diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.bots b/docker/Dockerfile.bots
index fc2ec693c..a989a105c 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.bots
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.bots
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.7-alpine3.14 AS build_shared
+FROM python:3.12-alpine3.18 AS build_shared
 
 WORKDIR /build_shared/
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ RUN python -m build
 
 
 
-FROM python:3.7-alpine3.14 AS production
+FROM python:3.12-alpine3.18 AS production
 
 WORKDIR /app/
 
diff --git a/src/bots/managers/auth_manager.py b/src/bots/managers/auth_manager.py
index c7d94a288..24b59d938 100644
--- a/src/bots/managers/auth_manager.py
+++ b/src/bots/managers/auth_manager.py
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
+"""Authorization manager for the API.
+
+Returns:
+    wrapper: Wrapper function for the API endpoints.
+"""
 from functools import wraps
 from flask import request
 import os
 import ssl
 
-api_key = os.getenv('API_KEY')
+api_key = os.getenv("API_KEY")
 
-if os.getenv('SSL_VERIFICATION') == "False":
+if os.getenv("SSL_VERIFICATION") == "False":
     try:
         _create_unverified_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context
     except AttributeError:
@@ -15,11 +20,18 @@
 
 
 def api_key_required(fn):
+    """Check for API key in the request header.
+
+    Arguments:
+        fn -- The function to be decorated.
+    Returns:
+        wrapper: Wrapper function for the API endpoints.
+    """
+
     @wraps(fn)
     def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-
-        if not request.headers.has_key('Authorization') or request.headers['Authorization'] != ('Bearer ' + api_key):
-            return {'error': 'not authorized'}, 401
+        if "Authorization" not in request.headers.keys() or request.headers["Authorization"] != ("Bearer " + api_key):
+            return {"error": "not authorized"}, 401
         else:
             return fn(*args, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/src/bots/requirements.txt b/src/bots/requirements.txt
index 4139b7a7e..bc21d0327 100644
--- a/src/bots/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/bots/requirements.txt
@@ -1,26 +1,13 @@
-certifi==2019.11.28
-Flask==1.1.4
-Flask-Cors==3.0.10
-Flask-RESTful==0.3.7
-gevent==21.8.0
-greenlet==1.1.1
-gunicorn==20.0.4
-idna==2.8
-marshmallow==3.18.0
+Flask==3.0.0
+Flask-Cors==4.0.0
+Flask-RESTful==0.3.10
+gevent==23.9.1
+gunicorn==21.2.0
+marshmallow==3.20.1
 marshmallow-enum==1.5.1
-Jinja2==2.11.3
-MarkupSafe==1.1.0
-oauthlib==3.1.0
+oauthlib==3.2.2
 PySocks==1.7.1
-python-dateutil==2.8.1
-python-dotenv==0.10.5
-pytz==2019.3
-requests==2.26.0
-requests-oauthlib==1.3.0
-schedule==0.6.0
-six==1.14.0
-sseclient-py==1.7
-tweepy==3.8.0
-urllib3==1.26.7
-Werkzeug==0.16.0
-zipp==3.1.0
+python-dotenv==1.0.0
+requests==2.31.0
+schedule==1.2.1
+sseclient-py==1.8.0