diff --git a/docker/automated_scripts.dockerfile b/docker/automated_scripts.dockerfile
index 3ed77bdfe..570ef2f87 100644
--- a/docker/automated_scripts.dockerfile
+++ b/docker/automated_scripts.dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-FROM ubuntu:20.04
+FROM python:3.11-bookworm
 # Set timezone:
 ENV TZ=UTC
 RUN ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y cron git python3-pip
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y cron git
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app/
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/app/agr_literature_service
 ADD ./agr_literature_service /usr/src/app/agr_literature_service
diff --git a/docker/dev-app.dockerfile b/docker/dev-app.dockerfile
index 6d37666ac..932d4ce52 100644
--- a/docker/dev-app.dockerfile
+++ b/docker/dev-app.dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ARG REG=agrdocker
 ARG ALLIANCE_RELEASE=latest
 
-FROM ubuntu:20.04
+FROM python:3.11-bookworm
 
 WORKDIR /usr/local/bin/src/literature
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/bin/src/literature/agr_literature_service
diff --git a/docker/xml_processing.dockerfile b/docker/xml_processing.dockerfile
index dd54d25e0..cde53710c 100644
--- a/docker/xml_processing.dockerfile
+++ b/docker/xml_processing.dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ARG REG=agrdocker
 ARG ALLIANCE_RELEASE=latest
 
-FROM python:3.8-alpine3.16
+FROM python:3.11-alpine3.20
 
 RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache git gcc musl-dev postgresql-dev libffi-dev