diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
index cc736f75..e9aa43c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ jobs:
           --health-retries 5
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Python 3.12 Setup
+    - name: Python 3.13 Setup
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.12
+        python-version: 3.13
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4390078d..d04e5c5e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ You'll need to replace `police-data-trust-api-1` with the name of the container
 docker container ls
 CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                   COMMAND                  CREATED              STATUS              PORTS                    NAMES
 c0cf********   police-data-trust-api   "/bin/sh -c '/wait &…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute   0.0.0.0:5001->5001/tcp   police-data-trust-api-1
-5e6f********   postgres:16             "docker-entrypoint.s…"   3 days ago           Up About a minute   0.0.0.0:5432->5432/tcp   police-data-trust-db-1
+5e6f********   postgres:17             "docker-entrypoint.s…"   3 days ago           Up About a minute   0.0.0.0:5432->5432/tcp   police-data-trust-db-1
 dacd********   police-data-trust-web   "docker-entrypoint.s…"   3 days ago           Up About a minute   0.0.0.0:3000->3000/tcp   police-data-trust-web-1
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/src/setup.md b/docs/src/setup.md
index 5bc45f59..975addc3 100644
--- a/docs/src/setup.md
+++ b/docs/src/setup.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Install all of the following programs onto your computer:
 
 **Required:**
 
-- [Python 3.12](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+- [Python 3.13](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
 - [Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git) (first time setup guide [here](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-First-Time-Git-Setup))
 - [Postgres](https://www.postgresql.org/) _(see installation instructions below)_
 - _(OSX only)_ [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/)
diff --git a/requirements/Dockerfile b/requirements/Dockerfile
index d1f26a80..c032d156 100644
--- a/requirements/Dockerfile
+++ b/requirements/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # requirements, so this image starts with the same image as the database
 # containers and installs the same version of python as the api containers
 
-FROM postgres:16 as base
+FROM postgres:17 as base
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     make build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev \
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SHELL ["bash", "-lc"]
 RUN curl https://pyenv.run | bash && \
     echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.pyenv/shims:$HOME/.pyenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
 
-ENV PYTHON_VERSION=3.12.5
+ENV PYTHON_VERSION=3.13.0
 RUN pyenv install ${PYTHON_VERSION} && pyenv global ${PYTHON_VERSION}
 RUN pip install -U pip-tools
 
diff --git a/runtime.txt b/runtime.txt
index 8a7cba52..dae7fec9 100644
--- a/runtime.txt
+++ b/runtime.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-python-3.12.5
+python-3.13.0