diff --git a/images/evaluator_dbmsbenchmarker/Dockerfile_template b/images/evaluator_dbmsbenchmarker/Dockerfile_template
index bc504f2c..94c6db29 100644
--- a/images/evaluator_dbmsbenchmarker/Dockerfile_template
+++ b/images/evaluator_dbmsbenchmarker/Dockerfile_template
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # Java is installed.
 # Git is installed.
 ######################################################################################
-FROM python:3.12.8
+FROM python:3.14.0rc1
 #FROM alpine:3.15
 
 # does not compile numpy correctly