diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 74cb806..aab83db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1263,6 +1263,8 @@ test framework. Test cases are defined in files within `tests/` and are automati
 
 Tests are automatically ran on each commit through [Continuous Integration](#continuous-integration).
 
+It may be necesssary to create a test database in the app-db container called `app_test`
+
 To run tests manually:
 
 ```shell
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3b46e2f..34f0d59 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ text-unidecode==1.2
 ulid-py==0.0.9
 unittest-xml-reporting==2.5.1
 urllib3==1.25.3
-waitress==1.3.0
+waitress==1.4.3
 Werkzeug==0.15.6