diff --git a/.github/pr-title-checker-config.json b/.github/pr-title-checker-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78bdf39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/pr-title-checker-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "LABEL": {
+    "name": "title needs formatting",
+    "color": "9A2848"
+  },
+  "CHECKS": {
+    "prefixes": ["fix: ", "feat: ", "test: ", "infra: ", "doc: ", "change: ", "break: ", "breaking: ", "deprecation: ", "feature: ", "depr: ", "documentation: "],
+    "regexp": "docs\\(v[0-9]\\): ",
+    "regexpFlags": "i",
+    "ignoreLabels" : ["dont-check-PRs-with-this-label", "meta"]
+  },
+  "MESSAGES": {
+    "success": "All OK",
+    "failure": "Failing CI test",
+    "notice": ""
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-title-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-title-checker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78126bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-title-checker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: "PR Title Checker"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - feature/**
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - edited
+      - synchronize
+      - labeled
+      - unlabeled
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: "Check PR Title"
+        uses: thehanimo/pr-title-checker@v1.4.2
+        with:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          pass_on_octokit_error: false
+          configuration_path: .github/pr-title-checker-config.json #(optional. defaults to .github/pr-title-checker-config.json)
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df13e06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# https://help.github.com/en/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/about-code-owners
+
+# These owners will be the default owners for everything in
+# the repo. Unless a later match takes precedence, these accounts
+# will be requested for review when someone opens a pull request.
+* @amazon-braket/braket-maintainers
diff --git a/base/jobs/docker/1.0/py3/requirements.txt b/base/jobs/docker/1.0/py3/requirements.txt
index 75c5707..d3f2f1b 100644
--- a/base/jobs/docker/1.0/py3/requirements.txt
+++ b/base/jobs/docker/1.0/py3/requirements.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-amazon-braket-default-simulator==1.23.1
-amazon-braket-pennylane-plugin==1.26.0
+amazon-braket-default-simulator==1.26.0
+amazon-braket-pennylane-plugin==1.28.0
 amazon-braket-schemas==1.22.0
-amazon-braket-sdk==1.80.0
-awscli==1.32.96
-botocore==1.34.96
-boto3==1.34.96
-dask==2024.4.2
-matplotlib==3.8.4
+amazon-braket-sdk==1.87.0
+awscli==1.34.22
+botocore==1.35.22
+boto3==1.35.22
+dask==2024.8.0
+matplotlib==3.9.2
 numpy==1.26.4
 pandas==2.2.2
 pennylane==0.35.1
 PennyLane-Lightning==0.35.1
-qiskit-braket-provider==0.2.0
-requests==2.31.0
-sagemaker-training==4.7.4
-scikit-learn==1.4.2
-scipy==1.13.0
+qiskit-braket-provider==0.4.1
+requests==2.32.3
+sagemaker-training==4.8.1
+scikit-learn==1.5.2
+scipy==1.14.1
diff --git a/pytorch/jobs/docker/2.2/py3/requirements.txt b/pytorch/jobs/docker/2.2/py3/requirements.txt
index dcc304b..7d7e472 100644
--- a/pytorch/jobs/docker/2.2/py3/requirements.txt
+++ b/pytorch/jobs/docker/2.2/py3/requirements.txt
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
-amazon-braket-default-simulator==1.23.1
-amazon-braket-pennylane-plugin==1.26.0
+amazon-braket-default-simulator==1.26.0
+amazon-braket-pennylane-plugin==1.28.0
 amazon-braket-schemas==1.22.0
-amazon-braket-sdk==1.80.0
-awscli==1.32.96
-botocore==1.34.96
-boto3==1.34.96
-dask==2024.4.2
+amazon-braket-sdk==1.87.0
+awscli==1.34.22
+botocore==1.35.22
+boto3==1.35.22
+dask==2024.8.0
 decorator==5.1.1
 h5py==3.11.0
-ipykernel==6.29.4
+ipykernel==6.29.5
 jinja2==3.1.4
-keras==3.3.3
+keras==2.15.0
 markupsafe==2.1.5
-matplotlib==3.8.4
+matplotlib==3.9.2
 numpy==1.26.4
 openfermion==1.6.1
 pandas==2.2.2
 PennyLane==0.35.1
 PennyLane-Lightning[gpu]==0.35.1
-pydantic==2.7.1
-requests==2.31.0
-sagemaker-training==4.7.4
-scikit-learn==1.4.2
+pydantic==2.9.2
+requests==2.32.3
+sagemaker-training==4.8.1
+scikit-learn==1.5.2
 six==1.16.0
-scipy==1.13.0
-typing_extensions==4.11.0
+scipy==1.14.1
+typing_extensions==4.12.2
 
 # https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37920
 certifi>=2023.7.22
diff --git a/src/requirements.txt b/src/requirements.txt
index 212c8c1..d5a6bc1 100644
--- a/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ boto3
 black
 junit-xml
 urllib3
-requests<2.32
+requests<2.33
diff --git a/tensorflow/jobs/docker/2.14/py3/requirements.txt b/tensorflow/jobs/docker/2.14/py3/requirements.txt
index 0a6b339..48201e0 100644
--- a/tensorflow/jobs/docker/2.14/py3/requirements.txt
+++ b/tensorflow/jobs/docker/2.14/py3/requirements.txt
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
-amazon-braket-default-simulator==1.23.1
-amazon-braket-pennylane-plugin==1.26.0
+amazon-braket-default-simulator==1.26.0
+amazon-braket-pennylane-plugin==1.28.0
 amazon-braket-schemas==1.22.0
-amazon-braket-sdk==1.80.0
-awscli==1.32.96
-botocore==1.34.96
-boto3==1.34.96
-dask==2024.4.2
+amazon-braket-sdk==1.87.0
+awscli==1.34.22
+botocore==1.35.22
+boto3==1.35.22
+dask==2024.8.0
 h5py==3.11.0
-ipykernel==6.29.4
+ipykernel==6.29.5
 jinja2==3.1.4
-keras==2.15.0
+keras==2.15.0 # keras uses the v2 api
 markupsafe==2.1.5
-matplotlib==3.8.4
+matplotlib==3.9.2
 numpy==1.26.4
 openfermion==1.6.1
 pandas==2.2.2
 PennyLane==0.35.1
 PennyLane-Lightning==0.35.1
-pydantic==2.7.1
-requests==2.31.0
-sagemaker-training==4.7.4
-scikit-learn==1.4.2
+pydantic==2.9.2
+requests==2.32.3
+sagemaker-training==4.8.1
+scikit-learn==1.5.2
 six==1.16.0
-scipy==1.13.0
-typing_extensions==4.11.0
+scipy==1.14.1
+typing_extensions==4.12.2
diff --git a/test/requirements.txt b/test/requirements.txt
index 17f89c6..8dc3b28 100644
--- a/test/requirements.txt
+++ b/test/requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 amazon-braket-schemas
 amazon-braket-sdk
-boto3==1.34.96
+boto3==1.35.43
 certifi>=2023.7.22
-invoke==2.2.0
+invoke
 mock
 pennylane>=0.35.0
-pytest==8.2.0
+pytest
 pytest-xdist
-sagemaker
+sagemaker>=2.232.2