diff --git a/templates/python_projects.gitlab-ci.yml b/templates/python_projects.gitlab-ci.yml
index 05124e26d6067e80980264765df5f413ebd6033b..e9e34a64a47c60f8ca89dfdd96fecd7e856f4631 100644
--- a/templates/python_projects.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/templates/python_projects.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ variables:
   PACKAGES_TO_CHECK: ""
   # may be set:
   PYPROJECT_CONFIG_PATH: ""
-  # uses registry.gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive/ci-base-image:ubuntu22.04-8
-  PYTHON_IMAGE_TAG: "@sha256:e9f16040010ad24fffeabec66abca109b24baa79d912eba3118da58e8130fb26"
+  # uses registry.gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive/ci-base-image:ubuntu23.10-2
+  PYTHON_IMAGE_TAG: "@sha256:358f47db6eb6760f5971cc1d50a28a6ee96be428bebf23c2a9750087d26e7140"
   PYTHON_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive/ci-base-image${PYTHON_IMAGE_TAG}"
   # colors:
   TXT_GREEN: "\e[1;32m"