diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.github_repository_name}}/Dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.github_repository_name}}/Dockerfile
index 0c424b7a..0af348b8 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.github_repository_name}}/Dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.github_repository_name}}/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.12-slim as base
+FROM python:3.12.4-slim as base
 FROM base as builder
 
 # Allows docker to cache installed dependencies between builds
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.github_repository_name}}/requirements.txt b/{{cookiecutter.github_repository_name}}/requirements.txt
index bfa98dfb..7dbaaa02 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.github_repository_name}}/requirements.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.github_repository_name}}/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Django==5.1.3
 django-configurations==2.5.1
 gunicorn==23.0.0
 newrelic==10.3.0
+setuptools==75.6.0
 
 # For the persistence stores
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.10