diff --git a/Dockerfile.base b/Dockerfile.base
index 657c12b..fc7e4b3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.base
+++ b/Dockerfile.base
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG PYTHONTAG=3.11.11-slim-bookworm
+ARG PYTHONTAG=3.12.9-slim-bookworm
 FROM docker.io/python:${PYTHONTAG} AS base-upstream
 
 FROM base-upstream AS base-intermediate
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ RUN set -f ; \
     done
 
 ## "docker.io/python"-specific cleanup
-RUN rm -f /root/.wget-hsts
+RUN env -C /root rm -f .bash_history .python_history .wget-hsts
 
 RUN pip-env.sh pip list --format freeze \
     | grep -F '==' | awk -F= '{print $1}' \
diff --git a/build-scripts/image-base.sh b/build-scripts/image-base.sh
index 65cd2db..41c0c44 100755
--- a/build-scripts/image-base.sh
+++ b/build-scripts/image-base.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ BUILDAH_ISOLATION="${BUILDAH_ISOLATION:-chroot}"
 BUILDAH_NETWORK="${BUILDAH_NETWORK:-host}"
 set +a
 
-PYTHONTAG="${PYTHONTAG:-3.11.11-slim-bookworm}"
+PYTHONTAG="${PYTHONTAG:-3.12.9-slim-bookworm}"
 
 grab_site_packages() {
 	podman run \
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ grab_site_packages() {
 PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES=$(grab_site_packages "docker.io/python:${PYTHONTAG}")
 [ -n "${PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES:?}" ]
 
-img="docker.io/rockdrilla/postgresql:base-v2"
+img="docker.io/rockdrilla/postgresql:base-v3"
 
 buildah bud \
   -f ./Dockerfile.base \
diff --git a/build-scripts/image-deps.sh b/build-scripts/image-deps.sh
index 2a0cb3a..d30d0e2 100755
--- a/build-scripts/image-deps.sh
+++ b/build-scripts/image-deps.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ BUILDAH_ISOLATION="${BUILDAH_ISOLATION:-chroot}"
 BUILDAH_NETWORK="${BUILDAH_NETWORK:-host}"
 set +a
 
-img="docker.io/rockdrilla/postgresql:deps-v2"
-base="docker.io/rockdrilla/postgresql:base-v2"
+img="docker.io/rockdrilla/postgresql:deps-v3"
+base="docker.io/rockdrilla/postgresql:base-v3"
 
 exec buildah bud \
   -f ./Dockerfile.deps \
diff --git a/build-scripts/image.sh b/build-scripts/image.sh
index 34dd332..3eb621d 100755
--- a/build-scripts/image.sh
+++ b/build-scripts/image.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ POSTGRESQL_VERSION="${1:-16.7}"
 PG_MAJOR="${POSTGRESQL_VERSION%%.*}"
 
 img="docker.io/rockdrilla/postgresql:${POSTGRESQL_VERSION}"
-deps="docker.io/rockdrilla/postgresql:deps-v2"
+deps="docker.io/rockdrilla/postgresql:deps-v3"
 
 c=$(buildah from --pull=missing "${deps}")
 [ -n "${c:?}" ]