diff --git a/application/Dockerfile b/application/Dockerfile
index d076bc41..d422db45 100644
--- a/application/Dockerfile
+++ b/application/Dockerfile
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa && \
 # Install necessary packages and Python
     apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gcc wget unzip libc6-dev python3.11 python3.11-distutils python3.11-venv && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gcc wget unzip libc6-dev python3.12 python3.12-venv && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* 
 
 # Verify Python installation and setup symlink
-RUN if [ -f /usr/bin/python3.11 ]; then \
-        ln -s /usr/bin/python3.11 /usr/bin/python; \
+RUN if [ -f /usr/bin/python3.12 ]; then \
+        ln -s /usr/bin/python3.12 /usr/bin/python; \
     else \
-        echo "Python 3.11 not found"; exit 1; \
+        echo "Python 3.12 not found"; exit 1; \
     fi
 
 # Download and unzip the model
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ RUN apt-get remove --purge -y wget unzip && apt-get autoremove -y && rm -rf /var
 COPY requirements.txt .
 
 # Setup Python virtual environment
-RUN python3.11 -m venv /venv
+RUN python3.12 -m venv /venv
 
 # Activate virtual environment and install Python packages
 ENV PATH="/venv/bin:$PATH"
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y software-properties-common && \
     add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa && \
 # Install Python
-    apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3.11 && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/python3.11 /usr/bin/python && \
+    apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3.12 && \
+    ln -s /usr/bin/python3.12 /usr/bin/python && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Set working directory
diff --git a/application/requirements.txt b/application/requirements.txt
index 57da7d9a..787be450 100644
--- a/application/requirements.txt
+++ b/application/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ escodegen==1.0.11
 esprima==4.0.1
 esutils==1.0.1
 Flask==3.0.3
-faiss-cpu==1.8.0.post1
+faiss-cpu==1.9.0.post1
 flask-restx==1.3.0
 gTTS==2.3.2
 gunicorn==23.0.0