diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a2b3b57..ef700b5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.10
+FROM python:3.12
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir scanpy spatialtis==0.5.0rc0 lightgbm scikit-image leidenalg \
     jupyter jupyterlab jupyter_http_over_ws ipywidgets
 WORKDIR /analysis
diff --git a/benchmark/time-squidpy.Dockerfile b/benchmark/time-squidpy.Dockerfile
index b1d090e..9ca054f 100644
--- a/benchmark/time-squidpy.Dockerfile
+++ b/benchmark/time-squidpy.Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-FROM python:3.9
+FROM python:3.12
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir squidpy memory_profiler
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