diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/Dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/Dockerfile
index 3ea6b2d4c..36659d31d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/Dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.10-slim-bullseye
-
 # define an alias for the specfic python version used in this file.
-FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION} as python
+FROM python:3.10.9-slim-bullseye as python
 
 # Python build stage
 FROM python as python-build-stage
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/docs/Dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/docs/Dockerfile
index c45d18c95..ec1737c4c 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/docs/Dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/docs/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.10-slim-bullseye
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.10.9-slim-bullseye
 
 # define an alias for the specfic python version used in this file.
 FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION} as python
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile
index ef80441ba..ac4ca7714 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.10-slim-bullseye
-
 {% if cookiecutter.frontend_pipeline in ['Gulp', 'Webpack'] -%}
 FROM node:16-bullseye-slim as client-builder
 
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ RUN npm run build
 {%- endif %}
 
 # define an alias for the specfic python version used in this file.
-FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION} as python
+FROM python:3.10.9-slim-bullseye as python
 
 # Python build stage
 FROM python as python-build-stage