diff --git a/changelog_entry.yaml b/changelog_entry.yaml
index e69de29bb..9e655ff6c 100644
--- a/changelog_entry.yaml
+++ b/changelog_entry.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- bump: patch
+  changes:
+    fixed:
+    - Fixed deploy Dockerfile by replacing stale base Docker image (Python 3.10) with python:3.11 directly.
diff --git a/gcp/policyengine_api/Dockerfile b/gcp/policyengine_api/Dockerfile
index e85d3fb15..9b8d4e174 100644
--- a/gcp/policyengine_api/Dockerfile
+++ b/gcp/policyengine_api/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-FROM policyengine/policyengine-api:latest
+FROM python:3.11
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential redis-server && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 ENV GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS .gac.json
 ENV POLICYENGINE_DB_PASSWORD .dbpw