diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 678f66e..596ff4a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ __pycache__
 venv
 .venv
 testing-venv
+myenv
 
 # Ignore installed dependencies
 dist
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 95499b0..b09e856 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [2.7.3] - 2024-09-13
+- Update dependencies
+  - `PyYAML` 5.4.1 ([#154](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-control-tower-customizations/issues/154), [#169](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-control-tower-customizations/issues/169))
+  - `Jinja2` 3.1.4 ([#169](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-control-tower-customizations/issues/169))
+  - `requests` 2.32.2
+
+## [2.7.2] - 2024-07-18
+- Add support for AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Hyderabad, Jakarta, and Osaka), Israel (Tel Aviv), Middle East (UAE), 
+  and AWS GovCloud (US-East). Customers with these Regions as their AWS Control Tower home Region can now deploy 
+  account customizations using the CfCT framework.
+- Enable lifecycle configuration, enable access logging and add versioning on S3 buckets 
+- Enhance security and robustness through improved handling of file paths and highly compressed data 
+- Upgrade botocore to version 1.31.17 and boto3 to version 1.28.17
+
 ## [2.7.1] - 2024-05-30
 * Update dependencies & runtimes ([#186]((https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-control-tower-customizations/issues/186)), [#193]((https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-control-tower-customizations/issues/193)))
   * Building the solution from source now requires Python 3.11 or higher
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 82de7e1..c9c156a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v2.7.2
+v2.7.3
diff --git a/customizations-for-aws-control-tower.template b/customizations-for-aws-control-tower.template
index 677be5a..9098577 100644
--- a/customizations-for-aws-control-tower.template
+++ b/customizations-for-aws-control-tower.template
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # permissions and limitations under the License.
 
 AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
-Description: '(SO0089) - customizations-for-aws-control-tower Solution. Version: v2.7.2'
+Description: '(SO0089) - customizations-for-aws-control-tower Solution. Version: v2.7.3'
 
 Parameters:
   PipelineApprovalStage:
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ Resources:
         BranchName: !Ref CodeCommitBranchName
         S3:
           Bucket: !Sub control-tower-cfct-assets-prod-${AWS::Region}
-          Key: !Sub customizations-for-aws-control-tower/v2.7.2/custom-control-tower-configuration-${AWS::Region}.zip
+          Key: !Sub customizations-for-aws-control-tower/v2.7.3/custom-control-tower-configuration-${AWS::Region}.zip
 
  # SSM Parameter to store the git repository name
   CustomControlTowerRepoNameParameter:
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ Resources:
             - {KMSKeyName: !FindInMap [KMS, Alias, Name]}
           Source:
               Type: CODEPIPELINE
-              BuildSpec: "version: 0.2\nphases:\n  install:\n    runtime-versions:\n      python: 3.11\n      ruby: 3.3\n    commands:\n      - export current=$(pwd)\n      - if [ -f manifest.yaml ];then export current=$(pwd);else if [ -f custom-control-tower-configuration/manifest.yaml ]; then export current=$(pwd)/custom-control-tower-configuration;	else echo 'manifest.yaml does not exist at the root level of custom-control-tower-configuration.zip or inside custom-control-tower-configuration folder, please check the ZIP file'; exit 1;	fi; fi;\n      - apt-get -q update 1> /dev/null\n      - apt-get -q install zip wget python3-pip libyaml-dev -y 1>/dev/null\n      - export LC_ALL='en_US.UTF-8'\n      - locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8\n      - dpkg-reconfigure locales --frontend noninteractive\n  pre_build:\n    commands:\n      - cd $current\n      - echo 'Download CustomControlTower Scripts'\n      - aws s3 cp --quiet s3://control-tower-cfct-assets-prod-${AWS_REGION}/customizations-for-aws-control-tower/v2.7.2/custom-control-tower-scripts.zip $current\n      - unzip -q -o $current/custom-control-tower-scripts.zip -d $current\n      - cp codebuild_scripts/* .\n      - bash install_stage_dependencies.sh $STAGE_NAME\n  build:\n    commands:\n      - echo 'Starting build $(date) in $(pwd)'\n      - echo 'bash execute_stage_scripts.sh $STAGE_NAME $LOG_LEVEL $WAIT_TIME $SM_ARN $ARTIFACT_BUCKET $KMS_KEY_ALIAS_NAME $BOOL_VALUES $NONE_TYPE_VALUES'\n      - bash execute_stage_scripts.sh $STAGE_NAME $LOG_LEVEL $WAIT_TIME $SM_ARN $ARTIFACT_BUCKET $KMS_KEY_ALIAS_NAME $BOOL_VALUES $NONE_TYPE_VALUES \n      - echo 'Running build scripts completed $(date)'\n  post_build:\n    commands:\n      - echo 'Starting post build $(date) in $(pwd)'\n      - echo 'build completed on $(date)'\n\nartifacts:\n  files:\n      - '**/*'\n\n"
+              BuildSpec: "version: 0.2\nphases:\n  install:\n    runtime-versions:\n      python: 3.11\n      ruby: 3.3\n    commands:\n      - export current=$(pwd)\n      - if [ -f manifest.yaml ];then export current=$(pwd);else if [ -f custom-control-tower-configuration/manifest.yaml ]; then export current=$(pwd)/custom-control-tower-configuration;	else echo 'manifest.yaml does not exist at the root level of custom-control-tower-configuration.zip or inside custom-control-tower-configuration folder, please check the ZIP file'; exit 1;	fi; fi;\n      - apt-get -q update 1> /dev/null\n      - apt-get -q install zip wget python3-pip libyaml-dev -y 1>/dev/null\n      - export LC_ALL='en_US.UTF-8'\n      - locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8\n      - dpkg-reconfigure locales --frontend noninteractive\n  pre_build:\n    commands:\n      - cd $current\n      - echo 'Download CustomControlTower Scripts'\n      - aws s3 cp --quiet s3://control-tower-cfct-assets-prod-${AWS_REGION}/customizations-for-aws-control-tower/v2.7.3/custom-control-tower-scripts.zip $current\n      - unzip -q -o $current/custom-control-tower-scripts.zip -d $current\n      - cp codebuild_scripts/* .\n      - bash install_stage_dependencies.sh $STAGE_NAME\n  build:\n    commands:\n      - echo 'Starting build $(date) in $(pwd)'\n      - echo 'bash execute_stage_scripts.sh $STAGE_NAME $LOG_LEVEL $WAIT_TIME $SM_ARN $ARTIFACT_BUCKET $KMS_KEY_ALIAS_NAME $BOOL_VALUES $NONE_TYPE_VALUES'\n      - bash execute_stage_scripts.sh $STAGE_NAME $LOG_LEVEL $WAIT_TIME $SM_ARN $ARTIFACT_BUCKET $KMS_KEY_ALIAS_NAME $BOOL_VALUES $NONE_TYPE_VALUES \n      - echo 'Running build scripts completed $(date)'\n  post_build:\n    commands:\n      - echo 'Starting post build $(date) in $(pwd)'\n      - echo 'build completed on $(date)'\n\nartifacts:\n  files:\n      - '**/*'\n\n"
           Environment:
               ComputeType: BUILD_GENERAL1_SMALL
               Image: "aws/codebuild/standard:7.0"
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ Resources:
                   - Name: SOLUTION_ID
                     Value: !FindInMap [ Solution, Metrics, SolutionID ]
                   - Name: SOLUTION_VERSION
-                    Value: v2.7.2
+                    Value: v2.7.3
                   - Name: AWS_STS_REGIONAL_ENDPOINTS
                     Value: "regional"
           Artifacts:
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ Resources:
             - {KMSKeyName: !FindInMap [KMS, Alias, Name]}
           Source:
               Type: CODEPIPELINE
-              BuildSpec: "version: 0.2\nphases:\n  install:\n    runtime-versions:\n      python: 3.11\n      ruby: 3.3\n    commands:\n      - export current=$(pwd)\n      - if [ -f manifest.yaml ];then export current=$(pwd);else if [ -f custom-control-tower-configuration/manifest.yaml ]; then export current=$(pwd)/custom-control-tower-configuration;	else echo 'manifest.yaml does not exist at the root level of custom-control-tower-configuration.zip or inside custom-control-tower-configuration folder, please check the ZIP file'; exit 1;	fi; fi;\n      - apt-get -q update 1> /dev/null\n      - apt-get -q install zip wget python3-pip libyaml-dev -y 1> /dev/null \n  pre_build:\n    commands:\n      - cd $current\n      - echo 'Download CustomControlTower Scripts'\n      - aws s3 cp --quiet s3://control-tower-cfct-assets-prod-${AWS_REGION}/customizations-for-aws-control-tower/v2.7.2/custom-control-tower-scripts.zip $current\n      - unzip -q -o $current/custom-control-tower-scripts.zip -d $current\n      - cp codebuild_scripts/* .\n      - bash install_stage_dependencies.sh $STAGE_NAME\n  build:\n    commands:\n      - echo 'Starting build $(date) in $(pwd)'\n      - echo 'bash execute_stage_scripts.sh $STAGE_NAME $LOG_LEVEL $WAIT_TIME $SM_ARN $ARTIFACT_BUCKET $KMS_KEY_ALIAS_NAME $BOOL_VALUES $NONE_TYPE_VALUES'\n      - bash execute_stage_scripts.sh $STAGE_NAME $LOG_LEVEL $WAIT_TIME $SM_ARN $ARTIFACT_BUCKET $KMS_KEY_ALIAS_NAME $BOOL_VALUES $NONE_TYPE_VALUES\n      - echo 'Running build scripts completed $(date)'\n  post_build:\n    commands:\n      - echo 'Starting post build $(date) in $(pwd)'\n      - echo 'build completed on $(date)'\n\nartifacts:\n  files:\n      - '**/*'\n"
+              BuildSpec: "version: 0.2\nphases:\n  install:\n    runtime-versions:\n      python: 3.11\n      ruby: 3.3\n    commands:\n      - export current=$(pwd)\n      - if [ -f manifest.yaml ];then export current=$(pwd);else if [ -f custom-control-tower-configuration/manifest.yaml ]; then export current=$(pwd)/custom-control-tower-configuration;	else echo 'manifest.yaml does not exist at the root level of custom-control-tower-configuration.zip or inside custom-control-tower-configuration folder, please check the ZIP file'; exit 1;	fi; fi;\n      - apt-get -q update 1> /dev/null\n      - apt-get -q install zip wget python3-pip libyaml-dev -y 1> /dev/null \n  pre_build:\n    commands:\n      - cd $current\n      - echo 'Download CustomControlTower Scripts'\n      - aws s3 cp --quiet s3://control-tower-cfct-assets-prod-${AWS_REGION}/customizations-for-aws-control-tower/v2.7.3/custom-control-tower-scripts.zip $current\n      - unzip -q -o $current/custom-control-tower-scripts.zip -d $current\n      - cp codebuild_scripts/* .\n      - bash install_stage_dependencies.sh $STAGE_NAME\n  build:\n    commands:\n      - echo 'Starting build $(date) in $(pwd)'\n      - echo 'bash execute_stage_scripts.sh $STAGE_NAME $LOG_LEVEL $WAIT_TIME $SM_ARN $ARTIFACT_BUCKET $KMS_KEY_ALIAS_NAME $BOOL_VALUES $NONE_TYPE_VALUES'\n      - bash execute_stage_scripts.sh $STAGE_NAME $LOG_LEVEL $WAIT_TIME $SM_ARN $ARTIFACT_BUCKET $KMS_KEY_ALIAS_NAME $BOOL_VALUES $NONE_TYPE_VALUES\n      - echo 'Running build scripts completed $(date)'\n  post_build:\n    commands:\n      - echo 'Starting post build $(date) in $(pwd)'\n      - echo 'build completed on $(date)'\n\nartifacts:\n  files:\n      - '**/*'\n"
           Environment:
               ComputeType: BUILD_GENERAL1_SMALL
               Image: "aws/codebuild/standard:7.0"
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ Resources:
                   - Name: SOLUTION_ID
                     Value: !FindInMap [ Solution, Metrics, SolutionID ]
                   - Name: SOLUTION_VERSION
-                    Value: v2.7.2
+                    Value: v2.7.3
                   - Name: AWS_STS_REGIONAL_ENDPOINTS
                     Value: "regional"
           Artifacts:
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ Resources:
             - {KMSKeyName: !FindInMap [KMS, Alias, Name]}
           Source:
               Type: CODEPIPELINE
-              BuildSpec: "version: 0.2\nphases:\n  install:\n    runtime-versions:\n      python: 3.11\n      ruby: 3.3\n    commands:\n      - export current=$(pwd)\n      - if [ -f manifest.yaml ];then export current=$(pwd);else if [ -f custom-control-tower-configuration/manifest.yaml ]; then export current=$(pwd)/custom-control-tower-configuration;	else echo 'manifest.yaml does not exist at the root level of custom-control-tower-configuration.zip or inside custom-control-tower-configuration folder, please check the ZIP file'; exit 1;	fi; fi;\n      - apt-get -q update 1> /dev/null\n      - apt-get -q install zip wget python3-pip libyaml-dev -y 1> /dev/null\n  pre_build:\n    commands:\n      - cd $current\n      - echo 'Download CustomControlTower Scripts'\n      - aws s3 cp --quiet s3://control-tower-cfct-assets-prod-${AWS_REGION}/customizations-for-aws-control-tower/v2.7.2/custom-control-tower-scripts.zip $current\n      - unzip -q -o $current/custom-control-tower-scripts.zip -d $current\n      - cp codebuild_scripts/* .\n      - bash install_stage_dependencies.sh $STAGE_NAME\n  build:\n    commands:\n      - echo 'Starting build $(date) in $(pwd)'\n      - echo 'bash execute_stage_scripts.sh $STAGE_NAME $LOG_LEVEL $WAIT_TIME $SM_ARN $ARTIFACT_BUCKET $KMS_KEY_ALIAS_NAME $BOOL_VALUES $NONE_TYPE_VALUES'\n      - bash execute_stage_scripts.sh $STAGE_NAME $LOG_LEVEL $WAIT_TIME $SM_ARN $ARTIFACT_BUCKET $KMS_KEY_ALIAS_NAME $BOOL_VALUES $NONE_TYPE_VALUES\n      - echo 'Running build scripts completed $(date)'\n  post_build:\n    commands:\n      - echo 'Starting post build $(date) in $(pwd)'\n      - echo 'build completed on $(date)'\n\nartifacts:\n  files:\n      - '**/*'\n"
+              BuildSpec: "version: 0.2\nphases:\n  install:\n    runtime-versions:\n      python: 3.11\n      ruby: 3.3\n    commands:\n      - export current=$(pwd)\n      - if [ -f manifest.yaml ];then export current=$(pwd);else if [ -f custom-control-tower-configuration/manifest.yaml ]; then export current=$(pwd)/custom-control-tower-configuration;	else echo 'manifest.yaml does not exist at the root level of custom-control-tower-configuration.zip or inside custom-control-tower-configuration folder, please check the ZIP file'; exit 1;	fi; fi;\n      - apt-get -q update 1> /dev/null\n      - apt-get -q install zip wget python3-pip libyaml-dev -y 1> /dev/null\n  pre_build:\n    commands:\n      - cd $current\n      - echo 'Download CustomControlTower Scripts'\n      - aws s3 cp --quiet s3://control-tower-cfct-assets-prod-${AWS_REGION}/customizations-for-aws-control-tower/v2.7.3/custom-control-tower-scripts.zip $current\n      - unzip -q -o $current/custom-control-tower-scripts.zip -d $current\n      - cp codebuild_scripts/* .\n      - bash install_stage_dependencies.sh $STAGE_NAME\n  build:\n    commands:\n      - echo 'Starting build $(date) in $(pwd)'\n      - echo 'bash execute_stage_scripts.sh $STAGE_NAME $LOG_LEVEL $WAIT_TIME $SM_ARN $ARTIFACT_BUCKET $KMS_KEY_ALIAS_NAME $BOOL_VALUES $NONE_TYPE_VALUES'\n      - bash execute_stage_scripts.sh $STAGE_NAME $LOG_LEVEL $WAIT_TIME $SM_ARN $ARTIFACT_BUCKET $KMS_KEY_ALIAS_NAME $BOOL_VALUES $NONE_TYPE_VALUES\n      - echo 'Running build scripts completed $(date)'\n  post_build:\n    commands:\n      - echo 'Starting post build $(date) in $(pwd)'\n      - echo 'build completed on $(date)'\n\nartifacts:\n  files:\n      - '**/*'\n"
           Environment:
               ComputeType: BUILD_GENERAL1_SMALL
               Image: "aws/codebuild/standard:7.0"
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ Resources:
                   - Name: SOLUTION_ID
                     Value: !FindInMap [Solution, Metrics, SolutionID]
                   - Name: SOLUTION_VERSION
-                    Value: v2.7.2
+                    Value: v2.7.3
                   - Name: METRICS_URL
                     Value: !FindInMap [Solution, Metrics, MetricsURL]
                   - Name: CONTROL_TOWER_BASELINE_CONFIG_STACKSET
@@ -1066,10 +1066,10 @@ Resources:
         Variables:
           LOG_LEVEL: !FindInMap [LambdaFunction, Logging, Level]
           SOLUTION_ID: !FindInMap [Solution, Metrics, SolutionID]
-          SOLUTION_VERSION: v2.7.2
+          SOLUTION_VERSION: v2.7.3
       Code:
         S3Bucket: !Sub "control-tower-cfct-assets-prod-${AWS::Region}"
-        S3Key: customizations-for-aws-control-tower/v2.7.2/custom-control-tower-config-deployer.zip
+        S3Key: customizations-for-aws-control-tower/v2.7.3/custom-control-tower-config-deployer.zip
       FunctionName: CustomControlTowerDeploymentLambda
       Description: Custom Control Tower Deployment Lambda
       Handler: config_deployer.lambda_handler
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ Resources:
         DestinationBucketName: !Ref CustomControlTowerPipelineS3Bucket
         DestinationS3Key: !If [IsBuildCustomControlTowerCondition, !FindInMap [BucketConfiguration, CustomControlTowerPipelineS3TriggerKey, Name], !FindInMap [BucketConfiguration, CustomControlTowerPipelineS3NonTriggerKey, Name]]
         SourceBucketName: !Sub control-tower-cfct-assets-prod-${AWS::Region}
-        SourceS3Key: customizations-for-aws-control-tower/v2.7.2/custom-control-tower-configuration.zip
+        SourceS3Key: customizations-for-aws-control-tower/v2.7.3/custom-control-tower-configuration.zip
       KMSConfig:
         KMSKeyAlias: !Sub
           - alias/${KMSKeyName}
@@ -1336,14 +1336,14 @@ Resources:
           ADMINISTRATION_ROLE_ARN: !Sub arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/service-role/AWSControlTowerStackSetRole
           EXECUTION_ROLE_NAME: !FindInMap [AWSControlTower, ExecutionRole, Name]
           SOLUTION_ID: !FindInMap [Solution, Metrics, SolutionID]
-          SOLUTION_VERSION: v2.7.2
+          SOLUTION_VERSION: v2.7.3
           METRICS_URL: !FindInMap [Solution, Metrics, MetricsURL]
           MAX_CONCURRENT_PERCENT: !Ref MaxConcurrentPercentage
           FAILED_TOLERANCE_PERCENT: !Ref FailureTolerancePercentage
           REGION_CONCURRENCY_TYPE: !Ref RegionConcurrencyType
       Code:
         S3Bucket: !Sub "control-tower-cfct-assets-prod-${AWS::Region}"
-        S3Key: customizations-for-aws-control-tower/v2.7.2/custom-control-tower-state-machine.zip
+        S3Key: customizations-for-aws-control-tower/v2.7.3/custom-control-tower-state-machine.zip
       FunctionName: CustomControlTowerStateMachineLambda
       Description: Custom Control Tower State Machine Handler
       Handler: state_machine_router.lambda_handler
@@ -2935,10 +2935,10 @@ Resources:
           LOG_LEVEL: !FindInMap [LambdaFunction, Logging, Level]
           CODE_PIPELINE_NAME: !Ref CustomControlTowerCodePipeline
           SOLUTION_ID: !FindInMap [ Solution, Metrics, SolutionID ]
-          SOLUTION_VERSION: v2.7.2
+          SOLUTION_VERSION: v2.7.3
       Code:
         S3Bucket: !Sub "control-tower-cfct-assets-prod-${AWS::Region}"
-        S3Key: customizations-for-aws-control-tower/v2.7.2/custom-control-tower-lifecycle-event-handler.zip
+        S3Key: customizations-for-aws-control-tower/v2.7.3/custom-control-tower-lifecycle-event-handler.zip
       Description: Custom Control Tower Lifecyle event Lambda to handle lifecycle events
       Handler: lifecycle_event_handler.lambda_handler
       MemorySize: 512
@@ -3245,6 +3245,6 @@ Outputs:
     Value: !Ref CustomControlTowerPipelineS3Bucket
   CustomControlTowerSolutionVersion:
     Description: Version Number
-    Value: "v2.7.2"
+    Value: "v2.7.3"
     Export:
       Name: Custom-Control-Tower-Version
diff --git a/deployment/build-s3-dist.sh b/deployment/build-s3-dist.sh
index adac0b5..ec21de7 100644
--- a/deployment/build-s3-dist.sh
+++ b/deployment/build-s3-dist.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ fi
  echo "mkdir -p $build_dist_dir"
  mkdir -p "$build_dist_dir"
 
+# Upgrade setuptools, wheel
+# Install cython<3.0.0 and pyyaml 5.4.1 with build isolation
+# Ref: https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/724
+pip3 install --upgrade setuptools wheel
+pip3 install 'cython<3.0.0' && pip3 install --no-build-isolation pyyaml==5.4.1
+
 # Create zip file for AWS Lambda functions
 echo -e "\n Creating all lambda functions for Custom Control Tower Solution"
 python3 deployment/lambda_build.py state_machine_lambda deployment_lambda build_scripts lifecycle_event_handler state_machine_trigger
diff --git a/deployment/lambda_build.py b/deployment/lambda_build.py
index bae0dca..a95ec61 100644
--- a/deployment/lambda_build.py
+++ b/deployment/lambda_build.py
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ def install_dependencies(
         ["pip", "install", "--quiet", lib_path, "--target", dist_folder], check=True
     )
 
+    # Capture all installed package versions into requirements.txt
+    requirements_path = os.path.join(dist_folder, "requirements.txt")
+    subprocess.run(
+        ["pip", "freeze", "--path", dist_folder],
+        check=True,
+        stdout=open(requirements_path, "w")
+    )
+
     # Include lambda handlers in distributables
     for file in glob.glob(f"{handlers_path}/*.py"):
         shutil.copy(src=file, dst=dist_folder)
diff --git a/deployment/run-unit-tests.sh b/deployment/run-unit-tests.sh
index c832430..accefdf 100644
--- a/deployment/run-unit-tests.sh
+++ b/deployment/run-unit-tests.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ echo "Python version: `python3 --version`"
 echo "Installing pip"
 pip3 install --quiet -U pip
 echo "Installing CFCT library"
-pip3 install --quiet "./source/src[test, dev]"
+# Upgrade setuptools, wheel
+# Install cython<3.0.0 and pyyaml 5.4.1 with build isolation
+# Ref: https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/724
+pip3 install --upgrade setuptools wheel
+pip3 install 'cython<3.0.0' && pip3 install --no-build-isolation pyyaml==5.4.1
+pip3 install "./source/src[test, dev]"
 echo "Running tests..."
 python3 -m pytest -m unit
 
diff --git a/source/codebuild_scripts/install_stage_dependencies.sh b/source/codebuild_scripts/install_stage_dependencies.sh
index 9676b02..03c9415 100644
--- a/source/codebuild_scripts/install_stage_dependencies.sh
+++ b/source/codebuild_scripts/install_stage_dependencies.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ install_common_pip_packages () {
     # install pip packages
     pip install --quiet --upgrade pip==21.0.1
     pip install --quiet --upgrade setuptools
+    pip install --quiet --upgrade wheel
     pip install --quiet --upgrade virtualenv==20.4.2
-    pip install --quiet --upgrade PyYAML==5.3.1
+    pip install --quiet "cython<3.0.0" && pip install --quiet --no-build-isolation pyyaml==5.4.1
     pip install --quiet --upgrade yorm==1.6.2
     pip install --quiet --upgrade jinja2==2.11.3
     pip install --quiet --upgrade requests==2.25.1
diff --git a/source/src/pyproject.toml b/source/src/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b533dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/src/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=70.0.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/source/src/setup.py b/source/src/setup.py
index 47f2814..605ff34 100644
--- a/source/src/setup.py
+++ b/source/src/setup.py
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
     python_requires=">=3.11",
     install_requires=[
         "yorm==1.6.2",
-        "PyYAML==5.3.1",
-        "Jinja2==2.11.3",
+        "pyyaml>=5.4.1",
+        "Jinja2==3.1.4",
         "MarkupSafe==2.0.1",  # https://github.com/pallets/jinja/issues/1585
-        "requests==2.25.1",
+        "requests==2.32.2",
         "markdown_to_json==1.0.0",
         "python-dateutil==2.8.1",
         "boto3==1.28.17",
@@ -59,5 +59,5 @@
             "setuptools",
             "virtualenv",
         ],
-    },
+    }
 )