diff --git a/values-k8s.yaml b/values-k8s.yaml
index b224107e7afee68b30041342835a1d704a521f73..f880a97335f6f3740d7fa074fec29eb2d1cdd7b0 100644
--- a/values-k8s.yaml
+++ b/values-k8s.yaml
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ items:
       docker.io/kubeflownotebookswg/profile-controller:v1.9.2
       docker.io/istio/proxyv2:1.22.1
       docker.io/kubeflownotebookswg/pvcviewer-controller:v1.9.2
-      docker.io/library/python:3.8
+      docker.io/library/python:3.9
       docker.io/kubeflowkatib/pytorch-mnist-cpu:v0.17.0
       gcr.io/knative-releases/knative.dev/serving/cmd/queue@sha256:89e6f90141f1b63405883fbb4de0d3b6d80f8b77e530904c4d29bdcd1dc5a167
       docker.io/rayproject/ray:2.23.0-py311-cpu