diff --git a/dependencies.sh b/dependencies.sh
index e0da4aa75f..bb865cf8d1 100644
--- a/dependencies.sh
+++ b/dependencies.sh
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ export NODE_VERSION_LTS=20.12.0
 export SPACEMAN_DMM_VERSION=suite-1.8
 
 # Python version for mapmerge and other tools
-export PYTHON_VERSION=3.9.0
+export PYTHON_VERSION=3.11.9
diff --git a/tools/requirements.txt b/tools/requirements.txt
index ff7d929d53..cf2aeb0e95 100644
--- a/tools/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-pygit2==1.7.2
+pygit2==1.16.0
 bidict==0.22.0
-Pillow==10.3.0
+Pillow==11.0.0
 
 # changelogs
 PyYaml==6.0.1