diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile b/ci/Dockerfile
index 01b7a0b2c2..a8a6c684ff 100644
--- a/ci/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/Dockerfile
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ ENV GOPATH=/opt/app-root/go \
     MAVEN_HOME="/opt/maven/${MAVEN_VERSION}" \
     GRADLE_HOME="/opt/gradle/${GRADLE_VERSION}" \
     SBT_HOME="/opt/sbt/${SBT_VERSION}" \
-    PYTHON_CMD=python3 \
+    PYTHON_VERSION=3.12 \
+    PYTHON_CMD=/usr/bin/python${PYTHON_VERSION} \
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
     PYTHONIOENCODING="utf-8" \
     COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1 \
diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile-bun b/ci/Dockerfile-bun
index c7dc968cff..6e7c850689 100644
--- a/ci/Dockerfile-bun
+++ b/ci/Dockerfile-bun
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ ENV GOPATH=/opt/app-root/go \
     MAVEN_HOME="/opt/maven/${MAVEN_VERSION}" \
     GRADLE_HOME="/opt/gradle/${GRADLE_VERSION}" \
     SBT_HOME="/opt/sbt/${SBT_VERSION}" \
-    PYTHON_CMD=python3 \
+    PYTHON_VERSION=3.12 \
+    PYTHON_CMD=/usr/bin/python${PYTHON_VERSION} \
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
     PYTHONIOENCODING="utf-8" \
     COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1 \
diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile-deno b/ci/Dockerfile-deno
index a182dd4f6f..676f4b04c8 100644
--- a/ci/Dockerfile-deno
+++ b/ci/Dockerfile-deno
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ ENV GOPATH=/opt/app-root/go \
     MAVEN_HOME="/opt/maven/${MAVEN_VERSION}" \
     GRADLE_HOME="/opt/gradle/${GRADLE_VERSION}" \
     SBT_HOME="/opt/sbt/${SBT_VERSION}" \
-    PYTHON_CMD=python3 \
+    PYTHON_VERSION=3.12 \
+    PYTHON_CMD=/usr/bin/python${PYTHON_VERSION} \
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
     PYTHONIOENCODING="utf-8" \
     COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1 \
diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile-ppc64 b/ci/Dockerfile-ppc64
index 8c9e6055ce..c679121b35 100644
--- a/ci/Dockerfile-ppc64
+++ b/ci/Dockerfile-ppc64
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ ENV GOPATH=/opt/app-root/go \
     MAVEN_HOME="/opt/maven/${MAVEN_VERSION}" \
     GRADLE_HOME="/opt/gradle/${GRADLE_VERSION}" \
     SBT_HOME="/opt/sbt/${SBT_VERSION}" \
-    PYTHON_CMD=python3 \
+    PYTHON_VERSION=3.12 \
+    PYTHON_CMD=/usr/bin/python${PYTHON_VERSION} \
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
     PYTHONIOENCODING="utf-8" \
     COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1 \