diff --git a/.github/workflows/merlin.yml b/.github/workflows/merlin.yml
index 7348962dd..e716b14f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merlin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merlin.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"] #TODO: Remove Python 3.7 support
     env:
       PIPENV_DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     steps:
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"] #TODO: Remove Python 3.7 support
     env:
       PIPENV_DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     steps:
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
     env:
       PIPENV_DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c3db27c19..a43ceb164 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
       - name: Install dependencies
         working-directory: ./python/sdk
         run: |
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
     needs:
       - publish-python-sdk
     steps:
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index d684ea5bf..dd6bde34a 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ sphinx:
 
 # Optionally set the version of Python and requirements required to build your docs
 python:
-  version: 3.7
+  version: 3.8
   install:
     - requirements: python/sdk/docs/requirements_docs.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/api/versions_api.go b/api/api/versions_api.go
index ee8fb8945..08e507930 100644
--- a/api/api/versions_api.go
+++ b/api/api/versions_api.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/caraml-dev/merlin/utils"
 )
 
-const DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION = "3.7.*"
+const DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION = "3.8.*"
 
 type VersionsController struct {
 	*AppContext
diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index e60b38379..4bfeeb20f 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ImageBuilderConfig:
       CPU: 2
       Memory: 1Gi
   PredictionJobBaseImages:
-    "3.7.*":
+    "3.8.*":
       ImageName: ghcr.io/caraml-dev/merlin-pyspark-base:v0.7.0
       DockerfilePath:  docker/app.Dockerfile
       BuildContextURI: ""
diff --git a/docs/reference/e2e-test.md b/docs/reference/e2e-test.md
index 13d5b76a3..2c1cadeac 100644
--- a/docs/reference/e2e-test.md
+++ b/docs/reference/e2e-test.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Run E2E test as part of github actions workflow. This E2E test will be triggered
 - Pull merlin repository
 - Pull mlp repository
 - Setup go
-- Setup python 3.7
+- Setup python 3.8
 - Setup cluster
 - Setup mlp namespace
 - Deploy mlp
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/batch_prediction.md b/docs/user-guide/batch_prediction.md
index d5761dfad..3bae730fc 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/batch_prediction.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/batch_prediction.md
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Following error is thrown during batch prediction execution
                              "values")
 E       AttributeError: Can only use .dt accessor with datetimelike values
 
-../../../.local/share/virtualenvs/merlin-pyspark-n4ybPFnE/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/core/indexes/accessors.py:324: AttributeError
+../../../.local/share/virtualenvs/merlin-pyspark-n4ybPFnE/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas/core/indexes/accessors.py:324: AttributeError
 
 Assertion failed
 ```
diff --git a/examples/batch/env.yaml b/examples/batch/env.yaml
index edde1bb72..525de4685 100644
--- a/examples/batch/env.yaml
+++ b/examples/batch/env.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ dependencies:
 - pip:
     - joblib>=0.13.0,<1.2.0  # >=1.2.0 upon upgrade of kserve's version
     - numpy>=1.19.5
-    - scikit-learn==1.0.2  # >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
+    - scikit-learn==1.0.2  #TODO: >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
     - xgboost==1.6.2
     - mlflow==1.23.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/batch/requirements.txt b/examples/batch/requirements.txt
index 8f2429936..867ba1313 100644
--- a/examples/batch/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/batch/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 joblib>=0.13.0,<1.2.0  # >=1.2.0 upon upgrade of kserve's version
