diff --git a/aries-backchannels/acapy/Dockerfile.acapy b/aries-backchannels/acapy/Dockerfile.acapy
index 432beef5..bfb4ac7a 100644
--- a/aries-backchannels/acapy/Dockerfile.acapy
+++ b/aries-backchannels/acapy/Dockerfile.acapy
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.9-slim-bullseye
+FROM python:3.12-slim-bullseye
 
 RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get install -y git gnupg2 software-properties-common curl \
diff --git a/aries-backchannels/acapy/Dockerfile.acapy-redis b/aries-backchannels/acapy/Dockerfile.acapy-redis
index 3e56ff64..de3edf02 100644
--- a/aries-backchannels/acapy/Dockerfile.acapy-redis
+++ b/aries-backchannels/acapy/Dockerfile.acapy-redis
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.7-slim-bullseye
+FROM python:3.12-slim-bullseye
 
 RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get install -y git gnupg2 software-properties-common curl \
diff --git a/aries-backchannels/acapy/Dockerfile.dev-acapy-main b/aries-backchannels/acapy/Dockerfile.dev-acapy-main
index 48ae54d1..d7065bab 100644
--- a/aries-backchannels/acapy/Dockerfile.dev-acapy-main
+++ b/aries-backchannels/acapy/Dockerfile.dev-acapy-main
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.9-slim-bullseye
+FROM python:3.12-slim-bullseye
 
 WORKDIR /aries-backchannels