diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index d2179fc767f..0caa127a3e4 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN go-licenses csv ./backend/src/apiserver > /tmp/licenses.csv && \
   go-licenses save ./backend/src/apiserver --save_path /tmp/NOTICES
 
 # 2. Compile preloaded pipeline samples
-FROM python:3.7 as compiler
+FROM python:3.8 as compiler
 RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y -q default-jdk python3-setuptools python3-dev jq
 RUN wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py && python3 get-pip.py
 COPY backend/requirements.txt .