diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c85e1f8..0bb053c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Pull python base image
-FROM python:3.7.4-slim
+FROM python:3.10-slim
 
 # install the requirements from the requirements.txt file via git
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install libpq-dev gcc && apt-get install git -y --no-install-recommends
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4e7c4f6..062b476 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ django-q==1.3.4
 dj-database-url==0.5.0
 
 # API server
-gevent==22.10.2
+gevent==23.9.1
 gunicorn==20.1.0
 
 # Platform SDK
@@ -48,5 +48,4 @@ pytest-mock==3.8.2
 
 # Sendgrid for sending emails_selected
 sendgrid==6.9.7
-sentry-sdk==1.19.1
-gevent==22.10.2
\ No newline at end of file
+sentry-sdk==1.19.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 940837c..317df7a 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -107,15 +107,6 @@ def default_session_fixture(request):
     )
     patched_5.__enter__()
 
-    def unpatch():
-        patched_1.__exit__()
-        patched_2.__exit__()
-        patched_3.__exit__()
-        patched_4.__exit__()
-        patched_5.__exit__()
-
-    request.addfinalizer(unpatch)
-
 
 @pytest.fixture
 @pytest.mark.django_db(databases=['default'])