8.10", 
+                "Runtime": "nodejs10.x", 
                 "Role": { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "CustomResourceRole", "Arn" ] }, 
                 "Handler": "index.handler"
             } 
@@ -675,4 +675,4 @@
             "Value" : { "Ref" : "LogRetentionPeriod" } 
         } 
     } 
-} 
\ No newline at end of file
+} 
diff --git a/source/image-handler/package.json b/source/image-handler/package.json
index 3dee6a793..6a092d68e 100644
--- a/source/image-handler/package.json
+++ b/source/image-handler/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
     "mocha": "^6.1.4",
-    "sharp": "^0.21.3",
+    "sharp": "^0.23.1",
     "sinon": "^7.3.2",
     "nyc": "^14.0.0"
   },