diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index cdeabfe..82ee1d5 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-FROM python:3.11-slim
+FROM python:3.14-slim
 
 WORKDIR /app
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential libpq-dev tzdata && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential libpq-dev tzdata 
+RUN rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 COPY requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 9d37e95..454aeb7 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-fastapi==0.111.0
-uvicorn[standard]==0.30.0
-SQLAlchemy==2.0.30
-psycopg2-binary==2.9.9
-alembic==1.13.1
-python-multipart==0.0.9
-pydantic==2.7.4
-bcrypt==3.2.2
+fastapi==0.136.1
+uvicorn[standard]==0.46.0
+SQLAlchemy==2.0.49
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.12
+alembic==1.18.4
+python-multipart==0.0.26
+pydantic==2.13.3
+bcrypt<5.0.0
 passlib[bcrypt]==1.7.4
-python-jose==3.3.0
-email-validator==2.2.0
-cryptography==42.0.5
-jinja2==3.1.4
+python-jose==3.5.0
+email-validator==2.3.0
+cryptography==46.0.7
+jinja2==3.1.6
 rstr==3.2.2
 openpyxl==3.1.5
-tzdata>=2024.1
\ No newline at end of file
+tzdata>=2024.1
diff --git a/db/Dockerfile b/db/Dockerfile
index 3a4184f..f921df6 100644
--- a/db/Dockerfile
+++ b/db/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM postgres:15-alpine
+FROM postgres:18-alpine
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache tzdata
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b3e1adc..57e955f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.9"
 services:
   db:
     build:
@@ -10,9 +9,9 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
       - TZ=${SCHEDULER_TIMEZONE}
     volumes:
-      - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-    ports:
-      - "5432:5432"
+      - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/18/docker
+    expose:
+      - "5432"
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U ${DB_USER} -d ${DB_NAME}"]
       interval: 5s
@@ -30,8 +29,8 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       db:
         condition: service_healthy
-    ports:
-      - "8000:8000"
+    expose:
+      - "8000"
 
   frontend:
     build:
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index 0c55d99..9ffc889 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:20-alpine AS build
+FROM node:24-alpine AS build
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 COPY package.json package-lock.json* ./
 RUN npm install
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 4cd0f26..c4a8e03 100644
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ docker compose up -d --build
 
 echo ""
 echo "[+] Tangled available at http://0.0.0.0:8080"
-echo ""
\ No newline at end of file
+echo ""