diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index ccabf8c..3b88df2 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.11-slim
+FROM python:3.12-slim
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 994ada6..f68cd88 100755
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# Security overrides - MUST be first to take precedence
-jaraco.context==6.1.0
-
 # Core Flask
 Flask==2.3.3
 Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.0.5