diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f93aa70..08eeec3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ARG REPO_NAME="https://github.com/GitHK/osparc-simcore-forked.git"
 ARG BRANCH_NAME="add-volume-size-limits"
 ARG COMMIT_SHA="fe2700a1913dba98dac5406db76cbd3a964f7166"
 ARG CLONE_DIR="/osparc"
-ARG PYTHON_VERSION="3.9.12"
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION="3.10.10"
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ARG DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION="1.29.2"
 ARG INSTALL_DIR="/package-install-dir"