diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd28b9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.9
diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f09212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+web: uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port ${PORT:-8080}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b8b0cda..0c1fa37 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-aiohttp==3.8.3
+aiohttp==3.8.5
 aiosignal==1.3.1
 anyio==3.6.2
 appdirs==1.4.4
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ attrs==22.2.0
 beautifulsoup4==4.11.1
 Bottleneck==1.3.5
 brotlipy==0.7.0
-certifi==2022.12.7
+certifi==2023.7.22
 cffi==1.15.1
 charset-normalizer==2.1.1
 click==8.1.3
 colorama==0.4.6
 contourpy==1.0.5
-cryptography==41.0.0
+cryptography==40.0.2  # Compatible with pyopenssl
 cycler==0.11.0
 docker-pycreds==0.4.0
 et-xmlfile==1.1.0
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fastapi==0.95.0
 fonttools==4.25.0
 frozenlist==1.3.3
 gitdb==4.0.10
-GitPython==3.1.31
+GitPython==3.1.32
 h11==0.12.0
 idna==3.4
 joblib==1.2.0
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ matplotlib==3.7.1
 multidict==6.0.2
 munkres==1.1.4
 numexpr==2.8.4
-numpy==1.23.5
+numpy==1.25.2
 openai==0.27.2
-openpyxl==3.0.9
-packaging==23.0
+openpyxl==3.1.2
+packaging==23.1
 pandas==1.5.3
 pandas-stubs==1.5.3.230321
 pathtools==0.1.2
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ platformdirs==3.2.0
 plotly==5.13.1
 pooch==1.7.0
 protobuf==3.20.3
-psutil==5.9.0
+psutil==5.9.5
 pycparser==2.21
 pydantic==1.10.2
-pyOpenSSL==23.1.0
+pyOpenSSL==23.1.0  # Ensure compatible version
 pyparsing==3.0.9
 PySocks==1.7.1
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ six==1.16.0
 smmap==3.0.5
 sniffio==1.3.0
 soupsieve==2.3.2.post1
-starlette==0.27.0
+starlette>=0.26.1,<0.28
 tenacity==8.2.2
 threadpoolctl==3.1.0
 tqdm==4.65.0
diff --git a/runtime.txt b/runtime.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..815b82f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-3.9.18