diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.8.10-slim
+FROM python:3.10.6-slim
 
 # install dependencies for mysqlclient
 # RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade && apt-get -y install python3-dev default-libmysqlclient-dev build-essential