diff --git a/components/kubeflow/pytorch-launcher/Dockerfile b/components/kubeflow/pytorch-launcher/Dockerfile
index 521fee988fd..2a2ee34180d 100644
--- a/components/kubeflow/pytorch-launcher/Dockerfile
+++ b/components/kubeflow/pytorch-launcher/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM python:3.6
+FROM python:3.13.0rc2
 
 ADD requirements.txt requirements.txt