diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
index 10a6816..acc2378 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repo + submodules
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         submodules: recursive
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8
+        python-version: '3.10'
     - name: install coverage and build
       run: |
         pip3 install coveralls coverage
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4e0a08b..4a5b7ca 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 asgiref==3.5.2
 cssselect==1.0.3
-Django>=2.2.24,<3.0
+Django>=3.2.25
 django-autocomplete-light==3.3.5
 django-bootstrap3==11.1.0
 django-contact-form==1.7.0
@@ -32,4 +32,6 @@ pandas>1.0.0,<1.1.0
 
 # static visualization dependencies
 plotly==5.3.1
+
+requests==2.32.3
 sqlparse>=0.5.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability