diff --git a/template/python3-http/Dockerfile b/template/python3-http/Dockerfile
index 93973c1..ca21686 100644
--- a/template/python3-http/Dockerfile
+++ b/template/python3-http/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM openfaas/of-watchdog:0.8.2 as watchdog
-FROM python:3-alpine
+FROM python:3.13.0a1-alpine
 
 COPY --from=watchdog /fwatchdog /usr/bin/fwatchdog
 RUN chmod +x /usr/bin/fwatchdog