In an approach to cognitively determining and applying image updates to one or more containers, one or more computer processors detect an updated image for a container. The one or more computer processors, responsive to a pull request for the detected updated image, create a set of update information, wherein the set of update information includes one or more, bug fixes, features of the updated image, developer suggestions, and details of limitations introduced in the updated image. The one or more computer processors calculate a requirement value for the updated image. The one or more computer processors, responsive to exceeding a requirement threshold, update the container with the updated image.