diff --git a/docker/pulsar-standalone/Dockerfile b/docker/pulsar-standalone/Dockerfile
index 93a9876..8555af0 100644
--- a/docker/pulsar-standalone/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/pulsar-standalone/Dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@
 # Note that the libpq-dev package is needed here in order to install
 # the required python psycopg2 package (for postgresql) later
 RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get -y install python2.7 python2.7-dev python-pip postgresql sudo nginx supervisor libpq-dev
+    && apt-get -y install python3.7 python3.7-dev python3-pip postgresql sudo nginx supervisor libpq-dev
+
+RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 10
+RUN ln -s /usr/bin/pip3 /usr/bin/pip
 
 # Postgres configuration
 COPY --from=dashboard /etc/postgresql/11/main/postgresql.conf /etc/postgresql/11/main/postgresql.conf
@@ -59,15 +62,17 @@
 COPY --from=dashboard /pulsar/requirements.txt /pulsar/django
 COPY --from=dashboard /pulsar/conf/* /pulsar/conf/
 
+RUN pip -V
+
 # Python dependencies
-RUN pip2 install -r /pulsar/django/requirements.txt
+RUN pip install -r /pulsar/django/requirements.txt
 
 # Copy web-app sources
 # Setup database and create tables
 COPY --from=dashboard /pulsar/init-postgres.sh /pulsar/django/init-postgres.sh
 RUN mkdir /data
 RUN /pulsar/django/init-postgres.sh
-RUN sudo -u postgres /etc/init.d/postgresql stop
+RUN sudo -u postgres /etc/init.d/postgresql stop 
 # Add postgresql to supervisord. Redirect logs to stdout
 RUN echo "\n[program:postgresql]\n\
 command = /etc/init.d/postgresql start\n\
@@ -78,9 +83,10 @@
 # Collect all static files needed by Django in a
 # single place. Needed to run the app outside the
 # Django test web server
-RUN cd /pulsar/django && ./manage.py collectstatic --no-input
+RUN cd /pulsar/django && python manage.py collectstatic --no-input
 
 ENV SERVICE_URL http://127.0.0.1:8080
 EXPOSE 80 8080 6650
 
 CMD ["supervisord", "-n"]
+
diff --git a/docker/pulsar/Dockerfile b/docker/pulsar/Dockerfile
index 95466b0..715ca6f 100644
--- a/docker/pulsar/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/pulsar/Dockerfile
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 COPY scripts/pulsar-zookeeper-ruok.sh /pulsar/bin
 COPY scripts/watch-znode.py /pulsar/bin
 COPY scripts/set_python_version.sh /pulsar/bin
-COPY scripts/install-pulsar-client-27.sh /pulsar/bin
 COPY scripts/install-pulsar-client-37.sh /pulsar/bin
 
 
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@
 # Install some utilities
 RUN apt-get update \
      && apt-get install -y netcat dnsutils less procps iputils-ping \
-                 python2.7 python2.7-dev python-setuptools python-yaml python-kazoo \
                  python3.7 python3.7-dev python3-setuptools python3-yaml python3-kazoo \
                  libreadline-gplv2-dev libncursesw5-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev tk-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libbz2-dev \
                  curl \
@@ -51,9 +49,10 @@
      && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
-RUN python2.7 get-pip.py
 RUN python3.7 get-pip.py
 
+RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 10
+
 ADD target/python-client/ /pulsar/pulsar-client
 ADD target/cpp-client/ /pulsar/cpp-client
 RUN echo networkaddress.cache.ttl=1 >> $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security/java.security
@@ -70,6 +69,5 @@
 COPY --from=pulsar /pulsar /pulsar
 WORKDIR /pulsar
 
-RUN /pulsar/bin/install-pulsar-client-27.sh
 RUN /pulsar/bin/install-pulsar-client-37.sh
 
diff --git a/docker/pulsar/pom.xml b/docker/pulsar/pom.xml
index 5c4df90..3270bc0 100644
--- a/docker/pulsar/pom.xml
+++ b/docker/pulsar/pom.xml
@@ -53,22 +53,6 @@
             <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
-                <id>build-pulsar-clients-python-27</id>
-                <phase>compile</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>exec</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <configuration>
-                  <skip>${skipBuildPythonClient}</skip>
-                  <workingDirectory>${project.basedir}/target</workingDirectory>
-                  <executable>${project.basedir}/../../pulsar-client-cpp/docker/build-wheels.sh</executable>
-                  <arguments>
-                    <!-- build python 2.7 -->
-                    <argument>2.7 cp27-cp27mu</argument>
-                  </arguments>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
-              <execution>
                 <id>build-pulsar-clients-python-35</id>
                 <phase>compile</phase>
                 <goals>