 numpy>=1.19.5
-scikit-learn==1.0.2  # >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
+scikit-learn==1.0.2  #TODO: >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
 xgboost==1.6.2
 mlflow==1.23.0
 merlin-sdk
diff --git a/examples/custom-model/http_json/requirements.txt b/examples/custom-model/http_json/requirements.txt
index 240522ce6..65c525967 100644
--- a/examples/custom-model/http_json/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/custom-model/http_json/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-scikit-learn==1.0.2  # >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
+scikit-learn==1.0.2  #TODO: >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
 xgboost==1.6.2
 merlin-sdk
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/metrics/env.yaml b/examples/metrics/env.yaml
index 3ce3ab752..aca49efbb 100644
--- a/examples/metrics/env.yaml
+++ b/examples/metrics/env.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.7
\ No newline at end of file
+  - python=3.8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/model-endpoint/requirements.txt b/examples/model-endpoint/requirements.txt
index b4b4486a4..f9f15f6c0 100644
--- a/examples/model-endpoint/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/model-endpoint/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-scikit-learn==1.0.2  # >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
+scikit-learn==1.0.2  #TODO: >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
 merlin-sdk
 joblib>=0.13.0,<1.2.0  # >=1.2.0 upon upgrade of kserve's version
 cloudpickle==2.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/pyfunc-upi/env.yaml b/examples/pyfunc-upi/env.yaml
index 1dace8050..1927d1e20 100644
--- a/examples/pyfunc-upi/env.yaml
+++ b/examples/pyfunc-upi/env.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.7
+  - python=3.8
   - pip:
     - numpy
     - xgboost==1.6.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/pyfunc-upi/requirements.txt b/examples/pyfunc-upi/requirements.txt
index 6aaca7c97..5fe961672 100644
--- a/examples/pyfunc-upi/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/pyfunc-upi/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 xgboost==1.6.2
-scikit-learn==1.0.2  # >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
+scikit-learn==1.0.2  #TODO: >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
 merlin-sdk>=0.22.2rc4
 numpy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/pyfunc/env.yaml b/examples/pyfunc/env.yaml
index 5086d51d8..14f0c61bf 100644
--- a/examples/pyfunc/env.yaml
+++ b/examples/pyfunc/env.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.7
+  - python=3.8
   - pip:
     - joblib>=0.13.0,<1.2.0  # >=1.2.0 upon upgrade of kserve's version
     - numpy
-    - scikit-learn==1.0.2  # >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
+    - scikit-learn==1.0.2  #TODO: >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
     - xgboost==1.6.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/pyfunc/requirements.txt b/examples/pyfunc/requirements.txt
index e48da0005..c94dc0bb9 100644
--- a/examples/pyfunc/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/pyfunc/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-scikit-learn==1.0.2  # >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
+scikit-learn==1.0.2  #TODO: >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
 joblib>=0.13.0,<1.2.0  # >=1.2.0 upon upgrade of kserve's version
 xgboost==1.6.2
 merlin-sdk
diff --git a/examples/resource-request-gpu/requirements.txt b/examples/resource-request-gpu/requirements.txt
index b4b4486a4..f9f15f6c0 100644
--- a/examples/resource-request-gpu/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/resource-request-gpu/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-scikit-learn==1.0.2  # >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
+scikit-learn==1.0.2  #TODO: >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
 merlin-sdk
 joblib>=0.13.0,<1.2.0  # >=1.2.0 upon upgrade of kserve's version
 cloudpickle==2.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/resource-request/requirements.txt b/examples/resource-request/requirements.txt
index b4b4486a4..f9f15f6c0 100644
--- a/examples/resource-request/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/resource-request/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-scikit-learn==1.0.2  # >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
+scikit-learn==1.0.2  #TODO: >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
 merlin-sdk
 joblib>=0.13.0,<1.2.0  # >=1.2.0 upon upgrade of kserve's version
 cloudpickle==2.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/sklearn/requirements.txt b/examples/sklearn/requirements.txt
index b4b4486a4..f9f15f6c0 100644
--- a/examples/sklearn/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/sklearn/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-scikit-learn==1.0.2  # >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
+scikit-learn==1.0.2  #TODO: >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
 merlin-sdk
 joblib>=0.13.0,<1.2.0  # >=1.2.0 upon upgrade of kserve's version
 cloudpickle==2.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/transformer/custom-transformer/env.yaml b/examples/transformer/custom-transformer/env.yaml
index 2da20d4ee..2568f6a93 100644
--- a/examples/transformer/custom-transformer/env.yaml
+++ b/examples/transformer/custom-transformer/env.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.7
+  - python=3.8
   - pip:
     - torch==1.3.1
     - torchvision==0.4.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/transformer/feast-enricher-transformer/env.yaml b/examples/transformer/feast-enricher-transformer/env.yaml
index 3ce3ab752..aca49efbb 100644
--- a/examples/transformer/feast-enricher-transformer/env.yaml
+++ b/examples/transformer/feast-enricher-transformer/env.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.7
\ No newline at end of file
+  - python=3.8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/transformer/standard-transformer/env.yaml b/examples/transformer/standard-transformer/env.yaml
index a26454f4a..c9a311f33 100644
--- a/examples/transformer/standard-transformer/env.yaml
+++ b/examples/transformer/standard-transformer/env.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.7
+  - python=3.8
diff --git a/examples/transformer/upi/env.yaml b/examples/transformer/upi/env.yaml
index a26454f4a..c9a311f33 100644
--- a/examples/transformer/upi/env.yaml
+++ b/examples/transformer/upi/env.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.7
+  - python=3.8
diff --git a/examples/xgboost/requirements.txt b/examples/xgboost/requirements.txt
index 21b0fb5bf..916acd8da 100644
--- a/examples/xgboost/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/xgboost/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-scikit-learn==1.0.2  # >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation-learn
+scikit-learn==1.0.2  #TODO: >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
 xgboost==1.6.2
 merlin-sdk
 cloudpickle==2.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/batch-predictor/requirements.txt b/python/batch-predictor/requirements.txt
index 6cc772441..c7624d8d2 100644
--- a/python/batch-predictor/requirements.txt
+++ b/python/batch-predictor/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ mlflow>=1.2.0,<=1.23.0
 cloudpickle==2.0.0
 pyarrow>=0.14.1,<=9.0.0
 protobuf>=3.0,<4.0.0
-file:${SDK_PATH}#egg=merlin-sdk
+#TODO: Update merlin-sdk dep to: file:${SDK_PATH}#egg=merlin-sdk
+merlin-sdk==0.33.0 # Pin to the version that supports Python 3.7.
diff --git a/python/batch-predictor/requirements_test.txt b/python/batch-predictor/requirements_test.txt
index d15de3a8a..d1bf453d4 100644
--- a/python/batch-predictor/requirements_test.txt
+++ b/python/batch-predictor/requirements_test.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ pytest
 pytest-cov
 mypy
 google-cloud-bigquery
-scikit-learn==1.0.2  # >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
+scikit-learn==1.0.2  #TODO: >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
 joblib>=0.13.0,<1.2.0  # >=1.2.0 upon upgrade of kserve's version
 mypy-protobuf>=1.19
 types-PyYAML
diff --git a/python/batch-predictor/setup.py b/python/batch-predictor/setup.py
index 9f6537f99..f4b10f427 100644
--- a/python/batch-predictor/setup.py
+++ b/python/batch-predictor/setup.py
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@
 with open('requirements.txt') as f:
     REQUIRE = f.read().splitlines()
 
-merlin_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "../sdk")
-merlin_sdk_package = "merlin-sdk"
-for index, item in enumerate(REQUIRE):
-    if merlin_sdk_package in item:
-        REQUIRE[index] = f"{merlin_sdk_package} @ file://localhost/{merlin_path}#egg={merlin_sdk_package}"
+# TODO: Uncomment below lines after Pyfunc server stops supporting Python 3.7
+# merlin_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "../sdk")
+# merlin_sdk_package = "merlin-sdk"
+# for index, item in enumerate(REQUIRE):
+#     if merlin_sdk_package in item:
+#         REQUIRE[index] = f"{merlin_sdk_package} @ file://localhost/{merlin_path}#egg={merlin_sdk_package}"
 
 setup(
     name='merlin-pyspark-app',
diff --git a/python/batch-predictor/test-model/conda.yaml b/python/batch-predictor/test-model/conda.yaml
index 333db7806..fcba475e2 100644
--- a/python/batch-predictor/test-model/conda.yaml
+++ b/python/batch-predictor/test-model/conda.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 dependencies:
 - pip:
-  - scikit-learn==1.0.2  # >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
+  - scikit-learn==1.0.2  #TODO: >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
   - joblib>=0.13.0,<1.2.0  # >=1.2.0 upon upgrade of kserve's version
diff --git a/python/pyfunc-scaffolding/{{cookiecutter.model_slug}}/env/conda.yaml b/python/pyfunc-scaffolding/{{cookiecutter.model_slug}}/env/conda.yaml
index a26454f4a..c9a311f33 100644
--- a/python/pyfunc-scaffolding/{{cookiecutter.model_slug}}/env/conda.yaml
+++ b/python/pyfunc-scaffolding/{{cookiecutter.model_slug}}/env/conda.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.7
+  - python=3.8
diff --git a/python/pyfunc-server/pyfuncserver/utils/contants.py b/python/pyfunc-server/pyfuncserver/utils/contants.py
index 7a196f490..2c233065d 100644
--- a/python/pyfunc-server/pyfuncserver/utils/contants.py
+++ b/python/pyfunc-server/pyfuncserver/utils/contants.py
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 conda env.yaml that you pass to log_pyfunc method, e.g.:
 
 dependencies:
-- python=3.7
+- python=3.8
 - pip:
   - my-missing-package==1.0
   
 OR if the package is not available in PyPI distribution
 
 dependencies:
-- python=3.7
+- python=3.8
 - my-missing-package=1.0
 
 See: https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html#creating-an-environment-from-an-environment-yml-file
diff --git a/python/pyfunc-server/requirements.txt b/python/pyfunc-server/requirements.txt
index f4c9d4b94..d4e3c3c08 100644
--- a/python/pyfunc-server/requirements.txt
+++ b/python/pyfunc-server/requirements.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ grpcio<1.49.0
 grpcio-reflection<1.49.0
 grpcio-tools<1.49.0
 grpcio-health-checking<1.49.0
-file:${SDK_PATH}#egg=merlin-sdk
+#TODO: Update merlin-sdk dep to: file:${SDK_PATH}#egg=merlin-sdk
+merlin-sdk==0.33.0 # Pin to the version that supports Python 3.7.
diff --git a/python/pyfunc-server/setup.py b/python/pyfunc-server/setup.py
index aeff89d02..e25cbb30b 100644
--- a/python/pyfunc-server/setup.py
+++ b/python/pyfunc-server/setup.py
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@
 
 # replace merlin relative path in requirements.txt into absolute path
 # setuptools could not install relative path requirements
-merlin_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "../sdk")
-merlin_sdk_package = "merlin-sdk"
-for index, item in enumerate(REQUIRE):
-    if merlin_sdk_package in item:
-        REQUIRE[index] = f"{merlin_sdk_package} @ file://localhost/{merlin_path}#egg={merlin_sdk_package}"
+
+# TODO: Uncomment below lines after Pyfunc server stops supporting Python 3.7
+# merlin_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "../sdk")
+# merlin_sdk_package = "merlin-sdk"
+# for index, item in enumerate(REQUIRE):
+#     if merlin_sdk_package in item:
+#         REQUIRE[index] = f"{merlin_sdk_package} @ file://localhost/{merlin_path}#egg={merlin_sdk_package}"
 
 setup(
     name='pyfuncserver',
diff --git a/python/sdk/Dockerfile b/python/sdk/Dockerfile
index ed47d0041..e6dd237b8 100644
--- a/python/sdk/Dockerfile
+++ b/python/sdk/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.7
