diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index b0e8a20..cecb8cf 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # ── Stage 1: Install dependencies ──
-FROM python:3.12-slim AS builder
+FROM python:3.14-slim AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /build
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --prefix=/install -r requirements.txt
 
 # ── Stage 2: Production runtime ──
-FROM python:3.12-slim
+FROM python:3.14-slim
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="isolatedenv" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="My awesome project" \