diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
index 4d00cd0..5a5d0fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Python 3.8
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python 3.13
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: "3.8"
+        python-version: "3.13"
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/server/docker/release/Dockerfile b/server/docker/release/Dockerfile
index ed3ce7f..d3a4e29 100755
--- a/server/docker/release/Dockerfile
+++ b/server/docker/release/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SERVER
 
-FROM python:3.6-alpine
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+FROM python:3.13-alpine
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
 # [START system dependencies]
 RUN apk add --update curl gcc g++ \
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ RUN apk add --update jpeg-dev zlib-dev libjpeg \
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache ffmpeg
 
-RUN ln -s /usr/include/locale.h /usr/include/xlocale.h
-
 # [START app environment]
 
 RUN mkdir /code
@@ -30,4 +28,4 @@ COPY . /code/
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
-CMD python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
\ No newline at end of file
+CMD ["python", "manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
diff --git a/server/requirements.txt b/server/requirements.txt
index 98a752c..e96b3f1 100755
--- a/server/requirements.txt
+++ b/server/requirements.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-certifi==2018.4.16
-Django==2.2.13
-django-cors-headers==2.4.0
-djangorestframework==3.9.1
-gunicorn==19.7.1
-pipenv==2018.7.1
-pytz==2018.4
-numpy==1.16.0
-colour==0.1.5
-virtualenv==16.0.0
-virtualenv-clone==0.3.0
-zipfile36==0.1.3
-matplotlib==2.2.5
-Pillow==8.3.2
-requests==2.27.1
\ No newline at end of file
+Django>=5.1,<5.3
+django-cors-headers>=4.3
+djangorestframework>=3.15
+gunicorn>=22.0
+pytz>=2024.1
+numpy>=1.26
+colour>=0.1.5
+matplotlib>=3.8
+Pillow>=10.0
+requests>=2.32
diff --git a/server/server/settings.py b/server/server/settings.py
index d31e082..cef05f3 100755
--- a/server/server/settings.py
+++ b/server/server/settings.py
@@ -130,3 +130,5 @@
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
diff --git a/server/server/urls.py b/server/server/urls.py
index 9026414..b7e98f1 100755
--- a/server/server/urls.py
+++ b/server/server/urls.py
@@ -14,18 +14,16 @@
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.conf.urls import url
-from django.urls import path,include
+from django.urls import path, include, re_path
 from rest_framework.routers import DefaultRouter
 from app import views
 
 router = DefaultRouter()
 router.register('app', views.PDDLViewSet)
-##router.register('upload',views.FileUploadView.as_view())
 urlpatterns = [
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
     path('api/', include(router.urls)),
-    url(r'upload/(?P<filename>[^/]+)$',views.LinkUploadView.as_view()),
+    re_path(r'upload/(?P<filename>[^/]+)$', views.LinkUploadView.as_view()),
     path('help/', views.UserGuide.as_view()),
-    url(r'downloadVisualisation', views.LinkDownloadPlanimation.as_view()),
+    re_path(r'downloadVisualisation', views.LinkDownloadPlanimation.as_view()),
     ]