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/