diff --git a/py/Dockerfile b/py/Dockerfile
index 27a11d18a3..94e1f255aa 100644
--- a/py/Dockerfile
+++ b/py/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM amd64/centos:7
+FROM almalinux:8
 
 # This must be lower case - used in the paths and packages names
 ARG TARGET
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RUN yum -y update \
     curl -L -s https://www.centos.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7-aarch64 > /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7-aarch64 \
     && cat /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7-aarch64 >> /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7 ; \
     fi \
-    && dnf --forcearch "${TARGET}" --release 7 install -y gcc glibc glibc-devel --installroot "/usr/${TARGET}-linux-gnu/sys-root/" || true \
+    && dnf --forcearch "${TARGET}" --releasever=8 install -y gcc glibc glibc-devel --installroot "/usr/${TARGET}-linux-gnu/sys-root/" || true \
     && ln -s "/usr/${TARGET}-linux-gnu/sys-root/usr/lib64/libgcc_s.so.1" "/usr/${TARGET}-linux-gnu/sys-root/usr/lib64/libgcc_s.so"; \
     fi \
     && yum clean all \