diff --git a/Docker/lofar-base/Dockerfile.tmpl b/Docker/lofar-base/Dockerfile.tmpl
index fca3484718462f9098125dc054d1d6f13234f1fa..8d7b582138cd58d3dfe7f898e5776628d7104d3b 100644
--- a/Docker/lofar-base/Dockerfile.tmpl
+++ b/Docker/lofar-base/Dockerfile.tmpl
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y subversion swig ruby ruby-dev python-de
 #
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git cmake g++ swig python-dev libhdf5-dev && \
     mkdir ${INSTALLDIR}/DAL && \
-    cd ${INSTALLDIR}/DAL && git clone https://github.com/nextgen-astrodata/DAL.git src && cd src && git checkout master && cd .. && \
+    cd ${INSTALLDIR}/DAL && git clone --branch v3.3.0 https://github.com/nextgen-astrodata/DAL.git src && \
     mkdir ${INSTALLDIR}/DAL/build && cd ${INSTALLDIR}/DAL/build && cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALLDIR}/DAL ../src && \
     make -j ${J} && \
     make install && \