diff --git a/containers/Containerfile.base b/containers/Containerfile.base
index baaa89cf..4d28b26d 100644
--- a/containers/Containerfile.base
+++ b/containers/Containerfile.base
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ FROM docker.io/fedora:42 AS base
 
 ENV PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1
 
-RUN dnf install -y python3 python3-pip python3-wheel python3-aiohttp && \
-    dnf clean all
-
-RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir pulsar-client==3.7.0
+RUN dnf install -y python3.12 && \
+  alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.12 1 && \
+  python -m ensurepip --upgrade && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir wheel aiohttp && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir pulsar-client==3.7.0 && \
+  dnf clean all
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Build a container which contains the built Python packages.  The build
diff --git a/containers/Containerfile.bedrock b/containers/Containerfile.bedrock
index 2650943f..2885080d 100644
--- a/containers/Containerfile.bedrock
+++ b/containers/Containerfile.bedrock
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ FROM docker.io/fedora:42 AS base
 
 ENV PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1
 
-RUN dnf install -y python3 python3-pip python3-wheel python3-aiohttp \
-    python3-rdflib
-
-RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir boto3 pulsar-client==3.7.0
+RUN dnf install -y python3.12 && \
+  alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.12 1 && \
+  python -m ensurepip --upgrade && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir wheel aiohttp && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir pulsar-client==3.7.0 && \
+  dnf clean all
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Build a container which contains the built Python packages.  The build
diff --git a/containers/Containerfile.flow b/containers/Containerfile.flow
index d1d5dbe1..d4015c8c 100644
--- a/containers/Containerfile.flow
+++ b/containers/Containerfile.flow
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ FROM docker.io/fedora:42 AS base
 
 ENV PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1
 
-RUN dnf install -y python3 python3-pip python3-wheel python3-aiohttp \
-    python3-rdflib
+RUN dnf install -y python3.12 && \
+  alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.12 1 && \
+  python -m ensurepip --upgrade && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir wheel aiohttp rdflib && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir pulsar-client==3.7.0 && \
+  dnf clean all
 
 RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir \
     anthropic cohere mistralai openai google-generativeai \
diff --git a/containers/Containerfile.hf b/containers/Containerfile.hf
index bd651122..dcc91632 100644
--- a/containers/Containerfile.hf
+++ b/containers/Containerfile.hf
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ FROM docker.io/fedora:42 AS ai
 
 ENV PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1
 
-RUN dnf install -y python3 python3-pip python3-wheel python3-aiohttp \
-    python3-rdflib
+RUN dnf install -y python3.12 && \
+  alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.12 1 && \
+  python -m ensurepip --upgrade && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir wheel aiohttp && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir pulsar-client==3.7.0 && \
+  dnf clean all
 
 RUN pip3 install torch==2.5.1+cpu \
     --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
diff --git a/containers/Containerfile.ocr b/containers/Containerfile.ocr
index eb9d67b7..661b8e17 100644
--- a/containers/Containerfile.ocr
+++ b/containers/Containerfile.ocr
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ FROM docker.io/fedora:42 AS base
 
 ENV PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1
 
-RUN dnf install -y python3 python3-pip python3-wheel python3-aiohttp \
-    python3-rdflib tesseract poppler poppler-utils
-
-RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir pytesseract pulsar-client==3.7.0
+RUN dnf install -y python3.12 && \
+  alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.12 1 && \
+  python -m ensurepip --upgrade && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir wheel aiohttp && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir pulsar-client==3.7.0 && \
+  dnf clean all
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Build a container which contains the built Python packages.  The build
diff --git a/containers/Containerfile.vertexai b/containers/Containerfile.vertexai
index 129e689c..659cf376 100644
--- a/containers/Containerfile.vertexai
+++ b/containers/Containerfile.vertexai
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ FROM docker.io/fedora:42 AS base
 
 ENV PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1
 
-RUN dnf install -y python3 python3-pip python3-wheel python3-aiohttp \
-    python3-rdflib
-
-RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir \
-    google-cloud-aiplatform pulsar-client==3.7.0
+RUN dnf install -y python3.12 && \
+  alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.12 1 && \
+  python -m ensurepip --upgrade && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir wheel aiohttp && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir pulsar-client==3.7.0 && \
+  dnf clean all
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Build a container which contains the built Python packages.  The build