diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3768d80..f0c3977 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Multi-stage Dockerfile for allocator-bot
 # Build stage
-FROM ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim AS builder
+FROM ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.13-bookworm-slim AS builder
 ENV UV_COMPILE_BYTECODE=1 UV_LINK_MODE=copy
 ENV UV_PYTHON_DOWNLOADS=0
 
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ COPY . /app
 RUN uv sync --locked --no-dev
 
 # Runtime stage
-FROM python:3.12-slim-bookworm
+FROM python:3.13-slim-bookworm
+
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # Create non-root user
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6c702d8..6b357b7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "openbb-core>=1.4.8",
   "openbb-fmp>=1.3.5",
   "openbb-platform-api>=1.1.13",
+  "packaging>=26.0",
   "pandas>=2.2.3",
   "pyportfolioopt>=1.5.6",
   "sse-starlette>=2.1.3",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 22d6e73..e6f0a2f 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "openbb-core" },
     { name = "openbb-fmp" },
     { name = "openbb-platform-api" },
+    { name = "packaging" },
     { name = "pandas", version = "2.3.3", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
     { name = "pandas", version = "3.0.1", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
     { name = "pyportfolioopt" },
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "openbb-core", specifier = ">=1.4.8" },
     { name = "openbb-fmp", specifier = ">=1.3.5" },
     { name = "openbb-platform-api", specifier = ">=1.1.13" },
+    { name = "packaging", specifier = ">=26.0" },
     { name = "pandas", specifier = ">=2.2.3" },
     { name = "pandas-stubs", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=2.2.3.250527" },
     { name = "pyportfolioopt", specifier = ">=1.5.6" },