diff --git a/utils/Dockerfile b/utils/Dockerfile
index a3455b2872214b643ced7f21f4e283af18e9274f..ad520aab72551f789b2868cab0998d62699e88b3 100644
--- a/utils/Dockerfile
+++ b/utils/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ FROM ubuntu:20.04
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq dist-upgrade && apt-get install -qq -y --no-install-recommends \
+    python3 \
+    python3-distutils \
+    python3-pip \
+    python3-venv \
     wget \
     sudo \
     && apt-get -qq clean
diff --git a/utils/ci/Jenkinsfile b/utils/ci/Jenkinsfile
index e4cace34353211e294a1a86aa0b1fbe743a53b6f..d4e05e4af0aeddf59a6b156cb20bdc0d36be0930 100644
--- a/utils/ci/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/utils/ci/Jenkinsfile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pipeline {
   }
   environment {
     IMAGE_NAME = "eclipseopenpass/opsim-ci"
-    IMAGE_TAG = "v1.2.4"
+    IMAGE_TAG = "v1.2.5"
     REPO_URL = "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipse/openpass/opSimulation.git"
     DOCKERFILE_PATH = "utils/Dockerfile"
   }
diff --git a/utils/ci/openpassAgentPod.yaml b/utils/ci/openpassAgentPod.yaml
index 7534c57de7403aeb7f2a90b306bea8d1c92ac714..7f4b9c2e6900d7fb8f8d4caafe1f84368d889003 100644
--- a/utils/ci/openpassAgentPod.yaml
+++ b/utils/ci/openpassAgentPod.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ kind: Pod
 spec:
   containers:
   - name: openpass-build
-    image: "eclipseopenpass/opsim-ci:v1.2.4"
+    image: "eclipseopenpass/opsim-ci:v1.2.5"
     tty: true
     resources:
       limits: