diff --git a/kubernetes/kserve/image_transformer/transformer.Dockerfile b/kubernetes/kserve/image_transformer/transformer.Dockerfile
index 88e4aed9c5..d933b26bd1 100644
--- a/kubernetes/kserve/image_transformer/transformer.Dockerfile
+++ b/kubernetes/kserve/image_transformer/transformer.Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.8.18-slim
+FROM python:3.13.0a3-slim
 ARG BRANCH_NAME_KF=master
 
 RUN apt-get update \