diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 089c17a4..47af92a9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,21 +13,68 @@ COPY . .
 # Build LPVS-open-source application
 RUN mvn clean install
 
-# Base image for running lpvs container
+# OpenJDK 17 stage
 FROM openjdk:17-slim@sha256:aaa3b3cb27e3e520b8f116863d0580c438ed55ecfa0bc126b41f68c3f62f9774
 
-# Install dependencies and remove tmp files
+# Install build dependencies for Python compilation
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get upgrade -y && \
-    apt-get install -y python3-pip && \
+    apt-get install -y \
+        ca-certificates \
+        wget \
+        build-essential \
+        libssl-dev \
+        zlib1g-dev \
+        libncurses5-dev \
+        libncursesw5-dev \
+        libreadline-dev \
+        libsqlite3-dev \
+        libgdbm-dev \
+        libdb5.3-dev \
+        libbz2-dev \
+        libexpat1-dev \
+        libffi-dev \
+        liblzma-dev \
+        uuid-dev && \
     apt-get clean
+
+# Download and compile Python 3.13 from source with optimizations
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+    wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.13.1/Python-3.13.1.tgz && \
+    tar xzf Python-3.13.1.tgz && \
+    cd Python-3.13.1 && \
+    ./configure \
+        --enable-optimizations \
+        --enable-shared \
+        --with-ensurepip=install \
+        --prefix=/usr/local \
+        --disable-test-modules \
+        --disable-tk \
+        --disable-curses \
+        LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib" && \
+    make -j$(nproc) PROFILE_TASK="" && \
+    make altinstall && \
+    cd .. && \
+    rm -rf Python-3.13.1 Python-3.13.1.tgz
+
+# Create symlinks for easier access
+RUN ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python3.13 /usr/bin/python3.13 && \
+    ln -sf /usr/local/bin/pip3.13 /usr/bin/pip3.13 && \
+    ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python3.13 /usr/bin/python3 && \
+    ln -sf /usr/local/bin/pip3.13 /usr/bin/pip3
+
+# Update shared library cache
+RUN ldconfig
+
+# Clean up apt caches and tmp files
 RUN rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
 WORKDIR /root/
 
 # Install SCANOSS
 COPY --from=builder /root/requirements.txt ./
-RUN pip3 install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt
+RUN python3.13 -m pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt
 
 # Allow to listen port 7896
 EXPOSE 7896