diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/flask-oidc-dev/templates/buildconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/flask-oidc-dev/templates/buildconfig.yml
index fa0dece3af..6ae1ea1ed5 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/flask-oidc-dev/templates/buildconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/flask-oidc-dev/templates/buildconfig.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
     sourceStrategy:
       from:
         kind: ImageStreamTag
-        name: python:3.6
+        name: python:3.9
         namespace: openshift
   output:
     to: