diff --git a/.changes/1610.json b/.changes/1610.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8a9ebc39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1610.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "description": "update emsdk to 3.1.74.",
+    "type": "changed",
+    "breaking": false
+}
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.wasm32-unknown-emscripten b/docker/Dockerfile.wasm32-unknown-emscripten
index 65b6f9095..05f17f54c 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.wasm32-unknown-emscripten
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.wasm32-unknown-emscripten
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM emscripten/emsdk:3.1.14
+FROM emscripten/emsdk:3.1.74
 WORKDIR /
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ COPY xargo.sh /
 RUN /xargo.sh
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends \
-  libxml2 \
-  python
+    libxml2
 
 ENV CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX=em
 ENV CROSS_SYSROOT=/emsdk/upstream/emscripten/cache/sysroot