diff --git a/backend-py/Dockerfile b/backend-py/Dockerfile
index cd3d1a9..0faa1a1 100644
--- a/backend-py/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend-py/Dockerfile
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 # Copy the rest of the source code now, otherwise, code changes will invalidate the requirements cache
 COPY . .
 # Preparing startup...
-CMD ["flask", "run"]
+CMD ["flask", "run", "--reload"]
diff --git a/backend-py/requirements.txt b/backend-py/requirements.txt
index d4f2403..c096081 100644
--- a/backend-py/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend-py/requirements.txt
@@ -1,23 +1,19 @@
 attrs==21.4.0
-black==22.1.0
+blinker==1.9.0
 certifi==2026.10.23
 charset-normalizer==2.0.12
-click==8.0.4
+click==8.5.0
 flake8==4.0.1
-Flask==2.0.3
-Flask-Cors==3.0.10
-Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.5.1
+Flask==3.1.3
+Flask-Cors==6.0.5
 greenlet==3.5.6
 idna==3.20
 iniconfig==1.1.1
-itsdangerous==2.1.0
+itsdangerous==2.2.0
 Jinja2==3.1.6
-MarkupSafe==2.1.0
+MarkupSafe==3.0.4
 mccabe==0.6.1
-mypy-extensions==0.4.3
 packaging==21.3
-pathspec==0.9.0
-platformdirs==2.5.1
 pluggy==1.0.0
 psycopg2==2.9.13
 py==1.11.0
@@ -33,4 +29,4 @@ SQLAlchemy==1.4.32
 tomli==2.0.1
 typing_extensions==4.1.1
 urllib3==2.8.0
-Werkzeug==2.0.3
+Werkzeug==3.1.9