diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
index 3a6bcd1d..1fc72886 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   # Only support 64-bit CPython > 3.6
-  CIBW_SKIP: "cp36-* pp* *-manylinux_i686 *-musllinux_* *-win32 cp313-*"
+  CIBW_SKIP: "cp36-* cp37-* cp38-* pp* *-manylinux_i686 *-musllinux_* *-win32 cp314-*"
 
   # This has some of the software we need pre-installed on it
   CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: openchemistry/stempy_wheel_builder_x86_64
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index fcdb25c0..4d8eb2ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.9']
+        python-version: ['3.11']
         mpi: ['ON', 'OFF']
         ipykernel: ['', 'ipykernel']
         dev: ['', 'dev']
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build/push Dockerfile.base
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
-        if: ${{ contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'trigger-ci') || steps.changed-dockerfile-base.outputs.any_changed == 'true'}}
+        # if: ${{ contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'trigger-ci') || steps.changed-dockerfile-base.outputs.any_changed == 'true'}}
         with:
           context: .
           file: ./docker/Dockerfile.base
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.base b/docker/Dockerfile.base
index d7c959c4..6fbdbf6b 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.base
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.base
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+# update to use python 3.11
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION
-FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION} as base
+FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-bookworm as base
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
 WORKDIR /build