diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 56d3da6..2b2d922 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ name: CI
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ dev ]
+    branches: [dev]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ dev ]
+    branches: [dev]
 
 jobs:
   Test:
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        py-version-img: [
-          ["3.9", "3.9-slim-bookworm"],
-          ["3.10", "3.10-slim-bookworm"],
-          ["3.11", "3.11-slim-bookworm"],
-          ["3.12", "3.12-slim-bookworm"],
-        ]
+        py-version-img:
+          [
+            ["3.9", "3.9-slim-bookworm"],
+            ["3.10", "3.10-slim-bookworm"],
+            ["3.11", "3.11-slim-bookworm"],
+            ["3.12", "3.12-slim-bookworm"],
+          ]
         mongodb-version: ["4.4", "5.0", "6.0", "7.0"]
         mongodb-port: [12345]
 
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ jobs:
               --build-arg PY_IMAGE=${PY_IMAGE} \
               .
           cd ./examples/petstore
-          docker-compose up --build -d
+          docker compose build foca-petstore-root
+          docker compose up -d
           cd ../..
           sleep 10
           pytest ./tests/integration_tests.py
@@ -83,12 +85,13 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        py-version-img-tag: [
-          ["3.9", "3.9-slim-bookworm", ""],
-          ["3.10", "3.10-slim-bookworm", ""],
-          ["3.11", "3.11-slim-bookworm", ""],
-          ["3.12", "3.12-slim-bookworm", "latest"],
-        ]
+        py-version-img-tag:
+          [
+            ["3.9", "3.9-slim-bookworm", ""],
+            ["3.10", "3.10-slim-bookworm", ""],
+            ["3.11", "3.11-slim-bookworm", ""],
+            ["3.12", "3.12-slim-bookworm", "latest"],
+          ]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
diff --git a/examples/petstore-access-control/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/petstore-access-control/docker-compose.yaml
index cef463b..9a7fe0f 100644
--- a/examples/petstore-access-control/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/examples/petstore-access-control/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ services:
       context: ../../
       dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
       args:
-        PY_IMAGE: ${PETSTORE_PY_IMAGE:-3.10-slim-buster}
+        PY_IMAGE: ${PETSTORE_PY_IMAGE:-3.10-slim-bookworm}
     image: foca-petstore-access-control-root:latest
     restart: "no"
 
diff --git a/examples/petstore/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/petstore/docker-compose.yaml
index cb41b87..6e694ae 100644
--- a/examples/petstore/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/examples/petstore/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
-version: '3.6'
+version: "3.6"
 services:
-
   # build app image based on current FOCA root image
   foca-petstore-root:
     build:
       context: ../../
       dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
       args:
-        PY_IMAGE: ${PETSTORE_PY_IMAGE:-3.10-slim-buster}
+        PY_IMAGE: ${PETSTORE_PY_IMAGE:-3.10-slim-bookworm}
     image: foca-petstore-root:latest
     restart: "no"
 
   app:
-    image: elixircloud/foca-petstore:latest
+    image: elixircloud/foca-petstore-root:latest
     depends_on:
       - foca-petstore-root
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
     restart: unless-stopped
-    links:
-      - mongodb
+    # links:
+    #   - mongodb
     command: bash -c "python app.py"
     ports:
-      - "80:8080"
+      - "8080:8080"
 
   mongodb:
     image: mongo:7.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 721f9d4..a356807 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 addict~=2.2
 celery~=5.2
 connexion~=2.11
-cryptography~=42.0
+cryptography~=44.0.1
 Flask~=2.2
 flask-authz~=2.5.1
-Flask-Cors~=4.0
+Flask-Cors~=6.0.0
 Flask-PyMongo~=2.3
 pydantic~=2.7
 PyJWT~=2.4
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ requests~=2.31
 swagger-ui-bundle~=0.0
 toml~=0.10
 typing~=3.7
-Werkzeug~=2.2
+Werkzeug~=3.1.5
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a7b527c..4a3889c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version = attr: foca.__version__
 
 [flake8]
 exclude = .git,.eggs,build,venv,env
-max-line-length = 79
+max-line-length = 120
 
 [semantic_release]
 ; documentation: https://python-semantic-release.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ upload_to_release = true
 version_variable = foca/__init__.py:__version__
 
 [mypy]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
\ No newline at end of file
+ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests.py b/tests/integration_tests.py
index 6f41ea4..f481e2f 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     Pets,
 )
 
-PETSTORE_URL = "http://localhost:80"
+PETSTORE_URL = "http://localhost:8080"
 NAME_PET = "karl"
 TAG_PET = "frog"
 EXTRA_PARAM_ARG = "extra"
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def test_add_pet_extra_parameter_200():
     assert isinstance(response_data, Pet)
     assert response_data.name == NAME_PET
     assert response_data.tag == TAG_PET
-    assert getattr(response_data, 'extra_parameter', None) is None
+    assert getattr(response_data, "extra_parameter", None) is None
 
 
 def test_add_pet_required_arguments_missing_400():