diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
index 4ba1b65..34ddf82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
 
   cd-job:
     name: Continuous Delivery
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
 
       - name: SCM Checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-release-tag.yml b/.github/workflows/check-release-tag.yml
index 5415fd0..344df0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-release-tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-release-tag.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
   check-tag-version-job:
 
     name: Check Tag Version
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
       - name: SCM Checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index bd9d8f2..314d615 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
 
   Version-Check:
     name: Version
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
       - name: SCM Checkout
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
   Documentation:
     name: Build Documentation
     needs: [ Version-Check ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
       - name: SCM Checkout
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
   Lint:
     name: Linting (Python-${{ matrix.python-version }})
     needs: [ Version-Check ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
   Type-Check:
     name: Type Checking (Python-${{ matrix.python-version }})
     needs: [ Version-Check ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -92,11 +92,7 @@ jobs:
   Security:
     name: Security Checks (Python-${{ matrix.python-version }})
     needs: [ Version-Check ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
        - name: SCM Checkout
@@ -142,6 +138,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/chromium
           sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules
           sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
+
       - name: Allow unprivileged user namespaces
         run: |
           sudo sysctl -w kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=0
@@ -152,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - name: Calculate Test Coverage
-        run: poetry run nox -s test:coverage
+        run: poetry run nox -s coverage
         env:
           TEST_DB_VERSION: ${{matrix.exasol-version}}
           PYTEST_ADDOPTS: >
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
index dfdac63..135ef8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
 
   documentation-job:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
       - name: SCM Checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/report.yml b/.github/workflows/report.yml
index bb74336..95e4b37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/report.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/report.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
 
   report:
+    name: Generate Status Report
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ALTERNATIVE_GITHUB_TOKEN ||  secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -30,9 +31,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Copy Artifacts into Root Folder
         working-directory: ./artifacts
         run: |
-          cp coverage-python3.9/.coverage ../
-          cp lint-python3.9/.lint.txt ../
-          cp security-python3.9/.security.json ../
+          cp .coverage/.coverage ../
+          cp .lint.txt/.lint.txt ../
 
       - name: Generate Report
         run: poetry run nox -s project:report -- -- --format json | tee metrics.json
diff --git a/doc/changes/unreleased.md b/doc/changes/unreleased.md
index 0d66366..4c56c66 100644
--- a/doc/changes/unreleased.md
+++ b/doc/changes/unreleased.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Changes
 
+## Security Issues
+
+* #146: Fixed vulnerabilities by updating dependencies
+
 ### Bug fixing
 
 * #143: itde_manager.bring_itde_up() fails if the container is not connected to the network 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index e00ae66..39c8cb8 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -4385,13 +4385,13 @@ telegram = ["requests"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "transformers"
-version = "4.47.1"
+version = "4.47.0"
 description = "State-of-the-art Machine Learning for JAX, PyTorch and TensorFlow"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9.0"
 files = [
-    {file = "transformers-4.47.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d2f5d19bb6283cd66c893ec7e6d931d6370bbf1cc93633326ff1f41a40046c9c"},
-    {file = "transformers-4.47.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6c29c05a5f595e278481166539202bf8641281536df1c42357ee58a45d0a564a"},
+    {file = "transformers-4.47.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a8e1bafdaae69abdda3cad638fe392e37c86d2ce0ecfcae11d60abb8f949ff4d"},
+    {file = "transformers-4.47.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f8ead7a5a4f6937bb507e66508e5e002dc5930f7b6122a9259c37b099d0f3b19"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -4695,4 +4695,4 @@ type = ["pytest-mypy"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.10,<4.0"
-content-hash = "1ec1a90ca656a7071080d1baff70ec5ce4a48291016f79609ae1c9c7ede17ba4"
+content-hash = "eedd56cdc27d81820d2f72d4dc51b3f98f2ed0ceec28e78d307ec1edcf85fdb0"
diff --git a/test/unit/test_itde_manager.py b/test/unit/test_itde_manager.py
index 39020d1..3e75cae 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_itde_manager.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_itde_manager.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def test_bring_itde_up(mock_spawn_env, secrets, env_info):
         nameserver=(NAME_SERVER_ADDRESS,),
         db_mem_size="4 GiB",
         db_disk_size="10 GiB",
+        docker_db_image_version="8.18.1",
     )
 
     assert secrets.get(CKey.itde_container) == TEST_CONTAINER_NAME