diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 700b0d6525e..b3ee85e9ed1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.7
 
 # Base image for building
-ARG LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:a31344ab2cb8618db84f535eec56f76f6178b142cb92cb2e48676cc2dcebea72
+ARG LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:e624c5d5e42382ce7165ddafcbbf8e6769a24cbd02ea6114b880b05ae5ba2a8d
 
 # Runtime image
-ARG LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:a31344ab2cb8618db84f535eec56f76f6178b142cb92cb2e48676cc2dcebea72
+ARG LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:e624c5d5e42382ce7165ddafcbbf8e6769a24cbd02ea6114b880b05ae5ba2a8d
 ARG UV_IMAGE=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.11.7@sha256:240fb85ab0f263ef12f492d8476aa3a2e4e1e333f7d67fbdd923d00a506a516a
 # Pinned by digest like the other base images; bump explicitly on Node upgrades.
 ARG UI_BUILD_IMAGE=node:24.19-alpine3.24@sha256:d32cdf619f63fe0471182d08996dd516c6275bb5fd31ae06e55a570bd9e1ad43
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ COPY --from=uvbin /uvx /usr/local/bin/uvx
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
     bash \
     gcc \
-    python3 \
-    python3-dev \
+    python-3.13 \
+    python-3.13-dev \
     rust \
     openssl \
     openssl-dev \
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
 
 ENV UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=/app/.venv \
     UV_LINK_MODE=copy \
+    UV_PYTHON_DOWNLOADS=0 \
     PATH="/app/.venv/bin:${PATH}"
 
 # Copy dependency metadata first for layer caching
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ RUN uv sync --frozen --no-install-project --no-install-workspace --no-default-gr
     --extra extra_proxy \
     --extra semantic-router \
     --extra saml \
-    --python python3
+    --python python3.13
 
 # Copy full source tree
 COPY . .
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ RUN uv sync --frozen --no-default-groups --no-editable \
     --extra extra_proxy \
     --extra semantic-router \
     --extra saml \
-    --python python3
+    --python python3.13
 
 RUN HOME=/opt/prisma XDG_CACHE_HOME=/opt/prisma/.cache PRISMA_BINARY_CACHE_DIR=/opt/prisma/binaries \
     npm_config_cache=/root/.npm \
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ FROM $LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE AS runtime
 USER root
 
 # node (without npm) is required by the prisma CLI at runtime
-RUN apk add --no-cache bash openssl tzdata nodejs python3 libsndfile
+RUN apk add --no-cache bash openssl tzdata nodejs python-3.13 libsndfile
 
 WORKDIR /app
 ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:${PATH}" \
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 4ca40944606..aa01b9fba8b 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-ARG LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:a31344ab2cb8618db84f535eec56f76f6178b142cb92cb2e48676cc2dcebea72
-ARG LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:a31344ab2cb8618db84f535eec56f76f6178b142cb92cb2e48676cc2dcebea72
+ARG LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:e624c5d5e42382ce7165ddafcbbf8e6769a24cbd02ea6114b880b05ae5ba2a8d
+ARG LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:e624c5d5e42382ce7165ddafcbbf8e6769a24cbd02ea6114b880b05ae5ba2a8d
 ARG UV_IMAGE=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.11.7@sha256:240fb85ab0f263ef12f492d8476aa3a2e4e1e333f7d67fbdd923d00a506a516a
 
 FROM $UV_IMAGE AS uvbin
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ COPY --from=uvbin /uv /uvx /usr/local/bin/
 # instead of nodeenv downloading one whose dynamic deps may not be in Wolfi
 # (e.g. Node 26.2.0 needs libatomic). Retry for transient apk.cgr.dev flakes.
 RUN for i in 1 2 3; do \
-      apk add --no-cache bash gcc python3 python3-dev openssl openssl-dev libsndfile nodejs npm && break; \
+      apk add --no-cache bash gcc python-3.13 python-3.13-dev openssl openssl-dev libsndfile nodejs npm && break; \
       [ $i = 3 ] && { echo "apk add failed after 3 retries" >&2; exit 1; }; \
       sleep 5; \
     done
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
         --extra proxy-runtime \
         --extra extra_proxy \
         --extra semantic-router \
-        --python python3
+        --python python3.13
 
 # Stage 2 — copy source and install the project + workspace members.
 COPY . .
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
         --extra proxy-runtime \
         --extra extra_proxy \
         --extra semantic-router \
-        --python python3
+        --python python3.13
 
 RUN HOME=/opt/prisma XDG_CACHE_HOME=/opt/prisma/.cache PRISMA_BINARY_CACHE_DIR=/opt/prisma/binaries \
     npm_config_cache=/root/.npm \
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ FROM $LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE AS runtime
 USER root
 
 RUN for i in 1 2 3; do \
-      apk add --no-cache bash openssl tzdata python3 libsndfile libatomic && break; \
+      apk add --no-cache bash openssl tzdata python-3.13 libsndfile libatomic && break; \
       [ $i = 3 ] && { echo "apk add failed after 3 retries" >&2; exit 1; }; \
       sleep 5; \
     done
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.database b/docker/Dockerfile.database
index f0d6d02fccf..c1348f68231 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.database
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.database
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.7
 
 # Base image for building
-ARG LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:a31344ab2cb8618db84f535eec56f76f6178b142cb92cb2e48676cc2dcebea72
+ARG LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:e624c5d5e42382ce7165ddafcbbf8e6769a24cbd02ea6114b880b05ae5ba2a8d
 
 # Runtime image
-ARG LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:a31344ab2cb8618db84f535eec56f76f6178b142cb92cb2e48676cc2dcebea72
+ARG LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:e624c5d5e42382ce7165ddafcbbf8e6769a24cbd02ea6114b880b05ae5ba2a8d
 ARG UV_IMAGE=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.11.7@sha256:240fb85ab0f263ef12f492d8476aa3a2e4e1e333f7d67fbdd923d00a506a516a
 # Pinned by digest like the other base images; bump explicitly on Node upgrades.
 ARG UI_BUILD_IMAGE=node:24.19-alpine3.24@sha256:d32cdf619f63fe0471182d08996dd516c6275bb5fd31ae06e55a570bd9e1ad43
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ COPY --from=uvbin /uvx /usr/local/bin/uvx
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
     bash \
     gcc \
-    python3 \
-    python3-dev \
+    python-3.13 \
+    python-3.13-dev \
     openssl \
     openssl-dev \
     nodejs \
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
 
 ENV UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=/app/.venv \
     UV_LINK_MODE=copy \
+    UV_PYTHON_DOWNLOADS=0 \
     PATH="/app/.venv/bin:${PATH}"
 
 # Copy dependency metadata first for layer caching
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ RUN uv sync --frozen --no-install-project --no-install-workspace --no-default-gr
     --extra extra_proxy \
     --extra semantic-router \
     --extra saml \
-    --python python3
+    --python python3.13
 
 # Copy full source tree
 COPY . .
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ RUN uv sync --frozen --no-default-groups --no-editable \
     --extra extra_proxy \
     --extra semantic-router \
     --extra saml \
-    --python python3
+    --python python3.13
 
 RUN HOME=/opt/prisma XDG_CACHE_HOME=/opt/prisma/.cache PRISMA_BINARY_CACHE_DIR=/opt/prisma/binaries \
     npm_config_cache=/root/.npm \
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ FROM $LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE AS runtime
 USER root
 
 # node (without npm) is required by the prisma CLI at runtime
-RUN apk add --no-cache bash openssl tzdata nodejs python3 libsndfile
+RUN apk add --no-cache bash openssl tzdata nodejs python-3.13 libsndfile
 
 WORKDIR /app
 ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:${PATH}" \
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.non_root b/docker/Dockerfile.non_root
index 4a5df6ecd69..2221435a83a 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.non_root
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.non_root
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.7
 
 # Base images
-ARG LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:a31344ab2cb8618db84f535eec56f76f6178b142cb92cb2e48676cc2dcebea72
-ARG LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:a31344ab2cb8618db84f535eec56f76f6178b142cb92cb2e48676cc2dcebea72
+ARG LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:e624c5d5e42382ce7165ddafcbbf8e6769a24cbd02ea6114b880b05ae5ba2a8d
+ARG LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:e624c5d5e42382ce7165ddafcbbf8e6769a24cbd02ea6114b880b05ae5ba2a8d
 ARG PROXY_EXTRAS_SOURCE=published
 ARG UV_IMAGE=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.11.7@sha256:240fb85ab0f263ef12f492d8476aa3a2e4e1e333f7d67fbdd923d00a506a516a
 # Pinned by digest like the other base images; bump explicitly on Node upgrades.
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ COPY --from=uvbin /uvx /usr/local/bin/uvx
 
 RUN for i in 1 2 3; do \
       apk add --no-cache \
-        python3 \
-        python3-dev \
+        python-3.13 \
+        python-3.13-dev \
         gcc \
         rust \
         bash \
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ RUN for i in 1 2 3; do \
 
 ENV UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=/app/.venv \
     UV_LINK_MODE=copy \
+    UV_PYTHON_DOWNLOADS=0 \
     PATH="/app/.venv/bin:${PATH}" \
     LITELLM_NON_ROOT=true \
     XDG_CACHE_HOME=/app/.cache
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/app/.cache/uv,id=litellm-uv-cache \
     --extra extra_proxy \
     --extra semantic-router \
     --extra saml \
-    --python python3
+    --python python3.13
 
 # Copy full source tree
 COPY . .
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/app/.cache/uv,id=litellm-uv-cache \
         --extra extra_proxy \
         --extra semantic-router \
         --extra saml \
-        --python python3 \
+        --python python3.13 \
         --no-sources-package litellm-proxy-extras; \
     else \
       uv sync --frozen --no-default-groups --no-editable \
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/app/.cache/uv,id=litellm-uv-cache \
         --extra extra_proxy \
         --extra semantic-router \
         --extra saml \
-        --python python3; \
+        --python python3.13; \
     fi
 
 RUN HOME=/opt/prisma XDG_CACHE_HOME=/opt/prisma/.cache PRISMA_BINARY_CACHE_DIR=/opt/prisma/binaries \
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ RUN for i in 1 2 3; do \
       apk upgrade --no-cache && break || sleep 5; \
     done && \
     for i in 1 2 3; do \
-      apk add --no-cache python3 bash openssl tzdata libsndfile nodejs && break || sleep 5; \
+      apk add --no-cache python-3.13 bash openssl tzdata libsndfile nodejs && break || sleep 5; \
     done
 
 # Copy only what runtime needs. The application is installed inside the venv;
diff --git a/gateway/Dockerfile b/gateway/Dockerfile
index 4a2e32e186e..308d70a6b26 100644
--- a/gateway/Dockerfile
+++ b/gateway/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-ARG LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:a31344ab2cb8618db84f535eec56f76f6178b142cb92cb2e48676cc2dcebea72
-ARG LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:a31344ab2cb8618db84f535eec56f76f6178b142cb92cb2e48676cc2dcebea72
+ARG LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:e624c5d5e42382ce7165ddafcbbf8e6769a24cbd02ea6114b880b05ae5ba2a8d
+ARG LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:e624c5d5e42382ce7165ddafcbbf8e6769a24cbd02ea6114b880b05ae5ba2a8d
 ARG UV_IMAGE=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.11.7@sha256:240fb85ab0f263ef12f492d8476aa3a2e4e1e333f7d67fbdd923d00a506a516a
 
