diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 88c5e59fe..974522541 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ USER oim
 RUN virtualenv /app/venv
 ENV PATH=/app/venv/bin:$PATH
 COPY --chown=oim:oim requirements.txt ./
-RUN whereis python
-RUN python -V
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # COPY --chown=oim:oim libgeos.py.patch /app/
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 127dc601b..50b2e33d5 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ whitenoise==5.3.0
 git+https://github.com/dbca-wa/appmonitor_client.git#egg=appmonitor_client
 python-decouple>=3.8
 numpy==2.2.5
-requests==2.31.0
-wheel==0.37.1
+requests~=2.32.0
+wheel~=0.45.0
 django-tables2==2.7.0
 git+https://github.com/dbca-wa/wagov_utils.git#egg=wagov_utils
 django-haystack==3.3.0