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.8
 FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-slim-buster
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source https://github.com/caraml-dev/merlin
diff --git a/python/sdk/setup.py b/python/sdk/setup.py
index a6195c92e..4bc97c136 100644
--- a/python/sdk/setup.py
+++ b/python/sdk/setup.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "pytest",
     "recursive-diff>=1.0.0",
     "requests",
-    "scikit-learn==1.0.2",  # >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
+    "scikit-learn==1.0.2", #TODO: >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
     "types-python-dateutil",
     "types-PyYAML",
     "types-six",
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     setup_requires=["setuptools_scm"],
     tests_require=TEST_REQUIRES,
     extras_require={'test': TEST_REQUIRES},
-    python_requires='>=3.7,<3.11',
+    python_requires='>=3.8,<3.11',
     long_description=open("README.md").read(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     entry_points='''
diff --git a/python/sdk/test/batch/model/env.yaml b/python/sdk/test/batch/model/env.yaml
index bff48f883..659bb6b71 100644
--- a/python/sdk/test/batch/model/env.yaml
+++ b/python/sdk/test/batch/model/env.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dependencies:
   - pip:
       - mlflow
-      - scikit-learn==1.0.2  # >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
+      - scikit-learn==1.0.2  #TODO: >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
       - joblib>=0.13.0,<1.2.0  # >=1.2.0 upon upgrade of kserve's version
       - numpy>=1.19.5,<1.23.4 # https://github.com/Azure/MachineLearningNotebooks/issues/1314
       - pandas==1.3.5
diff --git a/python/sdk/test/invalid-models/pyfunc-model-invalid/MLmodel b/python/sdk/test/invalid-models/pyfunc-model-invalid/MLmodel
index c4c0e7432..9b9b01b98 100644
--- a/python/sdk/test/invalid-models/pyfunc-model-invalid/MLmodel
+++ b/python/sdk/test/invalid-models/pyfunc-model-invalid/MLmodel
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ flavors:
     env: conda.yaml
     loader_module: mlflow.pyfunc.model
     python_model: python_model.pkl
-    python_version: 3.7.5
+    python_version: 3.8.5
 utc_time_created: '2020-01-20 09:53:55.355722'
diff --git a/python/sdk/test/invalid-models/pyfunc-model-invalid/conda.yaml b/python/sdk/test/invalid-models/pyfunc-model-invalid/conda.yaml
index 5e5e00e98..3ab83cd18 100644
--- a/python/sdk/test/invalid-models/pyfunc-model-invalid/conda.yaml
+++ b/python/sdk/test/invalid-models/pyfunc-model-invalid/conda.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 channels:
 - defaults
 dependencies:
-- python=3.7.5
+- python=3.8.5
 - pip:
   - mlflow
   - cloudpickle==2.0.0
diff --git a/python/sdk/test/pyfunc/env.yaml b/python/sdk/test/pyfunc/env.yaml
index 586c5eb82..54a476962 100644
--- a/python/sdk/test/pyfunc/env.yaml
+++ b/python/sdk/test/pyfunc/env.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pip:
     - joblib>=0.13.0,<1.2.0  # >=1.2.0 upon upgrade of kserve's version
     - numpy
-    - scikit-learn==1.0.2  # >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
+    - scikit-learn==1.0.2  #TODO: >=1.1.2 upon python 3.7 deprecation
     - xgboost==1.6.2
     - pytest
     - pytest-xdist==1.34.0
diff --git a/scripts/e2e/values-e2e.yaml b/scripts/e2e/values-e2e.yaml
index 95e774964..d59c5f2bb 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/values-e2e.yaml
+++ b/scripts/e2e/values-e2e.yaml
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ imageBuilder:
   k8sConfig: {}
   builderConfig:
     BaseImages:
-      3.7.*:
-        ImageName: pyfunc-py37:v0.31.3
+      3.8.*:
+        ImageName: pyfunc-py38:v0.31.3
         DockerfilePath: "docker/Dockerfile"
         BuildContextURI: "git://github.com/gojek/merlin.git#refs/tags/v0.31.3"
         MainAppPath: /merlin-spark-app/main.py
     PredictionJobBaseImages:
-      3.7.*:
-        ImageName: pyspark-py37:v0.31.3
+      3.8.*:
+        ImageName: pyspark-py38:v0.31.3
         DockerfilePath: "docker/app.Dockerfile"
         BuildContextURI: "git://github.com/gojek/merlin.git#refs/tags/v0.31.3"
         MainAppPath: /merlin-spark-app/main.py