diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_release_candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/build_release_candidate.yml
index 88ad95701b6f..88f7e2207880 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_release_candidate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_release_candidate.yml
@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ jobs:
         # tasks as they are added.
         images_to_publish: [
           {"gradle_task": ":pushAllRunnersDockerImages", "include_skip_flags": "-Pinclude-ml -Pinclude-distroless"},
-          {"gradle_task": ":sdks:python:container:push39", "include_skip_flags": "-Pinclude-ml -Pinclude-distroless"},
           {"gradle_task": ":sdks:python:container:push310", "include_skip_flags": "-Pinclude-ml -Pinclude-distroless"},
           {"gradle_task": ":sdks:python:container:push311", "include_skip_flags": "-Pinclude-ml -Pinclude-distroless"},
           {"gradle_task": ":sdks:python:container:push312", "include_skip_flags": "-Pinclude-ml -Pinclude-distroless"},
diff --git a/.github/workflows/republish_released_docker_containers.yml b/.github/workflows/republish_released_docker_containers.yml
index 96feb6cd128e..a9d043bec754 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/republish_released_docker_containers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/republish_released_docker_containers.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ jobs:
         # tasks as they are added.
         images_to_publish: [
           {"gradle_task": ":pushAllRunnersDockerImages", "include_skip_flags": "-Pinclude-ml -Pinclude-distroless"},
-          {"gradle_task": ":sdks:python:container:push39", "include_skip_flags": "-Pinclude-ml -Pinclude-distroless"},
           {"gradle_task": ":sdks:python:container:push310", "include_skip_flags": "-Pinclude-ml -Pinclude-distroless"},
           {"gradle_task": ":sdks:python:container:push311", "include_skip_flags": "-Pinclude-ml -Pinclude-distroless"},
           {"gradle_task": ":sdks:python:container:push312", "include_skip_flags": "-Pinclude-ml -Pinclude-distroless"},
@@ -93,6 +92,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./gradlew ${{ matrix.images_to_publish.gradle_task }} \
           -PisRelease \
+          -PpythonVersion=3.10 \
           -Pdocker-pull-licenses \
           -Pprune-images ${{ matrix.images_to_publish.include_skip_flags }} \
           -Pdocker-repository-root=gcr.io/apache-beam-testing/updated_released_container_images \
diff --git a/release/src/main/scripts/run_rc_validation.sh b/release/src/main/scripts/run_rc_validation.sh
index 9c93ed4ef4d4..62f79c7ee626 100755
--- a/release/src/main/scripts/run_rc_validation.sh
+++ b/release/src/main/scripts/run_rc_validation.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ HUB_VERSION=2.12.0
 HUB_ARTIFACTS_NAME=hub-linux-amd64-${HUB_VERSION}
 BACKUP_BASHRC=.bashrc_backup_$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
 BACKUP_M2=settings_backup_$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S").xml
-declare -a PYTHON_VERSIONS_TO_VALIDATE=("python3.9")
+declare -a PYTHON_VERSIONS_TO_VALIDATE=("python3.10")
 echo ""
 echo "====================Checking Environment & Variables================="
 echo "PLEASE update RC_VALIDATE_CONFIGS in file script.config first."
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ if [[ ("$python_xlang_quickstart" = true) \
     PYTHON_MULTILANG_QUICKSTART_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME=${PYTHON_MULTILANG_QUICKSTART_FILE_PREFIX}_output
     PYTHON_MULTILANG_QUICKSTART_EXPECTED_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME=${PYTHON_MULTILANG_QUICKSTART_FILE_PREFIX}_expected_output
     PYTHON_MULTILANG_QUICKSTART_SORTED_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME=${PYTHON_MULTILANG_QUICKSTART_FILE_PREFIX}_sorted_output
-    
+
     # Cleaning up data from any previous runs.
     rm ${PYTHON_MULTILANG_QUICKSTART_FILE_PREFIX}*
     rm ./beam-examples-multi-language-${RELEASE_VER}.jar
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ if [[ ("$python_xlang_quickstart" = true) \
     # Downloading the expansion service jar.
     wget ${REPO_URL}/org/apache/beam/beam-examples-multi-language/${RELEASE_VER}/beam-examples-multi-language-${RELEASE_VER}.jar
     JAVA_EXPANSION_SERVICE_PORT=33333
-    
+
     # Starting up the expansion service in a seperate shell.
     echo "A new terminal will pop up and start a java expansion service."
     gnome-terminal -x sh -c \
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ if [[ ("$java_xlang_quickstart" = true) \
     --expansionService=localhost:${PYTHON_EXPANSION_SERVICE_PORT} \
     --output=${JAVA_MULTILANG_QUICKSTART_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME}"
 
-    # We cannot validate local output since 
+    # We cannot validate local output since
     # TODO: Write output to GCS and validate when Python portable runner can forward credentials to GCS appropriately.
 
     java_xlang_quickstart_status=$?
diff --git a/sdks/python/container/Dockerfile b/sdks/python/container/Dockerfile
index 56df970f75c2..9aa9f0518dd9 100644
--- a/sdks/python/container/Dockerfile
+++ b/sdks/python/container/Dockerfile
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ COPY  target/go-licenses/* /opt/apache/beam/third_party_licenses/golang/
 
 COPY target/license_scripts /tmp/license_scripts/
 RUN if [ "$pull_licenses" = "true" ] ; then \
-      pip install 'pip-licenses<5' pyyaml tenacity && \
+      pip install 'pip-licenses<6' pyyaml tenacity && \
       python /tmp/license_scripts/pull_licenses_py.py ; \
     fi
 
diff --git a/sdks/python/expansion-service-container/Dockerfile b/sdks/python/expansion-service-container/Dockerfile
index 1f325bb81030..770ac7f9fbef 100644
--- a/sdks/python/expansion-service-container/Dockerfile
+++ b/sdks/python/expansion-service-container/Dockerfile
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ COPY  target/go-licenses/* /opt/apache/beam/third_party_licenses/golang/
 
 COPY target/license_scripts /tmp/license_scripts/
 RUN if [ "$pull_licenses" = "true" ] ; then \
-      pip install 'pip-licenses<5' pyyaml tenacity && \
+      pip install 'pip-licenses<6' pyyaml tenacity && \
       python /tmp/license_scripts/pull_licenses_py.py ; \
     fi