diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8156a35..26da678 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.11-slim AS deps
+FROM python:3.14-slim AS deps
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ COPY pyproject.toml pdm.lock LICENSE /app/
 
 RUN pdm install --frozen-lockfile --prod --no-editable --no-self
 
-FROM python:3.11-slim AS model-download
+FROM python:3.14-slim AS model-download
 
 COPY --from=deps /app/.venv /app/.venv
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ open_clip.create_model_and_transforms(
 print("Model weights cached.")
 EOF
 
-FROM python:3.11-slim AS runtime
+FROM python:3.14-slim AS runtime
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         libglib2.0-0 \
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1e02ffe..97d40d0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "embedding-api"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "CPU-optimized image embedding API using OpenCLIP"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = "==3.11.*"
+requires-python = "==3.14.*"
 dependencies = [
     "fastapi>=0.115.0",
     "uvicorn[standard]>=0.30.0",