diff --git a/web/Dockerfile b/web/Dockerfile
index 2f8a75c..84f77cd 100644
--- a/web/Dockerfile
+++ b/web/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.6-alpine3.7
+FROM alpine:3.8
 
 MAINTAINER Abhilash Raj
 
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
 # rights for management script
 RUN set -ex \
 	&& apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps gcc libc-dev linux-headers \
-	   	postgresql-dev mariadb-dev \
+		postgresql-dev mariadb-dev python3-dev \
 	&& apk add --no-cache --virtual .mailman-rundeps bash sassc \
 	   postgresql-client mysql-client py-mysqldb curl mailcap \
-	&& pip install -U django==2.1.5 pip \
-	&& pip install mailmanclient==3.2.1 \
+	   python3 py3-setuptools \
+	&& python3 -m pip install -U django==2.1.5 pip \
+	&& python3 -m pip install mailmanclient==3.2.1 \
 		postorius==1.2.2 \
 		hyperkitty==1.2.1 \
 		django-mailman3==1.2.0 \
@@ -43,3 +44,5 @@ STOPSIGNAL SIGINT
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]
 CMD ["uwsgi", "--ini", "/opt/mailman-web/uwsgi.ini"]
+
+ENV PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages
diff --git a/web/docker-entrypoint.sh b/web/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 69111f4..b8ef5d8 100755
--- a/web/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/web/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function wait_for_postgres () {
 
 function wait_for_mysql () {
 	# Check if MySQL is up and accepting connections.
-	HOSTNAME=$(python <<EOF
+	HOSTNAME=$(python3 <<EOF
 try:
     from urllib.parse import urlparse
 except ImportError:
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Collect static for the django installation.
-python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+python3 manage.py collectstatic --noinput
 
 # Migrate all the data to the database if this is a new installation, otherwise
 # this command will upgrade the database.
-python manage.py migrate
+python3 manage.py migrate
 
 # If MAILMAN_ADMIN_USER and MAILMAN_ADMIN_EMAIL is defined create a new
 # superuser for Django. There is no password setup so it can't login yet unless
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ python manage.py migrate
 if [[ -v MAILMAN_ADMIN_USER ]] && [[ -v MAILMAN_ADMIN_EMAIL ]];
 then
 	echo "Creating admin user $MAILMAN_ADMIN_USER ..."
-	python manage.py createsuperuser --noinput --username "$MAILMAN_ADMIN_USER"\
+	python3 manage.py createsuperuser --noinput --username "$MAILMAN_ADMIN_USER"\
 		   --email "$MAILMAN_ADMIN_EMAIL" 2> /dev/null || \
 		echo "Superuser $MAILMAN_ADMIN_USER already exists"
 fi
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ fi
 if [[ -v SERVE_FROM_DOMAIN ]];
 then
 	echo "Setting $SERVE_FROM_DOMAIN as the default domain ..."
-	python manage.py shell -c \
+	python3 manage.py shell -c \
 	"from django.contrib.sites.models import Site; Site.objects.filter(domain='example.com').update(domain='$SERVE_FROM_DOMAIN', name='$SERVE_FROM_DOMAIN')"
 fi
 
diff --git a/web/mailman-web/manage.py b/web/mailman-web/manage.py
index f9726f9..4eb6f34 100755
--- a/web/mailman-web/manage.py
+++ b/web/mailman-web/manage.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import os
 import sys