diff --git a/docker-image/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile b/docker-image/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile
index 064923a..6f201d7 100644
--- a/docker-image/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker-image/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile
@@ -86,9 +86,6 @@ COPY --from=builder /usr/local/lib/python3.9 /usr/local/lib/python3.9
 COPY --from=builder /usr/lib64/libpython3.9.so.1.0 /usr/lib64/libpython3.9.so.1.0
 COPY --from=builder /usr/lib64/libexpat.so.1 /usr/lib64/libexpat.so.1
 
-RUN ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python \
-    && ln -s /usr/local/bin/pip3 /usr/bin/pip
-
 # Copy jq executable from the builder stage
 COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/jq /usr/bin/jq
 
diff --git a/docker-image/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpha b/docker-image/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpha
index d64bf64..6f201d7 100644
--- a/docker-image/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpha
+++ b/docker-image/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpha
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ RUN curl -kL https://dlcdn.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.9.4/binaries/apache-maven-
 RUN curl -kL https://go.dev/dl/go1.21.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz -o /tmp/golang-package.tar.gz \
     && tar xvzf /tmp/golang-package.tar.gz -C /usr/
 
+# install python package manager (pip)
+RUN python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade
+
 # install jq JSON formating tool
 RUN curl -kL https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/download/jq-1.6/jq-linux64 -o /usr/bin/jq 
 
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ COPY scripts/rhda.sh /
 RUN chmod +x /usr/jdk-20.0.2/bin/java \
     && chmod +x /usr/apache-maven-3.9.4/bin/mvn \
     && chmod +x /usr/go/bin/go \
+    && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/pip3 \
     && chmod +x /usr/bin/jq \
     && chmod +x /usr/bin/uuidgen \
     && chmod +x /opt/app-root/src/.npm-global/bin/exhort-javascript-api \
@@ -74,6 +78,14 @@ ENV GOLANG_HOME=/usr/go
 # Update PATH
 ENV PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$MAVEN_HOME/bin:$GOLANG_HOME/bin
 
+# Copy python executable from the builder stage
+COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python3
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/bin/pip3 /usr/local/bin/pip3
+COPY --from=builder /usr/lib64/python3.9 /usr/lib64/python3.9
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/lib/python3.9 /usr/local/lib/python3.9
+COPY --from=builder /usr/lib64/libpython3.9.so.1.0 /usr/lib64/libpython3.9.so.1.0
+COPY --from=builder /usr/lib64/libexpat.so.1 /usr/lib64/libexpat.so.1
+
 # Copy jq executable from the builder stage
 COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/jq /usr/bin/jq
 
diff --git a/docker-image/README.md b/docker-image/README.md
index eac343f..7142a2e 100644
--- a/docker-image/README.md
+++ b/docker-image/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Both Docker and Podman are container runtimes that can be used to build and run
 
 ## Images generated for Exhort Javascript API
 
-Ecosystem             | Version                                                            | IMAGE                                           | TAG               | 
-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- |-------------------|
-Maven & NPM           | mvn 3.9.4, <br>npm 9.5.0                                           |  quay.io/ecosystem-appeng/exhort-javascript-api | 0.7.0-alpha       |
-Maven, NPM & Golang   | mvn 3.9.4, <br>npm 9.5.0, <br>go 1.21.1                            |  quay.io/ecosystem-appeng/exhort-javascript-api | 0.7.3-alpha       |
+Ecosystem                     | Version                                                            | IMAGE                                           | TAG               | 
+------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- |-------------------|
+Maven & NPM                   | mvn 3.9.4, <br>npm 9.5.0                                           |  quay.io/ecosystem-appeng/exhort-javascript-api | 0.7.0-alpha       |
+Maven, NPM, Golang & Python   | mvn 3.9.4, <br>npm 9.5.0, <br>go 1.21.1, <br>python3 3.9.16, <br>pip3 21.2.3                                                                                                  |  quay.io/ecosystem-appeng/exhort-javascript-api | 0.7.3-alpha       |