diff --git a/core-services/nlp-engine/Dockerfile b/core-services/nlp-engine/Dockerfile
index 8a38c8748bc..878096d9d66 100644
--- a/core-services/nlp-engine/Dockerfile
+++ b/core-services/nlp-engine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.8
+FROM python:3.14.0rc3
 WORKDIR /code
 COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt