diff --git a/enforcer/Dockerfile b/enforcer/Dockerfile
index a57c4c04..5b3317e4 100644
--- a/enforcer/Dockerfile
+++ b/enforcer/Dockerfile
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ COPY ./resources/ resources/
 COPY ./requirements.txt requirements.txt
 
 
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip
-# Install the project dependencies
-RUN python -m ensurepip --upgrade
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir "pip>=25.3" \
+    && rm -rf /usr/local/lib/python3.12/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-*.whl
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 CMD ["python", "enforcer_main.py"]
diff --git a/enforcer/requirements.txt b/enforcer/requirements.txt
index c6c5d897..75e1cbf7 100644
--- a/enforcer/requirements.txt
+++ b/enforcer/requirements.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ cachetools==5.3.3
 prometheus-client==0.20.0
 kubernetes==26.1.0
 pyasn1>=0.6.2
-urllib3==2.6.2
+urllib3==2.6.3