diff --git a/docker/generate_dockerfiles.sh b/docker/generate_dockerfiles.sh
index dd31b804ac..e8af4d0042 100755
--- a/docker/generate_dockerfiles.sh
+++ b/docker/generate_dockerfiles.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function generate_main_dockerfile() {
     --label maintainer="The nipype developers https://github.com/nipy/nipype" \
     --env MKL_NUM_THREADS=1 \
           OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 \
-    --arg PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR=3 PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR=6 BUILD_DATE VCS_REF VERSION \
+    --arg PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR=3 PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR=8 BUILD_DATE VCS_REF VERSION \
     --user neuro \
     --workdir /home/neuro \
     --miniconda create_env=neuro \