diff --git a/aries-backchannels/acapy/Dockerfile.acapy-main b/aries-backchannels/acapy/Dockerfile.acapy-main
index 050c33ee..8463c0c9 100644
--- a/aries-backchannels/acapy/Dockerfile.acapy-main
+++ b/aries-backchannels/acapy/Dockerfile.acapy-main
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.9-slim-bullseye
+FROM python:3.12-slim-bullseye
 
 RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get install -y git gnupg2 software-properties-common curl \