 FROM $UV_IMAGE AS uvbin
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ COPY --from=uvbin /uv /uvx /usr/local/bin/
 # instead of nodeenv downloading one whose dynamic deps may not be in Wolfi
 # (e.g. Node 26.2.0 needs libatomic). Retry for transient apk.cgr.dev flakes.
 RUN for i in 1 2 3; do \
-      apk add --no-cache bash gcc python3 python3-dev openssl openssl-dev libsndfile nodejs npm && break; \
+      apk add --no-cache bash gcc python-3.13 python-3.13-dev openssl openssl-dev libsndfile nodejs npm && break; \
       [ $i = 3 ] && { echo "apk add failed after 3 retries" >&2; exit 1; }; \
       sleep 5; \
     done
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
         --extra extra_proxy \
         --extra semantic-router \
         --extra bedrock-realtime \
-        --python python3
+        --python python3.13
 
 # Stage 2 — copy source and install the project + workspace members.
 COPY . .
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
         --extra extra_proxy \
         --extra semantic-router \
         --extra bedrock-realtime \
-        --python python3
+        --python python3.13
 
 RUN HOME=/opt/prisma XDG_CACHE_HOME=/opt/prisma/.cache PRISMA_BINARY_CACHE_DIR=/opt/prisma/binaries \
     npm_config_cache=/root/.npm \
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ FROM $LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE AS runtime
 USER root
 
 RUN for i in 1 2 3; do \
-      apk add --no-cache bash openssl tzdata python3 libsndfile libatomic && break; \
+      apk add --no-cache bash openssl tzdata python-3.13 libsndfile libatomic && break; \
       [ $i = 3 ] && { echo "apk add failed after 3 retries" >&2; exit 1; }; \
       sleep 5; \
     done
diff --git a/migrations/Dockerfile b/migrations/Dockerfile
index 6335e6f6bd8..c6d1b0cc46e 100644
--- a/migrations/Dockerfile
+++ b/migrations/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-ARG LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:a31344ab2cb8618db84f535eec56f76f6178b142cb92cb2e48676cc2dcebea72
-ARG LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:a31344ab2cb8618db84f535eec56f76f6178b142cb92cb2e48676cc2dcebea72
+ARG LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:e624c5d5e42382ce7165ddafcbbf8e6769a24cbd02ea6114b880b05ae5ba2a8d
+ARG LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:e624c5d5e42382ce7165ddafcbbf8e6769a24cbd02ea6114b880b05ae5ba2a8d
 ARG UV_IMAGE=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.11.7@sha256:240fb85ab0f263ef12f492d8476aa3a2e4e1e333f7d67fbdd923d00a506a516a
 
 FROM $UV_IMAGE AS uvbin
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ COPY --from=uvbin /uv /uvx /usr/local/bin/
 # instead of nodeenv downloading one whose dynamic deps may not be in Wolfi
 # (e.g. Node 26.2.0 needs libatomic). Retry for transient apk.cgr.dev flakes.
 RUN for i in 1 2 3; do \
-      apk add --no-cache bash gcc python3 python3-dev openssl openssl-dev libsndfile nodejs npm && break; \
+      apk add --no-cache bash gcc python-3.13 python-3.13-dev openssl openssl-dev libsndfile nodejs npm && break; \
       [ $i = 3 ] && { echo "apk add failed after 3 retries" >&2; exit 1; }; \
       sleep 5; \
     done
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     uv sync --frozen --no-install-project --no-install-workspace --no-default-groups --no-editable \
         --extra proxy \
         --extra extra_proxy \
-        --python python3
+        --python python3.13
 
 # Stage 2 — copy source and install the project + workspace members.
 COPY . .
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     uv sync --frozen --no-default-groups --no-editable \
         --extra proxy \
         --extra extra_proxy \
-        --python python3
+        --python python3.13
 
 COPY migrations/run.py /app/run.py
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ FROM $LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE AS runtime
 USER root
 
 RUN for i in 1 2 3; do \
-      apk add --no-cache bash openssl tzdata python3 nodejs libsndfile libatomic && break; \
+      apk add --no-cache bash openssl tzdata python-3.13 nodejs libsndfile libatomic && break; \
       [ $i = 3 ] && { echo "apk add failed after 3 retries" >&2; exit 1; }; \
       sleep 5; \
     done