diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3c6722c..5fd272e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # A container for the core semantic-search capability.
 #
 ######################################################
-FROM python:alpine3.22
+FROM python:3.13.11-alpine3.23
 
 
 # Install required packages
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 13a2d24..6da165d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ retrying
 click
 httpx
 bmt==1.4.4
-urllib3
+urllib3>=2.6.2