diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20220329-112653.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20220329-112653.yaml
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@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Under the Hood
+body: update docker image to use python 3.10.3
+time: 2022-03-29T11:26:53.359066-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: nathaniel-may
+  Issue: "4904"
+  PR: "4963"
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
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--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ARG build_for=linux/amd64
 ##
 # base image (abstract)
 ##
-FROM --platform=$build_for python:3.9.9-slim-bullseye as base
+FROM --platform=$build_for python:3.10.3-slim-bullseye as base
 
 # N.B. The refs updated automagically every release via bumpversion
 # N.B. dbt-postgres is currently found in the core codebase so a value of dbt-core@<some_version> is correct