diff --git a/Dockerfile.django b/Dockerfile.django
index ac91677e2cd..5051455a6f3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.django
+++ b/Dockerfile.django
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Dockerfile.nginx to use the caching mechanism of Docker.
 
 # Ref: https://devguide.python.org/#branchstatus
-FROM python:3.8.11-slim-buster@sha256:9b0d7419e2811710aacee87c40a2c94693e2b6810c3e7e466b8c7fc5bde4cd66 as build
+FROM python:3.10.2-slim-buster@sha256:d12b37660877396ffc15d5b83ebde3a21f6c63595d477b7c2e0c7f5fba7ba1d9 as build
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN \
   apt-get -y update && \
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RUN \
 COPY requirements.txt ./
 RUN pip3 wheel --wheel-dir=/tmp/wheels -r ./requirements.txt
 
-FROM python:3.8.11-slim-buster@sha256:9b0d7419e2811710aacee87c40a2c94693e2b6810c3e7e466b8c7fc5bde4cd66
+FROM python:3.10.2-slim-buster@sha256:d12b37660877396ffc15d5b83ebde3a21f6c63595d477b7c2e0c7f5fba7ba1d9
 WORKDIR /app
 ARG uid=1001
 ARG appuser=defectdojo
diff --git a/Dockerfile.integration-tests b/Dockerfile.integration-tests
index 4dc6945ffe3..82ff73ebdc4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.integration-tests
+++ b/Dockerfile.integration-tests
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 # code: language=Dockerfile
 
-FROM python:3.8.11-slim-buster@sha256:9b0d7419e2811710aacee87c40a2c94693e2b6810c3e7e466b8c7fc5bde4cd66 as build
+FROM python:3.10.2-slim-buster@sha256:d12b37660877396ffc15d5b83ebde3a21f6c63595d477b7c2e0c7f5fba7ba1d9 as build
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN \
   apt-get -y update && \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.nginx b/Dockerfile.nginx
index c073a85e360..82fe5e3003e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.nginx
+++ b/Dockerfile.nginx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # The code for the build image should be identical with the code in
 # Dockerfile.django to use the caching mechanism of Docker.
 
-FROM python:3.8.11-slim-buster@sha256:9b0d7419e2811710aacee87c40a2c94693e2b6810c3e7e466b8c7fc5bde4cd66 as build
+FROM python:3.10.2-slim-buster@sha256:d12b37660877396ffc15d5b83ebde3a21f6c63595d477b7c2e0c7f5fba7ba1d9 as build
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN \
   apt-get -y update && \