Update Ubuntu 18.04 in util container

Signed-off-by: Philipp Wagner <phw@lowrisc.org>
diff --git a/util/container/Dockerfile b/util/container/Dockerfile
index 799929e..505f036 100644
--- a/util/container/Dockerfile
+++ b/util/container/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # Build OpenOCD
 # OpenOCD is a tool to connect with the target chip over JTAG and similar
 # transports.
-FROM ubuntu:16.04 AS openocd
+FROM ubuntu:18.04 AS openocd
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     autoconf \
     git \
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     make -j$(nproc) && make install
 
 # Build Verilator.
-FROM ubuntu:16.04 as verilator
+FROM ubuntu:18.04 as verilator
 ARG VERILATOR_VERSION
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     autoconf \
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 
 # Main container image.
-FROM ubuntu:16.04 AS opentitan
+FROM ubuntu:18.04 AS opentitan
 ARG VERILATOR_VERSION
 ARG RISCV_TOOLCHAIN_TAR_VERSION
 
diff --git a/util/container/README.md b/util/container/README.md
index e55effb..e1237f0 100644
--- a/util/container/README.md
+++ b/util/container/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Docker Container
 
-Docker container based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS containing various hardware and
+Docker container based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS containing various hardware and
 software development tools for OpenTitan, as listed in the
 [OpenTitan documentation](https://docs.opentitan.org/doc/ug/install_instructions/).