diff --git a/base/debian-10/Dockerfile b/base/debian-10/Dockerfile
index 9af6aad2..193917e0 100644
--- a/base/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/base/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ LABEL maintainer="support@splunk.com"
 ARG SCLOUD_URL
 ENV SCLOUD_URL=${SCLOUD_URL} \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
-    PYTHON_VERSION=3.7.9
+    PYTHON_VERSION=3.7.10 \
+    PYTHON_MD5=0b19e34a6dabc4bf15fdcdf9e77e9856
 
 COPY install.sh /install.sh
 RUN /install.sh && rm -rf /install.sh
diff --git a/base/debian-10/install.sh b/base/debian-10/install.sh
index ad1bce7a..7ef7fef0 100755
--- a/base/debian-10/install.sh
+++ b/base/debian-10/install.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl sudo libgssapi-krb5-2 busybox pr
 # Install Python and necessary packages
 PY_SHORT=${PYTHON_VERSION%.*}
 wget -O /tmp/python.tgz https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tgz
+echo "$PYTHON_MD5  /tmp/python.tgz" | md5sum --check
 mkdir -p /tmp/pyinstall
 tar -xzC /tmp/pyinstall/ --strip-components=1 -f /tmp/python.tgz
 rm /tmp/python.tgz
diff --git a/base/debian-9/Dockerfile b/base/debian-9/Dockerfile
index 209a6e1f..9aa60073 100644
--- a/base/debian-9/Dockerfile
+++ b/base/debian-9/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ LABEL maintainer="support@splunk.com"
 ARG SCLOUD_URL
 ENV SCLOUD_URL=${SCLOUD_URL} \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
-    PYTHON_VERSION=3.7.9
+    PYTHON_VERSION=3.7.10 \
+    PYTHON_MD5=0b19e34a6dabc4bf15fdcdf9e77e9856
 
 COPY install.sh /install.sh
 RUN /install.sh && rm -rf /install.sh
diff --git a/base/debian-9/install.sh b/base/debian-9/install.sh
index 1bdf3c09..19deedf4 100755
--- a/base/debian-9/install.sh
+++ b/base/debian-9/install.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl sudo libgssapi-krb5-2 busybox pr
 # Install Python and necessary packages
 PY_SHORT=${PYTHON_VERSION%.*}
 wget -O /tmp/python.tgz https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tgz
+echo "$PYTHON_MD5  /tmp/python.tgz" | md5sum --check
 mkdir -p /tmp/pyinstall
 tar -xzC /tmp/pyinstall/ --strip-components=1 -f /tmp/python.tgz
 rm /tmp/python.tgz
diff --git a/base/redhat-8/Dockerfile b/base/redhat-8/Dockerfile
index e04aa77f..219cd0a7 100644
--- a/base/redhat-8/Dockerfile
+++ b/base/redhat-8/Dockerfile
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ LABEL name="splunk" \
 
 ARG SCLOUD_URL
 ENV SCLOUD_URL=${SCLOUD_URL} \
-    PYTHON_VERSION=3.7.9
+    PYTHON_VERSION=3.7.10 \
+    PYTHON_MD5=0b19e34a6dabc4bf15fdcdf9e77e9856
 
 COPY install.sh /install.sh
 
diff --git a/base/redhat-8/install.sh b/base/redhat-8/install.sh
index 13278e71..c923861a 100755
--- a/base/redhat-8/install.sh
+++ b/base/redhat-8/install.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ microdnf -y --nodocs update gnutls kernel-headers librepo libnghttp2 tzdata
 # Install Python and necessary packages
 PY_SHORT=${PYTHON_VERSION%.*}
 wget -O /tmp/python.tgz https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tgz
+echo "$PYTHON_MD5  /tmp/python.tgz" | md5sum --check
 mkdir -p /tmp/pyinstall
 tar -xzC /tmp/pyinstall/ --strip-components=1 -f /tmp/python.tgz
 rm /tmp/python.tgz