diff --git a/infrastructure/docker/Dockerfile.ai b/infrastructure/docker/Dockerfile.ai
index 544b359..561ce04 100644
--- a/infrastructure/docker/Dockerfile.ai
+++ b/infrastructure/docker/Dockerfile.ai
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Build context: repository root
 #   docker build -f infrastructure/docker/Dockerfile.ai -t ballast-ai .
-FROM python:3.12-slim
+FROM python:3.15-slim
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
     PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1