diff --git a/pipeline.go b/pipeline.go
index 72f3751..1aa37e3 100644
--- a/pipeline.go
+++ b/pipeline.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func RunPipeline(isTesting bool) error {
 	}
 	defer client.Close()
 	pipCache := client.CacheVolume("pip_cache")
-	container := client.Container().From("python:3.11.9-bookworm").
+	container := client.Container().From("python:3.12.2-bookworm").
 		WithMountedCache("/root/.cache/pip", pipCache)
 
 	container = container.
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ func retrieveArtifacts(ctx context.Context, container *dagger.Container) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Helper function
 func ls(ctx context.Context, container *dagger.Container, dir string, message string) {
 	fmt.Println(message)
 	info, err := container.WithWorkdir(dir).WithExec([]string{"ls", "-la"}).Stdout(ctx)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index feebd4e..e262cf9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name="github_dagger_workflow_project"
 description="A project to demonstrate the Dagger workflow"
 version="0.0.1"
 
-requires-python = ">=3.11.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.12.2"
 
 [tool.ruff.format]
 exclude = ['.git', '.venv']