diff --git a/bitnami/python/3.7/ol-7/Dockerfile b/bitnami/python/3.7/ol-7/Dockerfile
index 013ca19e4c1c..3f906c7b9b27 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/3.7/ol-7/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/python/3.7/ol-7/Dockerfile
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
-FROM bitnami/oraclelinux-runtimes:7-r564
+FROM oraclelinux:7-slim
 LABEL maintainer "Bitnami <containers@bitnami.com>"
 
+COPY prebuildfs /
 # Install required system packages and dependencies
 RUN install_packages bzip2-libs ca-certificates curl gcc gcc-c++ git glibc keyutils-libs krb5-libs libcom_err libffi libselinux libtool make ncurses-libs nss-softokn-freebl openssl-libs patch pcre pkgconfig readline sqlite unzip wget xz-libs zlib
 RUN wget -nc -P /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ https://downloads.bitnami.com/files/stacksmith/python-3.7.6-0-linux-x86_64-ol-7.tar.gz && \
     echo "c55f49e7af6fc6c2c10613088822b49a726d4908901f1630ba3536054b06f617  /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/python-3.7.6-0-linux-x86_64-ol-7.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c - && \
     tar -zxf /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/python-3.7.6-0-linux-x86_64-ol-7.tar.gz -P --transform 's|^[^/]*/files|/opt/bitnami|' --wildcards '*/files' && \
     rm -rf /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/python-3.7.6-0-linux-x86_64-ol-7.tar.gz
+RUN yum upgrade -y && \
+    rm -r /var/cache/yum
 
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="python" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="3.7.6-ol-7-r25" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="3.7.6-ol-7-r26" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/python/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 8000
diff --git a/bitnami/python/3.7/ol-7/prebuildfs/usr/local/bin/install_packages b/bitnami/python/3.7/ol-7/prebuildfs/usr/local/bin/install_packages
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..370f3516f403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitnami/python/3.7/ol-7/prebuildfs/usr/local/bin/install_packages
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+if [[ -n "oracle-epel-release-el7" ]]; then
+    if ! yum list installed oracle-epel-release-el7 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        yum -y install oracle-epel-release-el7 >/dev/null 2>&1
+        CODE=$?
+        if (( $CODE != 0 )); then
+          echo "EPEL repository installation failed"
+          exit $CODE
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+
+max=2
+for ((n = 1 ; n <= max ; n+=1 )); do
+    set +e
+    yum --enablerepo base,updates,ol7_developer_EPEL,ol7_optional_latest install -y "$@"
+    CODE=$?
+    set -e
+    if (( $CODE == 0 )); then
+        break
+    fi
+    if (( $n == $max )); then
+        exit $CODE
+    fi
+    echo "yum failed, retrying"
+done
+rm -r /var/cache/yum
diff --git a/bitnami/python/README.md b/bitnami/python/README.md
index d586d8c707e6..a611c3465d95 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/python/README.md
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 * [`3.8-ol-7`, `3.8.1-ol-7-r26` (3.8/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.8.1-ol-7-r26/3.8/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.8-debian-9-prod`, `3.8.1-debian-9-r20-prod`, `3.8-prod`, `3.8.1-prod`, `3.8.1-r20-prod` (3.8-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.8.1-debian-9-r20-prod/3.8-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.8-debian-9`, `3.8.1-debian-9-r20`, `3.8`, `3.8.1`, `3.8.1-r20` (3.8/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.8.1-debian-9-r20/3.8/debian-9/Dockerfile)
+* [`3.7-ol-7`, `3.7.6-ol-7-r26` (3.7/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.7.6-ol-7-r26/3.7/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.7-ol-7-prod`, `3.7.6-ol-7-r25-prod` (3.7-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.7.6-ol-7-r25-prod/3.7-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)
-* [`3.7-ol-7`, `3.7.6-ol-7-r25` (3.7/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.7.6-ol-7-r25/3.7/ol-7/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.7-debian-9-prod`, `3.7.6-debian-9-r22-prod`, `3.7-prod`, `3.7.6-prod`, `3.7.6-r22-prod`, `latest-prod` (3.7-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.7.6-debian-9-r22-prod/3.7-prod/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.7-debian-9`, `3.7.6-debian-9-r20`, `3.7`, `3.7.6`, `3.7.6-r20`, `latest` (3.7/debian-9/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.7.6-debian-9-r20/3.7/debian-9/Dockerfile)
 * [`3.6-ol-7-prod`, `3.6.10-ol-7-r29-prod` (3.6-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-python/blob/3.6.10-ol-7-r29-prod/3.6-prod/ol-7/Dockerfile)