diff --git a/Dockerfile.vmc-builder b/Dockerfile.vmc-builder
index 7df0c25..bcb89bb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.vmc-builder
+++ b/Dockerfile.vmc-builder
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.7-slim-bullseye
+FROM python:3.11-slim-bullseye
 
 ARG VMC_VERSION=1.0.2
 ENV VMC_VERSION=${VMC_VERSION}