diff --git a/containers/Dockerfile b/containers/Dockerfile
index 04a69d2b..7fdbfb12 100644
--- a/containers/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/Dockerfile
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ COPY --from=azure-cli /usr/local/bin/az /usr/bin/az
 
 # Install dependencies
 RUN yum install epel-release -y && \
-    yum install -y git python python3-pip jq gettext && \
-    python3 -m pip install -U pip && \
+    yum install -y git python39 python3-pip jq gettext && \
+    python3.9 -m pip install -U pip && \
     git clone https://github.com/openshift-scale/kraken /root/kraken && \
     mkdir -p /root/.kube && cd /root/kraken && \
-    pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+    pip3.9 install -r requirements.txt
 
 WORKDIR /root/kraken
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["python3", "run_kraken.py"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["python3.9", "run_kraken.py"]
 CMD ["--config=config/config.yaml"]
diff --git a/containers/kraken.yml b/containers/kraken.yml
index 71adb35c..0763a29a 100644
--- a/containers/kraken.yml
+++ b/containers/kraken.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
             privileged: true
           image: quay.io/chaos-kubox/krkn
           command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
-          args: ["python3 run_kraken.py -c config/config.yaml"]
+          args: ["python3.9 run_kraken.py -c config/config.yaml"]
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: "/root/.kube"
               name: config
diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md
index 3976392a..fa496285 100644
--- a/docs/installation.md
+++ b/docs/installation.md
@@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ $ cd kraken
 
 #### Install the dependencies
 ```
-$ python3 -m venv chaos
+$ python3.9 -m venv chaos
 $ source chaos/bin/activate
-$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+$ pip3.9 install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
 **NOTE**: Make sure python3-devel and latest pip versions are installed on the system. The dependencies install has been tested with pip >= 21.1.3 versions.
 
 #### Run
 ```
-$ python3 run_kraken.py --config <config_file_location>
+$ python3.9 run_kraken.py --config <config_file_location>
 ```
 
 ### Run containerized version