diff --git a/.github/jobs/set_job_controls.sh b/.github/jobs/set_job_controls.sh
index 3517fbf65c..9c39a50716 100755
--- a/.github/jobs/set_job_controls.sh
+++ b/.github/jobs/set_job_controls.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ run_unit_tests=false
 run_diff=false
 run_update_truth=false
 met_base_repo=met-base
-met_base_tag=v3.1
+met_base_tag=v3.2
 input_data_version=develop
 truth_data_version=develop
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_docker_and_trigger_metplus.yml b/.github/workflows/build_docker_and_trigger_metplus.yml
index 23aafdfd76..13606d5ed3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_docker_and_trigger_metplus.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_docker_and_trigger_metplus.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           SOURCE_BRANCH: ${{ steps.get_branch_name.outputs.branch_name }}-lite
           MET_BASE_REPO: met-base
-          MET_BASE_TAG: v3.1
+          MET_BASE_TAG: v3.2
 
       - name: Push Docker Image
         run: .github/jobs/push_docker_image.sh
diff --git a/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst b/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
index 52f3b28558..ab0ce63ef7 100644
--- a/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ MET Version 12.0.0-beta3 Release Notes (20240206)
 
   .. dropdown:: Repository, build, and test
 
+     * Enhance METbaseimage to install SciPy Python package needed by the MET TC-Diag tool (`METbaseimage#20 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METbaseimage/issues/20>`_).
      * Remove the SonarQube token from the properties file (`#2757 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2757>`_).
      * Repository cleanup of stale code and configuration consistency (`#2776 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2776>`_).
      * Add new example installation configuration files for Intel compiler users (`#2785 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2785>`_).
diff --git a/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile b/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile
index 7ba0bcf0f6..c5daf58492 100644
--- a/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARG MET_BASE_REPO=met-base
-ARG MET_BASE_TAG=v3.1
+ARG MET_BASE_TAG=v3.2
 
 FROM dtcenter/${MET_BASE_REPO}:${MET_BASE_TAG}
 MAINTAINER John Halley Gotway <johnhg@ucar.edu>
diff --git a/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.copy b/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.copy
index bcfe4417a6..4d3d9476cd 100644
--- a/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.copy
+++ b/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.copy
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARG MET_BASE_REPO=met-base-unit-test
-ARG MET_BASE_TAG=v3.1
+ARG MET_BASE_TAG=v3.2
 
 FROM dtcenter/${MET_BASE_REPO}:${MET_BASE_TAG}
 MAINTAINER John Halley Gotway <johnhg@ucar.edu>