diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 073ce00dae46..a6aeca6d51e3 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.13.1-slim-bullseye as sdist
+FROM python:3.11.10-slim-bullseye as sdist
 
 LABEL maintainer="oss@netflix.com"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="Dispatch PyPI Wheel"
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ RUN YARN_CACHE_FOLDER="$(mktemp -d)" \
     && mv /usr/src/dispatch/dist /dist
 
 # This is the image to be run
-FROM python:3.13.1-slim-bullseye
+FROM python:3.11.10-slim-bullseye
 
 LABEL maintainer="oss@dispatch.io"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="Dispatch"
diff --git a/requirements-base.in b/requirements-base.in
index ee63da82d474..832ffdfa2484 100644
--- a/requirements-base.in
+++ b/requirements-base.in
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jinja2
 jira==2.0.0
 joblib
 jsonpath_ng
+lxml==5.3.0
 markdown
 msal
 numpy
diff --git a/requirements-base.txt b/requirements-base.txt
index 5d988e4c91e0..d15fead32cc6 100644
--- a/requirements-base.txt
+++ b/requirements-base.txt
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ limits==3.13.0
     # via slowapi
 lxml==5.3.0
     # via
+    #   -r requirements-base.in
     #   emails
     #   premailer
 mako==1.3.6
diff --git a/src/dispatch/common/utils/cli.py b/src/dispatch/common/utils/cli.py
index 965416990b6f..4bed4f8bfd35 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/common/utils/cli.py
+++ b/src/dispatch/common/utils/cli.py
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 import traceback
 import logging
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.metadata import entry_points
 from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
 
 from dispatch.plugins.base import plugins, register
 
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-
 # Plugin endpoints should determine authentication # TODO allow them to specify (kglisson)
 def install_plugin_events(api):
     """Adds plugin endpoints to the event router."""
@@ -16,14 +14,15 @@ def install_plugin_events(api):
         if plugin.events:
             api.include_router(plugin.events, prefix="/{organization}/events", tags=["events"])
 
-
 def install_plugins():
     """
     Installs plugins associated with dispatch
     :return:
     """
+    # Retrieve entry points for 'dispatch.plugins'
+    dispatch_plugins = entry_points().get("dispatch.plugins", [])
 
-    for ep in pkg_resources.iter_entry_points("dispatch.plugins"):
+    for ep in dispatch_plugins:
         logger.info(f"Attempting to load plugin: {ep.name}")
         try:
             plugin = ep.load()