diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bac97df..c8c0525 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-FROM elixir:1.3
-MAINTAINER Ashley Connor <ashconnor@me.com>
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install postgresql-client build-essential erlang-dev openssh-client
+FROM elixir:1.6-slim
+MAINTAINER Abhinav Sarkar <abhinav@abhinavsarkar.net>
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install build-essential git
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 10aeebe..4a7c79f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # elixir-essentials
-Adds build-essentials, postgres, openssh-client and erlang-dev client to the official Elixir v1.3 docker image
+Adds build-essentials and git to the official Elixir v1.6 docker image