diff --git a/bitnami/express/Dockerfile b/bitnami/express/Dockerfile
index 81d721a49b38..49ff2e87bc60 100644
--- a/bitnami/express/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/express/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ ENV STACKSMITH_STACK_ID="x07bd4s" \
     STACKSMITH_STACK_NAME="Node.js for bitnami/bitnami-docker-express" \
     STACKSMITH_STACK_PRIVATE="1"
 
-RUN bitnami-pkg install node-7.0.0-0 --checksum 8049e447c9ac3cbf74b2ea7602e7126b6e5610b2f2c7b0e5f3ad18710eca4108
+# Install required system packages
+RUN install_packages libc6 libssl1.0.0 libncurses5 libtinfo5 zlib1g libbz2-1.0 libreadline6 libstdc++6 libgcc1 ghostscript imagemagick libmysqlclient18
+
+RUN bitnami-pkg install node-7.4.0-0 --checksum 25efb29dd2c4e4f459197401843e91185fb2e1d9a60d0b58ad350bf1254f8b15
 
 ENV PATH=/opt/bitnami/node/bin:/opt/bitnami/python/bin:$PATH \
     NODE_PATH=/opt/bitnami/node/lib/node_modules