diff --git a/.github/workflows/load-tests-pipeline-options/python_Combine_Flink_Batch_2GB_10_byte_records.txt b/.github/workflows/load-tests-pipeline-options/python_Combine_Flink_Batch_2GB_10_byte_records.txt
index 8295d1c8aa86..57b1bbc854b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/load-tests-pipeline-options/python_Combine_Flink_Batch_2GB_10_byte_records.txt
+++ b/.github/workflows/load-tests-pipeline-options/python_Combine_Flink_Batch_2GB_10_byte_records.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
 --parallelism=5
 --job_endpoint=localhost:8099
 --environment_type=DOCKER
---environment_config=gcr.io/apache-beam-testing/beam-sdk/beam_python3.8_sdk:latest
+--environment_config=gcr.io/apache-beam-testing/beam-sdk/beam_python3.9_sdk:latest
 --top_count=20
 --runner=PortableRunner
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/load-tests-pipeline-options/python_Combine_Flink_Batch_2GB_Fanout_4.txt b/.github/workflows/load-tests-pipeline-options/python_Combine_Flink_Batch_2GB_Fanout_4.txt
index 82f8bcc7c0ae..4923929301dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/load-tests-pipeline-options/python_Combine_Flink_Batch_2GB_Fanout_4.txt
+++ b/.github/workflows/load-tests-pipeline-options/python_Combine_Flink_Batch_2GB_Fanout_4.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 --parallelism=16
 --job_endpoint=localhost:8099
 --environment_type=DOCKER
---environment_config=gcr.io/apache-beam-testing/beam-sdk/beam_python3.8_sdk:latest
+--environment_config=gcr.io/apache-beam-testing/beam-sdk/beam_python3.9_sdk:latest
 --fanout=4
 --top_count=20
 --runner=PortableRunner
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/load-tests-pipeline-options/python_Combine_Flink_Batch_2GB_Fanout_8.txt b/.github/workflows/load-tests-pipeline-options/python_Combine_Flink_Batch_2GB_Fanout_8.txt
index 45425b6bf153..8a089fee3516 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/load-tests-pipeline-options/python_Combine_Flink_Batch_2GB_Fanout_8.txt
+++ b/.github/workflows/load-tests-pipeline-options/python_Combine_Flink_Batch_2GB_Fanout_8.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 --parallelism=16
 --job_endpoint=localhost:8099
 --environment_type=DOCKER
---environment_config=gcr.io/apache-beam-testing/beam-sdk/beam_python3.8_sdk:latest
+--environment_config=gcr.io/apache-beam-testing/beam-sdk/beam_python3.9_sdk:latest
 --fanout=8
 --top_count=20
 --runner=PortableRunner
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/load-tests-pipeline-options/python_GBK_Flink_Batch_2GB_of_10B_records.txt b/.github/workflows/load-tests-pipeline-options/python_GBK_Flink_Batch_2GB_of_10B_records.txt
index 2427e21cde45..40db0b6d40bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/load-tests-pipeline-options/python_GBK_Flink_Batch_2GB_of_10B_records.txt
+++ b/.github/workflows/load-tests-pipeline-options/python_GBK_Flink_Batch_2GB_of_10B_records.txt
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
 --parallelism=5
 --job_endpoint=localhost:8099
 --environment_type=DOCKER
---environment_config=gcr.io/apache-beam-testing/beam-sdk/beam_python3.8_sdk:latest
+--environment_config=gcr.io/apache-beam-testing/beam-sdk/beam_python3.9_sdk:latest
 --runner=PortableRunner
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/multi-language/README.md b/examples/multi-language/README.md
index 479a56deab75..f9905ca310e6 100644
--- a/examples/multi-language/README.md
+++ b/examples/multi-language/README.md
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ python -m apache_beam.runners.portability.expansion_service_main -p <PORT> --ful
 ```
 export DOCKER_ROOT=<Docker root>
 
-./gradlew :sdks:python:container:py38:docker -Pdocker-repository-root=$DOCKER_ROOT -Pdocker-tag=latest
+./gradlew :sdks:python:container:py39:docker -Pdocker-repository-root=$DOCKER_ROOT -Pdocker-tag=latest
 
-docker push $DOCKER_ROOT/beam_python3.8_sdk:latest
+docker push $DOCKER_ROOT/beam_python3.9_sdk:latest
 
 ./gradlew :sdks:java:container:java11:docker -Pdocker-repository-root=$DOCKER_ROOT -Pdocker-tag=latest -Pjava11Home=$JAVA_HOME
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ gsutil rm gs://$GCP_BUCKET/multi-language-beam/output*
 --gcpTempLocation=gs://$GCP_BUCKET/multi-language-beam/tmp \
 --output=gs://$GCP_BUCKET/multi-language-beam/output \
 --sdkContainerImage=$DOCKER_ROOT/beam_java11_sdk:latest \
---sdkHarnessContainerImageOverrides=.*python.*,$DOCKER_ROOT/beam_python3.8_sdk:latest \
+--sdkHarnessContainerImageOverrides=.*python.*,$DOCKER_ROOT/beam_python3.9_sdk:latest \
 --expansionService=localhost:$EXPANSION_SERVICE_PORT \
 --region=${GCP_REGION}"
 ```