diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 25fd522cd..c9986408c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
-FROM python:3.7-slim as cloudmapper
+FROM python:3.8-slim AS cloudmapper
 
 LABEL maintainer="https://github.com/0xdabbad00/"
 LABEL Project="https://github.com/duo-labs/cloudmapper"
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 WORKDIR /opt/cloudmapper
-ENV AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1 
+ENV AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
 
 RUN apt-get update -y
 RUN apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf automake libtool python3-tk jq awscli
 RUN apt-get install -y bash
 
+# Upgrade pip to the latest version
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+
 COPY . /opt/cloudmapper
+
+# Specify a compatible numpy version if necessary
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 RUN bash