diff --git a/docker/test-images/zipkin-cassandra/install.sh b/docker/test-images/zipkin-cassandra/install.sh
index 96bc436c46e..59b72569fd9 100755
--- a/docker/test-images/zipkin-cassandra/install.sh
+++ b/docker/test-images/zipkin-cassandra/install.sh
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ apk add --update --no-cache python3 py3-pip
 # the following are necessary for compiling cffi. If pip someday changes and
 # doesn't compile cffi on arrch64 then we can remove these dependencies.
 apk add --update --no-cache gcc python3-dev musl-dev libffi-dev
+# PEP 668 protects against mixing system and pip packages. Setup virtual env to avoid this.
+python3 -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
 pip install -Iq cqlsh
 function cql() {
   cqlsh --cqlversion=${cqlversion} "$@" 127.0.0.1 ${temp_native_transport_port}
diff --git a/docker/test-images/zipkin-mysql/Dockerfile b/docker/test-images/zipkin-mysql/Dockerfile
index 0961a05cc82..edd73e07641 100644
--- a/docker/test-images/zipkin-mysql/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/test-images/zipkin-mysql/Dockerfile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ HEALTHCHECK --interval=1s --start-period=30s --timeout=5s CMD ["docker-healthche
 ENTRYPOINT ["start-mysql"]
 
 # Use latest from https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=mysql
-ARG mysql_version=10.11.3
+ARG mysql_version=10.11.4
 LABEL mysql-version=$mysql_version
 ENV MYSQL_VERSION=$mysql_version