diff --git a/backend/.python-version b/backend/.python-version
index 09dcc78..e4fba21 100644
--- a/backend/.python-version
+++ b/backend/.python-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.10.11
+3.12
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index fd44d82..19a9a8d 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.11-slim
+FROM python:3.12-slim
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY ./requirements.txt ./requirements.txt
 
-RUN python3 -m pip install -U pip==23.0.0 pip-tools==7.1.0
+RUN python3 -m pip install -U pip==23.3 pip-tools==7.3.0
 RUN python3 -m pip install -r ./requirements.txt
 
 COPY ./rotini ./rotini
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 4734beb..38887f0 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "rotini"
 version = "0.0.0"
-requires-python = ">= 3.10"
+requires-python = ">= 3.12"
 dependencies = [
    "uvicorn[standard]",
    "python-multipart",
diff --git a/backend/requirements_dev.txt b/backend/requirements_dev.txt
index 02fa35e..0e0e7c5 100644
--- a/backend/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ click==8.1.7
     #   uvicorn
 dill==0.3.7
     # via pylint
-django==4.2.7
+django==4.2.8
     # via
     #   -c requirements.txt
     #   djangorestframework
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ tomli==2.0.1
     #   pytest
 tomlkit==0.12.3
     # via pylint
-typing-extensions==4.8.0
+typing-extensions==4.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements.txt
     #   asgiref