diff --git a/presidio-anonymizer/Dockerfile.windows b/presidio-anonymizer/Dockerfile.windows
index 3cf05b3cc..e2fa2ef8c 100644
--- a/presidio-anonymizer/Dockerfile.windows
+++ b/presidio-anonymizer/Dockerfile.windows
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.9-windowsservercore
+FROM python:3.12-windowsservercore-ltsc2022
 
 ENV PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1
 WORKDIR /app
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ WORKDIR /app
 COPY ./pyproject.toml /usr/bin/${NAME}/
 COPY ./README.md /usr/bin/${NAME}/
 COPY ./pyproject.toml /app/pyproject.toml
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN pip install poetry; poetry install --no-root --only=main -E server
-
+WORKDIR /Python
+RUN python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN python.exe -m pip install poetry; 
+WORKDIR /app
+RUN poetry install --no-root --only=main -E server
 COPY . .
 
 EXPOSE ${PORT}