diff --git a/docker/webApp/Dockerfile b/docker/webApp/Dockerfile
index 34ddba730..d80a424a1 100644
--- a/docker/webApp/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/webApp/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #################
 # COMPILE IMAGE #
 #################
-FROM python:3.9 AS compile-image
+FROM python:3.12 AS compile-image
 RUN apt-get update
 
 RUN python -m venv /opt/venv
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 ###############
 # BUILD IMAGE #
 ###############
-FROM python:3.9 as iriswebapp
+FROM python:3.12 as iriswebapp
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 DOCKERIZED=1
 
 COPY --from=compile-image /opt/venv /opt/venv
diff --git a/docker/webApp/iris-entrypoint.sh b/docker/webApp/iris-entrypoint.sh
index 8ca0a64bc..68357b553 100755
--- a/docker/webApp/iris-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/webApp/iris-entrypoint.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ printf "Running ${target} ...\n"
 if [[ "${target}" == iris-worker ]] ; then
     celery -A app.celery worker -E -B -l INFO &
 else
-    gunicorn app:app --worker-class eventlet --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --timeout 180 --worker-connections 1000 --log-level=info &
+    gunicorn app:app --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --timeout 180 --worker-connections 1000 --threads 100 -w 1 --log-level=info &
 fi
 
 while true; do sleep 2; done
diff --git a/source/app/__init__.py b/source/app/__init__.py
index f92449f88..1bdfb1808 100644
--- a/source/app/__init__.py
+++ b/source/app/__init__.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 from flask_socketio import SocketIO, Namespace
 from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 from functools import partial
-from sqlalchemy_imageattach.stores.fs import HttpExposedFileSystemStore
 from werkzeug.middleware.proxy_fix import ProxyFix
 
 from app.flask_dropzone import Dropzone
@@ -116,13 +115,13 @@ def ac_current_user_has_manage_perms():
 
 celery = make_celery(app)
 
-store = HttpExposedFileSystemStore(
-    path='images',
-    prefix='/static/assets/images/'
-)
+# store = HttpExposedFileSystemStore(
+#     path='images',
+#     prefix='/static/assets/images/'
+# )
 
 app.wsgi_app = ProxyFix(app.wsgi_app, x_for=1, x_proto=1)
-app.wsgi_app = store.wsgi_middleware(app.wsgi_app)
+#app.wsgi_app = store.wsgi_middleware(app.wsgi_app)
 
 socket_io = SocketIO(app, cors_allowed_origins="*")
 
diff --git a/source/app/blueprints/graphql/graphql_route.py b/source/app/blueprints/graphql/graphql_route.py
index 42e0ca987..8bbd587b1 100644
--- a/source/app/blueprints/graphql/graphql_route.py
+++ b/source/app/blueprints/graphql/graphql_route.py
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
 from app.blueprints.graphql.cases import CaseUpdate
 from app.blueprints.graphql.cases import CaseConnection
 
+import warnings
+
+# Ignore all UserWarnings
+warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=UserWarning)
+
+
 
 class Query(ObjectType):
     """This is the IRIS GraphQL queries documentation!"""
diff --git a/source/app/configuration.py b/source/app/configuration.py
index 9b4dc093c..20ea79dbb 100644
--- a/source/app/configuration.py
+++ b/source/app/configuration.py
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ class CeleryConfig:
     result_extended = True
     result_serializer = "json"
     worker_pool_restarts = True
+    broker_connection_retry_on_startup =True
 
 
 # --------- APP ---------
diff --git a/source/app/flask_dropzone/__init__.py b/source/app/flask_dropzone/__init__.py
index 19abc0d0a..ef84ce27d 100644
--- a/source/app/flask_dropzone/__init__.py
+++ b/source/app/flask_dropzone/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 """
 import warnings
 from flask import Blueprint
-from flask import Markup
+from markupsafe import Markup
 from flask import current_app
 from flask import render_template_string
 from flask import url_for
diff --git a/source/dependencies/docx_generator-0.8.0-py3-none-any.whl b/source/dependencies/docx_generator-0.8.0-py3-none-any.whl
index b6248c719..8d2fca53e 100644
Binary files a/source/dependencies/docx_generator-0.8.0-py3-none-any.whl and b/source/dependencies/docx_generator-0.8.0-py3-none-any.whl differ
diff --git a/source/requirements.txt b/source/requirements.txt
index b4209c480..ecb4bf0b8 100644
--- a/source/requirements.txt
+++ b/source/requirements.txt
@@ -1,28 +1,27 @@
 azure-identity==1.10.0
 azure-keyvault-secrets==4.5.1
-celery==5.2.7
-Flask==2.3.2
+celery==5.4.0
+Flask==3.1.0
 Flask-Bcrypt==1.0.1
-Flask-Login==0.6.2
-Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.0.2
-Flask-WTF==1.1.1
-flask-marshmallow==0.14.0
-Flask-Caching==1.10.1
-marshmallow==3.20.1
-marshmallow-sqlalchemy==0.30.0
-gunicorn==20.1.0
+Flask-Login==0.6.3
+Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.1.1
+Flask-WTF==1.2.2
+flask-marshmallow==1.2.1
+Flask-Caching==2.3.0
+marshmallow==3.23.1
+marshmallow-sqlalchemy==1.1.0
+gunicorn==23.0.0
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.10
 pyunpack==0.2.2
 packaging==21.3
 requests==2.31.0
-SQLAlchemy==2.0.24
+SQLAlchemy==2.0.36
 SQLAlchemy-ImageAttach==1.1.0
-SQLAlchemy-Utils==0.41.1
+SQLAlchemy-Utils==0.41.2
 urllib3==1.26.18
-Werkzeug==2.3.7
-WTForms==2.2.1
-flask-socketio==5.1.1
-eventlet==0.30.2
+Werkzeug==3.1.3
+WTForms==3.2.1
+Flask-SocketIO==5.4.1
 alembic==1.7.5
 setuptools~=70.3.0
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
diff --git a/source/run.py b/source/run.py
index 32dbe6204..d3dccd4e7 100644
--- a/source/run.py
+++ b/source/run.py
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    socket_io.run(app, host='127.0.0.1', port=8000, debug=True)
+    socket_io.run(app, host='127.0.0.1', port=8000, debug=True, allow_unsafe_werkzeug=True)