diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4f7d00cfd3..429f5e1057 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pythonpath = [
     "tests/suite/fixtures",
     "tests/suite/utils",
 ]
-addopts = "--tb=native -ra --disable-warnings -x -l --profile -v --strict-markers"
+addopts = "--tb=native -ra --disable-warnings -x -l -v --strict-markers"
 log_cli = true
 markers =[
     "agent",
diff --git a/tests/Dockerfile b/tests/Dockerfile
index d65b540794..e22de96891 100644
--- a/tests/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ FROM kindest/node:v1.31.1@sha256:cd224d8da58d50907d1dd41d476587643dad2ffd9f6a4d9
 # this is here so we can grab the latest version of skopeo and have dependabot keep it up to date
 FROM quay.io/skopeo/stable:v1.16.1
 
-FROM python:3.12@sha256:05855f5bf06f5a004b0c1a8aaac73a9d9ea54390fc289d3e80ef52c4f90d5585
+FROM python:3.13@sha256:0a301600e451618e1c0a94c28b5d83f875f6f3c07820a71d6dd2565a000f7408
 
 RUN apt-get update \
 	&& apt-get install -y curl git \
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 1b2db9141f..c389c2398e 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.13
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    pip-compile --generate-hashes --resolver=backtracking requirements.txt
@@ -255,9 +255,7 @@ google-auth==2.35.0 \
 gprof2dot==2024.6.6 \
     --hash=sha256:45b14ad7ce64e299c8f526881007b9eb2c6b75505d5613e96e66ee4d5ab33696 \
     --hash=sha256:fa1420c60025a9eb7734f65225b4da02a10fc6dd741b37fa129bc6b41951e5ab
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements.txt
-    #   pytest-profiling
+    # via -r requirements.txt
 grpcio==1.66.2 \
     --hash=sha256:02697eb4a5cbe5a9639f57323b4c37bcb3ab2d48cec5da3dc2f13334d72790dd \
     --hash=sha256:03b0b307ba26fae695e067b94cbb014e27390f8bc5ac7a3a39b7723fed085604 \
@@ -542,7 +540,6 @@ pytest==8.3.3 \
     #   -r requirements.txt
     #   pytest-html
     #   pytest-metadata
-    #   pytest-profiling
 pytest-html==4.1.1 \
     --hash=sha256:70a01e8ae5800f4a074b56a4cb1025c8f4f9b038bba5fe31e3c98eb996686f07 \
     --hash=sha256:c8152cea03bd4e9bee6d525573b67bbc6622967b72b9628dda0ea3e2a0b5dd71
@@ -553,10 +550,6 @@ pytest-metadata==3.1.1 \
     # via
     #   -r requirements.txt
     #   pytest-html
-pytest-profiling==1.7.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:93938f147662225d2b8bd5af89587b979652426a8a6ffd7e73ec4a23e24b7f29 \
-    --hash=sha256:999cc9ac94f2e528e3f5d43465da277429984a1c237ae9818f8cfd0b06acb019
-    # via -r requirements.txt
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0 \
     --hash=sha256:37dd54208da7e1cd875388217d5e00ebd4179249f90fb72437e91a35459a0ad3 \
     --hash=sha256:a8b2bc7bffae282281c8140a97d3aa9c14da0b136dfe83f850eea9a5f7470427
@@ -646,7 +639,6 @@ six==1.16.0 \
     # via
     #   -r requirements.txt
     #   kubernetes
-    #   pytest-profiling
     #   python-dateutil
 urllib3==2.2.3 \
     --hash=sha256:ca899ca043dcb1bafa3e262d73aa25c465bfb49e0bd9dd5d59f1d0acba2f8fac \