diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.api b/docker/Dockerfile.api
index 14aa38b..ab2c458 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.api
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.api
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # stops a base-image bump from silently breaking the install.
 # =============================================================================
 
-FROM python:3.12-slim AS builder
+FROM python:3.14-slim AS builder
 
 ENV PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1 \
     PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ RUN python -m venv /opt/venv \
 
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-FROM python:3.12-slim AS runtime
+FROM python:3.14-slim AS runtime
 
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
     PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.dashboard b/docker/Dockerfile.dashboard
index cd2a58c..6cc92de 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.dashboard
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.dashboard
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # this build breaks — which is the intended failure.
 # =============================================================================
 
-FROM python:3.12-slim AS builder
+FROM python:3.14-slim AS builder
 
 ENV PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1 \
     PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RUN python -m venv /opt/venv \
 
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-FROM python:3.12-slim AS runtime
+FROM python:3.14-slim AS runtime
 
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
     PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \