diff --git a/.github/requirements.txt b/.github/requirements.txt
index 936f27cc..663ab463 100644
--- a/.github/requirements.txt
+++ b/.github/requirements.txt
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
-blinker==1.8.2
+blinker==1.9.0
 cffi==1.17.1
-click==8.1.7
-colorlog==6.8.2
-coverage==7.6.2
-cryptography==43.0.1
-Flask==3.0.3
-gcovr==8.0
+click==8.1.8
+colorlog==6.9.0
+coverage==7.6.12
+cryptography==44.0.1
+Flask==3.1.0
+gcovr==8.3
 imutils==0.5.4
 itsdangerous==2.2.0
-Jinja2==3.1.4
-lxml==5.3.0
-MarkupSafe==3.0.1
+Jinja2==3.1.5
+lxml==5.3.1
+MarkupSafe==3.0.2
 numpy==1.26.4
 opencv-python-headless==4.9.0.80
 protobuf==4.24.2
 pycparser==2.22
-Pygments==2.18.0
+Pygments==2.19.1
 pyzmq==26.0.3
-scipy==1.14.1
+scipy==1.15.2
 sk-video==1.1.10
-Werkzeug==3.0.6
+Werkzeug==3.1.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/scripts/Dockerfile.checkin b/.github/scripts/Dockerfile.checkin
index dd508f04..b485056c 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/Dockerfile.checkin
+++ b/.github/scripts/Dockerfile.checkin
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade -y && \
     apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     echo "/usr/local/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/all-libs.conf && ldconfig && \
     python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir "numpy>=${NUMPY_MIN_VERSION},<2.0.0" "protobuf==4.${PROTOBUF_VERSION}" \
-        "coverage>=7.3.1" "cryptography>=42.0.7"
+        "coverage>=7.3.1" "cryptography>=44.0.1"
 
 # COVERAGE TESTING
 WORKDIR /vdms
diff --git a/.github/scripts/setup_vdms.sh b/.github/scripts/setup_vdms.sh
index c7886f6b..c3f7eccb 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/setup_vdms.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/setup_vdms.sh
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ make install
 
 # INSTALL PYTHON PACKAGES
 python -m pip install --no-cache-dir "numpy>=${NUMPY_MIN_VERSION},<2.0.0" "coverage>=7.3.1" \
-    "protobuf==4.${PROTOBUF_VERSION}" "cryptography>=42.0.7"
+    "protobuf==4.${PROTOBUF_VERSION}" "cryptography>=44.0.1"
 
 
 # INSTALL VALIJSON
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 4e2bcd8b..aed88745 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ alias python3=/usr/bin/python3.x
 Now that python is setup, now install Numpy and also install the coverage and cryptography packages if interested in running the Python unit tests.
 ```bash
 python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir "numpy>=1.26.0" "coverage>=7.3.1" "cryptography>=42.0.7"
+python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir "numpy>=1.26.0" "coverage>=7.3.1" "cryptography>=44.0.1"
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/docker/base/Dockerfile b/docker/base/Dockerfile
index aa83577d..b65174ed 100644
--- a/docker/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/base/Dockerfile
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade -y && \
     apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     echo "/usr/local/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/all-libs.conf && ldconfig && \
     python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir "numpy>=${NUMPY_MIN_VERSION},<2.0.0" "protobuf==4.${PROTOBUF_VERSION}" \
-        "coverage>=7.3.1" "cryptography>=42.0.7"
+        "coverage>=7.3.1" "cryptography>=44.0.1"
 
 # VDMS
 WORKDIR /vdms
diff --git a/tests/tls_test/prep_certs.py b/tests/tls_test/prep_certs.py
index e5ec5e88..9cf60d7e 100644
--- a/tests/tls_test/prep_certs.py
+++ b/tests/tls_test/prep_certs.py
@@ -33,16 +33,18 @@ def generate_ca_certificate(subject_name, private_key):
         ]
     )
 
+    current_time = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc).replace(tzinfo=None)
+
     certificate = (
         x509.CertificateBuilder()
         .subject_name(subject)
         .issuer_name(issuer)
         .public_key(private_key.public_key())
         .serial_number(x509.random_serial_number())
-        .not_valid_before(datetime.datetime.utcnow())
+        .not_valid_before(current_time)
         .not_valid_after(
             # Our certificate will be valid for 10 days
-            datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+            current_time
             + datetime.timedelta(days=10)
         )
         .add_extension(
@@ -70,16 +72,18 @@ def generate_signed_certificate(
 
     issuer = issuer_certificate.subject
 
+    current_time = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc).replace(tzinfo=None)
+
     certificate = (
         x509.CertificateBuilder()
         .subject_name(subject)
         .issuer_name(issuer)
         .public_key(subject_private_key.public_key())
         .serial_number(x509.random_serial_number())
-        .not_valid_before(datetime.datetime.utcnow())
+        .not_valid_before(current_time)
         .not_valid_after(
             # Our certificate will be valid for 10 days
-            datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+            current_time
             + datetime.timedelta(days=10)
         )
         .add_extension(