diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 266b155..14a8c37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ name: build-and-deployment
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - feature/66-fixes-for-the-upgarded-packages
+      - develop
       - main
 
 jobs:
   # build and test jobs will be added later one we have unit tests in place
   deploy-staging:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/feature/66-fixes-for-the-upgarded-packages'
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop'
     steps:
     - uses: 'actions/checkout@v3'
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 386aa9b..23ce379 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 certifi==2020.12.5
 chardet==4.0.0
 click==8.1.3
-Flask==2.3.3
+Flask==3.0.0
 requests==2.25.1
 python-dotenv==0.15.0
 Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.1.1
+functions-framework==3.5.0
 greenlet==3.0.3
 idna==2.10
 itsdangerous==2.1.2
@@ -16,5 +17,5 @@ requests==2.25.1
 SQLAlchemy==2.0.23
 urllib3==1.26.3
 Werkzeug==3.0.0
-watchdog==1.0.1
+watchdog==3.0.0
 google-cloud-logging==3.5.0