diff --git a/build/ibm/Dockerfile b/build/ibm/Dockerfile
index 826c91255c8db12e240fecaaa525e1bf95f67b9a..002f978b6b051d60d8812a07f031d133345566bb 100644
--- a/build/ibm/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/ibm/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # This Dockerfile assumes you used "make build" to convert the AdminUI to static files in frontend/adminui/dist/policyservice
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/python-39:1-168
+# FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/python-39:1-168
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/python-311
 
 # set environment variables
 # PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE - Prevents Python from writing pyc files to disc (equivalent to python -B option)