diff --git a/scripts/ci/libraries/_initialization.sh b/scripts/ci/libraries/_initialization.sh
index 4b3eadc30f3e5..6d4842a6ae646 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/libraries/_initialization.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/libraries/_initialization.sh
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ function initialization::initialize_common_environment() {
 
 function initialization::set_default_python_version_if_empty() {
     # default version of python used to tag the "main" and "latest" images in DockerHub
-    export DEFAULT_PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION=3.6
+    export DEFAULT_PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION=3.7
 
     # default python Major/Minor version
     export PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION=${PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION:=${DEFAULT_PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION}}