diff --git a/changelog.d/20240502_200434_dawoud.sheraz_py311.md b/changelog.d/20240502_200434_dawoud.sheraz_py311.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f53a22dc53
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+++ b/changelog.d/20240502_200434_dawoud.sheraz_py311.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- [Feature] Upgrade Open edX Dockerfile to use Python 3.11 (by @dawoudsheraz)
diff --git a/tutor/templates/build/openedx/Dockerfile b/tutor/templates/build/openedx/Dockerfile
index a81edcc7b3..0024a219a1 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/build/openedx/Dockerfile
+++ b/tutor/templates/build/openedx/Dockerfile
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ ENV PATH /openedx/nodeenv/bin:/openedx/venv/bin:${PATH}
 
 # Install nodeenv with the version provided by edx-platform
 # https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/blob/master/requirements/edx/base.txt
-# https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/releases
 RUN pip install nodeenv==1.8.0
 RUN nodeenv /openedx/nodeenv --node=18.20.1 --prebuilt
 
@@ -260,9 +259,9 @@ USER app
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/openedx/.cache/pip,sharing=shared \
     pip install -r requirements/edx/development.txt
 # https://pypi.org/project/ipdb/
-# https://pypi.org/project/ipython (8.12.x for Python 3.8)
+# https://pypi.org/project/ipython (>=Python 3.10 started with 8.20)
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/openedx/.cache/pip,sharing=shared \
-    pip install ipdb==0.13.13 ipython==8.12.3
+    pip install ipdb==0.13.13 ipython==8.24.0
 
 {# Re-install mounted requirements, otherwise they will be superseded by upstream reqs #}
 {% for name in iter_mounted_directories(MOUNTS, "openedx") %}