diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index eb50f4a..c8ad642 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.8-slim as base
+FROM python:3.10-slim as base
 
 LABEL vendor=neon.ai \
     ai.neon.name="neon-speech"