diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index 6a68f9ca170..3e74437c97c 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ This checklist is for your information.
 - [ ] Bugfixes should be submitted against the `bugfix` branch.
 - [ ] Give a meaningful name to your PR, as it may end up being used in the release notes.
 - [ ] Your code is flake8 compliant.
-- [ ] Your code is python 3.13 compliant.
+- [ ] Your code is python 3.14 compliant.
 - [ ] If this is a new feature and not a bug fix, you've included the proper documentation in the docs at https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo/tree/dev/docs as part of this PR.
 - [ ] Model changes must include the necessary migrations in the dojo/db_migrations folder.
 - [ ] Add applicable tests to the unit tests.
diff --git a/Dockerfile.django-alpine b/Dockerfile.django-alpine
index bcca856298a..62b167ade11 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.django-alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.django-alpine
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Dockerfile.nginx to use the caching mechanism of Docker.
 
 # Ref: https://devguide.python.org/#branchstatus
-FROM python:3.13.7-alpine3.22@sha256:9ba6d8cbebf0fb6546ae71f2a1c14f6ffd2fdab83af7fa5669734ef30ad48844 AS base
+FROM python:3.14.0-alpine3.22@sha256:e1a567200b6d518567cc48994d3ab4f51ca54ff7f6ab0f3dc74ac5c762db0800 AS base
 FROM base AS build
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.django-debian b/Dockerfile.django-debian
index e816d204e05..6f9808469cf 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.django-debian
+++ b/Dockerfile.django-debian
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Dockerfile.nginx to use the caching mechanism of Docker.
 
 # Ref: https://devguide.python.org/#branchstatus
-FROM python:3.13.7-slim-trixie@sha256:5f55cdf0c5d9dc1a415637a5ccc4a9e18663ad203673173b8cda8f8dcacef689 AS base
+FROM python:3.14.0-slim-trixie@sha256:7bea65ece84b6f78689e6f2caa60d386452ef5db9361484523b18fb84f95389c AS base
 FROM base AS build
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.integration-tests-debian b/Dockerfile.integration-tests-debian
index 06cf3b7c435..8b6536d7838 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.integration-tests-debian
+++ b/Dockerfile.integration-tests-debian
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 FROM openapitools/openapi-generator-cli:v7.16.0@sha256:e56372add5e038753fb91aa1bbb470724ef58382fdfc35082bf1b3e079ce353c AS openapitools
 # currently only supports x64, no arm yet due to chrome and selenium dependencies
-FROM python:3.13.7-slim-trixie@sha256:5f55cdf0c5d9dc1a415637a5ccc4a9e18663ad203673173b8cda8f8dcacef689 AS build
+FROM python:3.14.0-slim-trixie@sha256:7bea65ece84b6f78689e6f2caa60d386452ef5db9361484523b18fb84f95389c AS build
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN \
   apt-get -y update && \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine b/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine
index 5270e01f747..2e2d8cdf334 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Dockerfile.django-alpine to use the caching mechanism of Docker.
 
 # Ref: https://devguide.python.org/#branchstatus
-FROM python:3.13.7-alpine3.22@sha256:9ba6d8cbebf0fb6546ae71f2a1c14f6ffd2fdab83af7fa5669734ef30ad48844 AS base
+FROM python:3.14.0-alpine3.22@sha256:e1a567200b6d518567cc48994d3ab4f51ca54ff7f6ab0f3dc74ac5c762db0800 AS base
 FROM base AS build
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN \
diff --git a/readme-docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/readme-docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 27f8093355e..340cd06a8f2 100644
--- a/readme-docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/readme-docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Please use [these test scripts](../tests) to test your changes. These are the sc
 For changes that require additional settings, you can now use local_settings.py file. See the logging section below for more information.
 
 ## Python3 Version
-For compatibility reasons, the code in dev branch should be python3.13 compliant.
+For compatibility reasons, the code in dev branch should be python3.14 compliant.
 
 ## Database migrations
 When changes are made to the database model, a database migration is needed. This migration can be generated using something like
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ DefectDojo.
 
 0. Pull requests should be submitted to the `dev` or `bugfix` branch.
 
-0. In dev branch, the code should be python 3.13 compliant.
+0. In dev branch, the code should be python 3.14 compliant.
 
 [dojo_settings]: /dojo/settings/settings.dist.py "DefectDojo settings file"
 [pep8]: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ "PEP8"
diff --git a/ruff.toml b/ruff.toml
index 092bd58fee0..e7c997c762d 100644
--- a/ruff.toml
+++ b/ruff.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# Always generate Python 3.13-compatible code.
-target-version = "py313"
+# Always generate Python 3.14-compatible code.
+target-version = "py314"
 
 # Same as Black.
 line-length = 120