diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9b9c6a4c7..567130a2e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine:3.20.2
+FROM python:3.12-alpine
 
 LABEL net.juniper.description="Junos PyEZ library for Python in a lightweight container." \
       net.juniper.maintainer="jnpr-community-netdev@juniper.net"
@@ -12,15 +12,12 @@ ADD requirements.txt .
 ADD lib lib 
 ADD entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/.
 
-## Install dependencies
+## Install dependancies and PyEZ
 RUN apk add --no-cache build-base python3-dev \
     libxslt-dev libxml2-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev curl \
     ca-certificates py3-pip bash
 
-## Update as per PEP 668. Use Virtual Env
-RUN python3 -m venv /scripts/.venv \
-    && source /scripts/.venv/bin/activate \
-    && pip install --upgrade pip \
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip \
     && pip install pipdeptree \
     && python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt \
     && pip install .