diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 7800ce3f..c32e2777 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -19,19 +19,21 @@ updates:
       interval: "weekly"
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "slackclient"
-#  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
-#    directory: "/src/core"
-#    schedule:
-#      interval: "weekly"
-  - package-ecosystem: "pip" 
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/src/core"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "SQLAlchemy"
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
     directory: "/src/presenters"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
-  - package-ecosystem: "pip" 
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
     directory: "/src/publishers"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
-  - package-ecosystem: "npm" 
+  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
     directory: "/src/gui"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
diff --git a/src/core/db_migration.py b/src/core/db_migration.py
index 167396f8..58b650bf 100755
--- a/src/core/db_migration.py
+++ b/src/core/db_migration.py
@@ -32,7 +32,3 @@
 def migrate():
     """Run the database migrations."""
     Migrate(app=app, db=db_manager.db)
-
-
-# if __name__ == "__main__":
-#     app.run()
diff --git a/src/core/requirements.txt b/src/core/requirements.txt
index e915dd57..593ad0b2 100644
--- a/src/core/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/core/requirements.txt
@@ -2,17 +2,18 @@ alembic==1.14.0
 Flask==3.1.0
 Flask-Cors==5.0.0
 Flask-JWT-Extended==4.7.1
-Flask-Migrate==2.5.2 #  4.0.7
+Flask-Migrate==4.0.7 #  4.0.7
 flask-oidc==2.2.2
 # git+https://github.com/puiterwijk/flask-oidc.git@b10e6bf881a3fe0c3972e4093648f2b77f32a97c
 Flask-RESTful==0.3.10
-Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.0.5 # 3.1.2
+Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.0.5 # 3.1.1 - needs SQLAlchemy 2.0.16
 gevent==24.11.1
 gunicorn==23.0.0
 Jinja2==3.1.4
 ldap3==2.9.1
 marshmallow==3.23.1
-psycopg2==2.9.10 #psycopg==3.2.3
+psycopg2==2.9.10
+#psycopg==3.2.3
 pycryptodomex==3.21.0
 PyJWT==2.10.0
 python-dotenv==1.0.1