diff --git a/backend/tests/test_sprint31_unraid_template.py b/backend/tests/test_sprint31_unraid_template.py
index a44af6b3..556ecb71 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_sprint31_unraid_template.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_sprint31_unraid_template.py
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ def test_unraid_all_in_one_runtime_starts_embedded_postgis_backend_and_nginx() -
     dockerignore = (ROOT / ".dockerignore").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
 
     assert "FROM postgis/postgis:16-3.5 AS runtime" in dockerfile
+    assert "ln -sf python3.11 /usr/bin/python3" in dockerfile
+    assert "python3-pip" not in dockerfile
+    assert "python3-venv" not in dockerfile
     assert "COPY --from=frontend-build /frontend/dist/ /usr/share/nginx/html/" in dockerfile
     assert 'CMD ["/usr/local/bin/geointel-all-in-one-start"]' in dockerfile
     assert "/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh postgres &" in start_script
diff --git a/deploy/unraid/Dockerfile.all-in-one b/deploy/unraid/Dockerfile.all-in-one
index c9ceaff2..d8b915f3 100644
--- a/deploy/unraid/Dockerfile.all-in-one
+++ b/deploy/unraid/Dockerfile.all-in-one
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     libproj-dev \
     nginx \
     proj-bin \
-    python3 \
-    python3-pip \
-    python3-venv \
+    && ln -sf python3.11 /usr/bin/python3 \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 WORKDIR /app