diff --git a/images/benchmarker_dbmsbenchmarker/Dockerfile_template b/images/benchmarker_dbmsbenchmarker/Dockerfile_template
index 8cde878d..9eb566a3 100644
--- a/images/benchmarker_dbmsbenchmarker/Dockerfile_template
+++ b/images/benchmarker_dbmsbenchmarker/Dockerfile_template
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.12.5
+FROM python:3.14.0a2
 
 # does not compile numpy correctly
 # FROM python:3.13-rc-slim