diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1ac125ed8290d8ea3c500b5da97d283e5384572d..94613dacf1035a914d9ef1110e8295507b63aff9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.7
+FROM python:3.8
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     # requirements to build python-ldap