diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/app/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/app/pyproject.toml
index ea4e04e198..a34dd2f93e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/app/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/app/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = ""
 authors = ["Admin <admin@example.com>"]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.7"
+python = "^3.8"
 uvicorn = "^0.11.3"
 fastapi = "^0.54.1"
 python-multipart = "^0.0.5"
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/backend.dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/backend.dockerfile
index 8c39c502af..ffa4c3311f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/backend.dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/backend.dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM tiangolo/uvicorn-gunicorn-fastapi:python3.7
+FROM tiangolo/uvicorn-gunicorn-fastapi:python3.8
 
 WORKDIR /app/
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/celeryworker.dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/celeryworker.dockerfile
index 4695a7b7ec..1ccf6b289f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/celeryworker.dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/celeryworker.dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.7
+FROM python:3.8
 
 WORKDIR /app/