diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index a92238227..e2dbf7657 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.9]
+        python-version: [3.12]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 7c6872e44..0f53cfa74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: make dev envfile
-
 # Disable codestyle checks until we have cleaned up the code
 #      - name: Validate code format
 #        run: make check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml
index 88c6664d6..f791a2805 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: 3.12
 
       - name: Install pypa/build
         run: python -m pip install build --user
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 683f3a82a..0133e7c07 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.11"
+    python: "3.12"
 
 # Build PDF & ePub
 formats:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1bd35b926..e3d6f6892 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # See https://github.com/nexB/vulnerablecode for support or download.
 # See https://aboutcode.org for more information about nexB OSS projects
 
-FROM python:3.9
+FROM python:3.12
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aaadfefa7..47ea23a14 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,13 @@ endif
 
 virtualenv:
 	@echo "-> Bootstrap the virtualenv with PYTHON_EXE=${PYTHON_EXE}"
-	@${PYTHON_EXE} ${VIRTUALENV_PYZ} --never-download --no-periodic-update ${VENV}
+	@${PYTHON_EXE} -m venv ${VENV}
+	@$(MAKE) upgrade-tools
+
+upgrade-tools:
+	@echo "-> Upgrade pip / setuptools / wheel (Python 3.12 safe)"
+	@${VENV}/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall \
+		"pip>=24" "setuptools>=69" "wheel>=0.42" packaging
 
 conf: virtualenv
 	@echo "-> Install dependencies"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2f5879220..76b645560 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: "3"
 
 services:
   db:
-    image: postgres:13
+    image: postgres:15
     command: -c config_file=/etc/postgresql/postgresql.conf
     env_file:
       - docker.env
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dbda64e0c..6788a34a5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ alabaster==0.7.12
 asgiref==3.8.1
 asttokens==2.0.5
 async-timeout==4.0.2
-attrs==21.4.0
+attrs==23.2.0
 Babel==2.9.1
 backcall==0.2.0
 bcrypt==3.2.0
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ coreschema==0.0.4
 cryptography==44.0.1
 crispy-bootstrap4==2024.1
 cwe2==3.0.0
-dateparser==1.1.1
+dateparser==1.3.0
 decorator==5.1.1
 defusedxml==0.7.1
 distro==1.7.0
-Django==4.2.25
+Django==5.2.11
 django-altcha==0.2.0
 django-crispy-forms==2.3
 django-environ==0.11.2
@@ -48,24 +48,22 @@ GitPython==3.1.41
 gunicorn==23.0.0
 idna==3.3
 imagesize==1.3.0
-importlib-metadata==4.11.3
 iniconfig==1.1.1
 ipython==8.10.0
 isort==5.10.1
 itypes==1.2.0
 jedi==0.18.1
 Jinja2==3.1.6
-jsonschema==3.2.0
+jsonschema==4.21.0
 license-expression==30.3.1
-lxml==4.9.1
-Markdown==3.3.4
-markdown-it-py==3.0.0
+lxml==6.0.2
+Markdown==3.5.0
 MarkupSafe==2.1.1
 matplotlib-inline==0.1.3
 multidict==6.0.2
 mypy-extensions==0.4.3
 packageurl-python==0.17.6
-packaging==21.3
+packaging==23.2
 paramiko==3.4.0
 parso==0.8.3
 pathspec==0.9.0
@@ -76,7 +74,7 @@ platformdirs==2.5.1
 pluggy==1.0.0
 pprintpp==0.4.0
 prompt-toolkit==3.0.30
-psycopg2-binary==2.9.3
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.11
 ptyprocess==0.7.0
 pure-eval==0.2.2
 py==1.11.0
@@ -90,7 +88,7 @@ pytest==7.1.1
 pytest-django==4.5.2
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 python-dotenv==0.20.0
-pytz==2022.1
+pytz==2024.2
 PyYAML==6.0.1
 redis==5.0.1
 requests==2.32.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c104497ab..83d7c96e4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ license_files =
     README.rst
 
 [options]
-python_requires = >=3.9
+python_requires = >=3.12
 
 packages=find:
 include_package_data = true
 zip_safe = false
 
 install_requires =
-    Django>=4.2.0,<=5.0
+    Django>=5.2.11,<=6.0
     psycopg2-binary>=2.8.6
     djangorestframework>=3.15.0
     django-extensions>=3.2.3
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ install_requires =
     toml>=0.10.2
     lxml>=4.6.4
     defusedxml>=0.7.1
-    Markdown>=3.3.0
-    dateparser>=1.1.1
+    Markdown>=3.5.0
+    dateparser>=1.3.0
     cvss>=2.4
     cwe2>=3.0.0
 
diff --git a/vulnerabilities/management/commands/export.py b/vulnerabilities/management/commands/export.py
index 36323b04b..17ef4d99f 100644
--- a/vulnerabilities/management/commands/export.py
+++ b/vulnerabilities/management/commands/export.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def packages_by_type_ns_name():
             "fixing_vulnerabilities__weaknesses",
             "fixing_vulnerabilities__severities",
         )
-        .iterator()
+        .iterator(chunk_size=1000)
     )
 
     for tp_ns_name, packages in groupby(qs, key=by_purl_type_ns_name):