diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index b19b04322..b52d19fd3 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN apt-get update \
 	&& apt-get install --yes \
         apt-transport-https \
+        build-essential \
         ca-certificates \
 	    curl \
         debian-keyring \
@@ -44,17 +45,17 @@ RUN mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings \
 # Install Angular CLI Globally
 RUN npm install -g @angular/cli
 
-# Install Python 3.11
+# Install Python 3.12
 RUN add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa \
     && apt update \
     && apt install --yes \
-        python3.11 \
-        python3-pip \
+        python3.12 \
         libpq-dev \
-        python3.11-dev \
+        python3.12-venv \
+        python3.12-dev \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists* \
     && unlink /usr/bin/python3 \
-    && ln -s /usr/bin/python3.11 /usr/bin/python3
+    && ln -s /usr/bin/python3.12 /usr/bin/python3
 
 # Use a non-root user per https://code.visualstudio.com/remote/advancedcontainers/add-nonroot-user
 ARG USERNAME=vscode
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ RUN arch="$(arch)"; \
 # Install Database Dependencies
 COPY backend/requirements.txt /workspace/backend/requirements.txt
 WORKDIR /workspace/backend
+RUN python3 -m ensurepip
 RUN python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 20f80b92b..22d21c6c9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COPY ./frontend/*.json /workspace/frontend
 RUN ng build --optimization --output-path ../static
 
 # Back-end Build Steps
-FROM python:3.11
+FROM python:3.12
 RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 COPY ./backend/requirements.txt /workspace/backend/requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r /workspace/backend/requirements.txt
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 7b49973da..7c275f76a 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-fastapi[all] >=0.110.0, <0.111.0
+fastapi[all] >=0.111.0, <0.112.0
 honcho >=1.1.0, <1.2.0
-psycopg2 >=2.9.5, <2.10.0
-pyjwt >=2.6.0, <2.7.0
-pytest >=7.2.1, <7.3.0
-pytest-cov >=4.1.0, <4.2.0
-python-dotenv >=1.0.0, <1.1.0
-requests >=2.31.0, <2.32.0
-sqlalchemy >=2.0.4, <2.1.0
-alembic >=1.10.2, <1.11.0
-pygithub >=1.58.0, <1.59.0
-black >=23.10.1, <23.11.0
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+psycopg2 >=2.9.9, <2.10.0
+pyjwt >=2.8.0, <2.9.0
+pytest >=8.2.2, <8.3.0
+pytest-cov >=5.0.0, <5.1.0
+python-dotenv >=1.0.1, <1.1.0
+requests >=2.32.0, <2.33.0
+sqlalchemy >=2.0.30, <2.1.0
+alembic >=1.13.1, <1.14.0
+pygithub >=2.3.0, <2.4.0
+black >=24.4.2, <24.5.0
+setuptools >=70.0.0, <70.1.0
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