diff --git a/dev/spark-test-image/python-312-classic-only/Dockerfile b/dev/spark-test-image/python-312-classic-only/Dockerfile
index 685f4e80315c6..d7fc4cfb2b5a9 100644
--- a/dev/spark-test-image/python-312-classic-only/Dockerfile
+++ b/dev/spark-test-image/python-312-classic-only/Dockerfile
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-# Image for building and testing Spark branches. Based on Ubuntu 22.04.
+# Image for building and testing Spark branches. Based on Ubuntu 24.04.
 # See also in https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu
-FROM ubuntu:jammy-20240911.1
+FROM ubuntu:noble
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="Apache Spark project <dev@spark.apache.org>"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="Apache Spark Infra Image For PySpark Classic with Python 3.12"
 # Overwrite this label to avoid exposing the underlying Ubuntu OS version label
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version=""
 
-ENV FULL_REFRESH_DATE=20260203
+ENV FULL_REFRESH_DATE=20260207
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN=true
@@ -41,26 +41,27 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     libopenblas-dev \
     libssl-dev \
     openjdk-17-jdk-headless \
+    python3.12 \
     pkg-config \
     tzdata \
     software-properties-common \
-    zlib1g-dev
-
-# Install Python 3.12
-RUN add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-    python3.12 \
+    zlib1g-dev \
     && apt-get autoremove --purge -y \
     && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Setup virtual environment
+ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/opt/spark-venv
+RUN python3.12 -m venv --without-pip $VIRTUAL_ENV
+ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
+
+# Install Python 3.12 packages
+RUN curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3.12
 
 ARG BASIC_PIP_PKGS="numpy pyarrow>=22.0.0 pandas==2.3.3 plotly<6.0.0 matplotlib openpyxl memory-profiler>=0.61.0 mlflow>=2.8.1 scipy scikit-learn>=1.3.2 pystack>=1.6.0 psutil"
 ARG TEST_PIP_PKGS="coverage unittest-xml-reporting"
 
-# Install Python 3.12 packages
 RUN curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3.12
-RUN python3.12 -m pip install --ignore-installed 'blinker>=1.6.2' # mlflow needs this
 RUN python3.12 -m pip install $BASIC_PIP_PKGS $TEST_PIP_PKGS && \
     python3.12 -m pip install torch torchvision --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu && \
     python3.12 -m pip install deepspeed torcheval && \
diff --git a/dev/spark-test-image/python-312-pandas-3/Dockerfile b/dev/spark-test-image/python-312-pandas-3/Dockerfile
index 6b2d61be529e5..a310709b1a070 100644
--- a/dev/spark-test-image/python-312-pandas-3/Dockerfile
+++ b/dev/spark-test-image/python-312-pandas-3/Dockerfile
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@
 # Note this is a temporary image file for development with Pandas 3,
 # and will be remvoed after PySpark is fully compatible with Pandas 3.
 
-# Image for building and testing Spark branches. Based on Ubuntu 22.04.
+# Image for building and testing Spark branches. Based on Ubuntu 24.04.
 # See also in https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu
-FROM ubuntu:jammy-20240911.1
+FROM ubuntu:noble
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="Apache Spark project <dev@spark.apache.org>"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="Apache Spark Infra Image For PySpark with Python 3.12 and Pandas 3"
 # Overwrite this label to avoid exposing the underlying Ubuntu OS version label
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version=""
 
-ENV FULL_REFRESH_DATE=20260127
+ENV FULL_REFRESH_DATE=20260207
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN=true
@@ -44,27 +44,27 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     libopenblas-dev \
     libssl-dev \
     openjdk-17-jdk-headless \
+    python3.12 \
     pkg-config \
     tzdata \
     software-properties-common \
-    zlib1g-dev
-
-# Install Python 3.12
-RUN add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-    python3.12 \
+    zlib1g-dev \
     && apt-get autoremove --purge -y \
     && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Setup virtual environment
+ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/opt/spark-venv
+RUN python3.12 -m venv --without-pip $VIRTUAL_ENV
+ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
+
+# Install Python 3.12 packages
 # Note that mlflow is execluded since it requires pandas<3
+RUN curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3.12
+
 ARG BASIC_PIP_PKGS="numpy pyarrow>=22.0.0 six==1.16.0 pandas>=3 scipy plotly<6.0.0 coverage matplotlib openpyxl memory-profiler>=0.61.0 scikit-learn>=1.3.2"
-# Python deps for Spark Connect
 ARG CONNECT_PIP_PKGS="grpcio==1.76.0 grpcio-status==1.76.0 protobuf==6.33.5 googleapis-common-protos==1.71.0 zstandard==0.25.0 graphviz==0.20.3"
 
-# Install Python 3.12 packages
-RUN curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3.12
-# RUN python3.12 -m pip install --ignore-installed 'blinker>=1.6.2' # mlflow needs this
 RUN python3.12 -m pip install $BASIC_PIP_PKGS unittest-xml-reporting $CONNECT_PIP_PKGS lxml && \
     python3.12 -m pip install torch torchvision --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu && \
     python3.12 -m pip install torcheval && \