diff --git a/maintenance/Dockerfile b/maintenance/Dockerfile
index aa1a69b7..5d667697 100644
--- a/maintenance/Dockerfile
+++ b/maintenance/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-FROM docker.io/library/python:3.11-slim-bookworm
+FROM docker.io/library/python:3.12-slim-bookworm
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source https://github.com/kiwix/container-images
 
 # debian-slim based python container with libzim
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -y \
         vim \
         cron \
         libmagic1 \
+        libcairo2 \
         curl \
         openssh-server \
     && apt-get clean \
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ ENV LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8
 VOLUME /data
 
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -U \
-        "zimscraperlib==3.1.1" "unidecode==1.3.7" "mwclient==0.10.1" "humanfriendly==10.0" \
-        "pyyaml==6.0.1" "pycountry==22.3.5" "jinja2==3.1.2" && \
+        "zimscraperlib==4.0.0" "unidecode==1.3.8" "mwclient==0.11.0" "humanfriendly==10.0" \
+        "pyyaml==6.0.2" "pycountry==24.6.1" "jinja2==3.1.4" "pydantic==2.8.2" && \
     printf "#!/bin/bash\n\n\
 set -e\n\
 \