diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 417d486..7091fb6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # This Dockerfile is used to build the APSVIZ-Archiver image
 
 # leverage the renci python base image
-FROM python:3.11.7-slim
+FROM python:3.12.2-slim
 
 # update the image base
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b1349a..8f136d7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ Archives file created by the various APSViz applications and processes.
 [![GPLv3 License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL%20v3-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/)
 [![RENCI License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-RENCI-blue.svg)](https://www.renci.org/)
 #### Components and versions...
-[![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/Python-3.11.7-orange)](https://github.com/python/cpython)
+[![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/Python-3.12.2-orange)](https://github.com/python/cpython)
 [![Linting Pylint](https://img.shields.io/badge/Pylint-%203.0.3-yellow)](https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint)
-[![Pytest](https://img.shields.io/badge/Pytest-%207.4.4-blue)](https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest)
+[![Pytest](https://img.shields.io/badge/Pytest-%208.0.0-blue)](https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest)
 #### Build status...
 [![Pylint and Pytest](https://github.com/RENCI/APSVIZ-Archiver/actions/workflows/pylint-pytest.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/RENCI/APSVIZ-Archiver/actions/workflows/pylint-pytest.yml)
 [![Build and push the Docker image](https://github.com/RENCI/APSVIZ-Archiver/actions/workflows/image-push.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/RENCI/APSVIZ-Archiver/actions/workflows/image-push.yml)