diff --git a/Base/Dockerfile b/Base/Dockerfile
index 8133236b9b..750f52f299 100644
--- a/Base/Dockerfile
+++ b/Base/Dockerfile
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ ARG VERSION
 ARG RELEASE=selenium-${VERSION}
 ARG MVN_SELENIUM_VERSION
 # Default value should be aligned with upstream Selenium (https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/MODULE.bazel)
-ARG OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION=1.46.0
-ARG GRPC_VERSION=1.70.0
-ARG NETTY_VERSION=4.1.118.Final
+ARG OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION=1.48.0
+ARG GRPC_VERSION=1.71.0
 ARG CS_VERSION=2.1.18
 ARG POSTGRESQL_VERSION=42.7.5
 ARG ENVSUBST_VERSION=1.4.3
@@ -61,13 +60,35 @@ RUN apt-get -qqy update \
     unzip \
     wget \
     jq \
-    supervisor \
     gnupg2 \
     libnss3-tools \
     openjdk-${JRE_VERSION}-jdk-headless \
     ca-certificates \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/cache/apt/*
 
+#========================================
+# Install Python for utilities
+#========================================
+RUN apt-get -qqy update \
+    && apt-get upgrade -yq \
+    && apt-get -qqy --no-install-recommends install \
+    python3 python3-pip python3-venv python3-setuptools \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/cache/apt/*
+
+ENV VENV_PATH=/opt/venv
+RUN python3 -m venv $VENV_PATH \
+    echo "source $VENV_PATH/bin/activate" >> /etc/bash.bashrc
+
+RUN $VENV_PATH/bin/python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools virtualenv psutil \
+    && wget -q https://github.com/Supervisor/supervisor/archive/refs/heads/main.zip -O /tmp/supervisor.zip \
+    && unzip /tmp/supervisor.zip -d /tmp \
+    && cd /tmp/supervisor-main \
+    && $VENV_PATH/bin/python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages . \
+    && rm -rf /tmp/supervisor.zip /tmp/supervisor-main
+
+ENV PATH="$VENV_PATH/bin:$PATH" \
+    VIRTUAL_ENV="$VENV_PATH"
+
 RUN ARCH=$(if [ "$(dpkg --print-architecture)" = "arm64" ]; then echo "aarch64"; else echo "$(dpkg --print-architecture)"; fi) \
     && wget -q https://github.com/moparisthebest/static-curl/releases/download/v8.11.0/curl-$ARCH -O /usr/bin/curl \
     && chmod +x /usr/bin/curl \
@@ -130,9 +151,6 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=SEL_PASSWD \
         java -jar /tmp/cs fetch --classpath --cache /external_jars \
         io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-otlp:${OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION} \
         io.grpc:grpc-netty:${GRPC_VERSION} \
-        io.netty:netty-codec-http:${NETTY_VERSION} \
-        io.netty:netty-handler:${NETTY_VERSION} \
-        io.netty:netty-common:${NETTY_VERSION} \
         > /external_jars/.classpath.txt \
         && chmod 664 /external_jars/.classpath.txt \
         && java -jar /tmp/cs fetch --classpath --cache /external_jars \
diff --git a/Base/entry_point.sh b/Base/entry_point.sh
index ca7043bdc9..a3840e0077 100755
--- a/Base/entry_point.sh
+++ b/Base/entry_point.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ if ! whoami &>/dev/null; then
   fi
 fi
 
-/usr/bin/supervisord --configuration /etc/supervisord.conf &
+if [ -n "${VIRTUAL_ENV}" ]; then
+  echo "Virtual environment detected at ${VIRTUAL_ENV}, activating..."
+  source ${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/activate
+  python3 --version
+fi
+
+supervisord --configuration /etc/supervisord.conf &
 
 SUPERVISOR_PID=$!
 
diff --git a/NodeBase/Dockerfile b/NodeBase/Dockerfile
index 898d78088c..a77402e739 100644
--- a/NodeBase/Dockerfile
+++ b/NodeBase/Dockerfile
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=SEL_PASSWD \
   && rm websockify.zip \
   # Setup dependencies
   && cd websockify-${WEBSOCKIFY_VERSION#v} \
-  && python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages . \
+  && $VENV_PATH/bin/python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages . \
   # Move websockify and run to the noVNC directory
   && mv websockify /opt/bin/noVNC/utils/websockify \
   && mv run /opt/bin/noVNC/utils/websockify \
diff --git a/Video/Dockerfile b/Video/Dockerfile
index f1952c090d..d80947dc81 100644
--- a/Video/Dockerfile
+++ b/Video/Dockerfile
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ RUN apt-get -qqy update \
     && apt-get -qqy --no-install-recommends install \
     libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 libxcb1 libpulse0 libasound2t64 \
     x11-xserver-utils x11-utils \
-    python3-pip \
     && apt-get -qqy update \
     && apt-get -yq upgrade \
-    && pip install --upgrade --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir setuptools psutil \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/cache/apt/*
 
 COPY *.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/
diff --git a/Video/entry_point.sh b/Video/entry_point.sh
index c878f7d689..5178e2e47d 100755
--- a/Video/entry_point.sh
+++ b/Video/entry_point.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ if ! whoami &>/dev/null; then
   fi
 fi
 
-/usr/bin/supervisord --configuration /etc/supervisord.conf &
+if [ -n "${VIRTUAL_ENV}" ]; then
+  echo "Virtual environment detected at ${VIRTUAL_ENV}, activating..."
+  source ${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/activate
+  python3 --version
+fi
+
+supervisord --configuration /etc/supervisord.conf &
 
 SUPERVISOR_PID=$!