diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 120d84d7..db7b9e2c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -777,6 +777,39 @@ kubetools-kubectl:
     - $BUILDAH_COMMAND push --format=v2s2 "$REGISTRY_PATH/$IMAGE_NAME:$KUBE_VERSION"
     - buildah logout "$REGISTRY_NAME"
 
+python:
+  <<: *docker_build
+  variables:
+    <<: *default-vars
+    PYTHON_VERSION: "3.12"
+    # https://releases.hashicorp.com/vault/
+    VAULT_VERSION: "1.15.4"
+  script:
+    - |
+      cat <<-EOT
+      |
+      | # build of python image
+      |
+      | VAULT_VERSION     = $VAULT_VERSION
+      |
+      EOT
+    - $BUILDAH_COMMAND build
+      --format=docker
+      --build-arg VCS_REF="$CI_COMMIT_SHA"
+      --build-arg BUILD_DATE="$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')"
+      --build-arg REGISTRY_PATH="$REGISTRY_PATH"
+      --build-arg VAULT_VERSION="$VAULT_VERSION"
+      --tag "$REGISTRY_PATH/$IMAGE_NAME:latest"
+      --tag "$REGISTRY_PATH/$IMAGE_NAME:$PYTHON_VERSION"
+      --file "dockerfiles/$IMAGE_NAME/Dockerfile" dockerfiles
+    # Push to Dockerhub
+    - echo "$Docker_Hub_Pass_Parity" |
+      buildah login --username "$Docker_Hub_User_Parity" --password-stdin "$REGISTRY_NAME"
+    - $BUILDAH_COMMAND info
+    - $BUILDAH_COMMAND push --format=v2s2 "$REGISTRY_PATH/$IMAGE_NAME:latest"
+    - $BUILDAH_COMMAND push --format=v2s2 "$REGISTRY_PATH/$IMAGE_NAME:$PYTHON_VERSION"
+    - buildah logout "$REGISTRY_NAME"
+
 terraform:
   <<: *docker_build
   variables:
@@ -784,7 +817,7 @@ terraform:
     # https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/
     TERRAFORM_VERSION: "1.5.6"
     # https://releases.hashicorp.com/vault/
-    VAULT_VERSION: "1.8.12"
+    VAULT_VERSION: "1.15.4"
   script:
     - |
       cat <<-EOT
diff --git a/dockerfiles/python/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/python/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57c89718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/python/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+FROM docker.io/library/python:3.12
+
+ARG VCS_REF=master
+ARG BUILD_DATE=""
+ARG REGISTRY_PATH=docker.io/paritytech
+ARG VAULT_VERSION
+
+# metadata
+LABEL io.parity.image.authors="devops-team@parity.io" \
+	io.parity.image.vendor="Parity Technologies" \
+	io.parity.image.title="${REGISTRY_PATH}/python" \
+	io.parity.image.description="python; vault;" \
+	io.parity.image.source="https://github.com/paritytech/scripts/blob/${VCS_REF}/\
+dockerfiles/terraform/Dockerfile" \
+	io.parity.image.documentation="https://github.com/paritytech/scripts/blob/${VCS_REF}/\
+dockerfiles/terraform/README.md" \
+	io.parity.image.revision="${VCS_REF}" \
+	io.parity.image.created="${BUILD_DATE}"
+
+RUN	curl "https://releases.hashicorp.com/vault/${VAULT_VERSION}/vault_${VAULT_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip" \
+	-o vault.zip; \
+	unzip vault.zip	-d /usr/local/bin/ vault; \
+	rm vault.zip; \
+	chmod +x /usr/local/bin/vault
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+       docker.io jq \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    && rm -Rf /usr/share/doc && rm -Rf /usr/share/man \
+    && apt-get clean
+
+ARG WORKDIR=/work
+RUN groupadd --gid 10001 nonroot && \
+    useradd  --home-dir /home/nonroot \
+             --create-home \
+             --shell /bin/bash \
+             --gid nonroot \
+             --groups nonroot \
+             --uid 10000 nonroot
+RUN chown -R nonroot. /home/nonroot
+RUN mkdir ${WORKDIR}
+RUN chown -R nonroot. ${WORKDIR}
+USER 10000:10001
+WORKDIR ${WORKDIR}
+
+USER nonroot:nonroot
+CMD ["/bin/bash"]
diff --git a/dockerfiles/python/README.md b/dockerfiles/python/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9b09ff3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/python/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Image containing Python + Vault