diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/Dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/Dockerfile
index d892c9dca1..b8ff85977a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/Dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # define an alias for the specific python version used in this file.
-FROM docker.io/python:3.12.7-slim-bookworm AS python
+FROM docker.io/python:3.12.8-slim-bookworm AS python
 
 # Python build stage
 FROM python AS python-build-stage