diff --git a/services/web/server/requirements/_base.in b/services/web/server/requirements/_base.in
index 308a1604cb3..caf883fc166 100644
--- a/services/web/server/requirements/_base.in
+++ b/services/web/server/requirements/_base.in
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ aiohttp
 aiohttp_jinja2
 aiohttp_security
 aiohttp_session[secure]
-aiohttp-swagger[performance]
 aiopg[sa] # db
 aiosmtplib # email
 asyncpg # db
@@ -50,5 +49,6 @@ pydantic[email] # models
 python-magic # excel
 python-socketio # web-sockets
 redis
+swagger-ui-py
 tenacity
 twilio
diff --git a/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt b/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt
index ada75776f9e..810e6e29fad 100644
--- a/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -61,15 +61,12 @@ aiohttp==3.8.5
     #   aiohttp-jinja2
     #   aiohttp-security
     #   aiohttp-session
-    #   aiohttp-swagger
 aiohttp-jinja2==1.5
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
 aiohttp-security==0.4.0
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
 aiohttp-session==2.11.0
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
-aiohttp-swagger==1.0.16
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 aiopg==1.4.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_aiohttp.in
@@ -269,7 +266,7 @@ jinja2==3.1.2
     #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   aiohttp-jinja2
-    #   aiohttp-swagger
+    #   swagger-ui-py
 json2html==1.3.0
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
 jsondiff==2.0.0
@@ -473,6 +470,7 @@ packaging==24.1
     #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
     #   gunicorn
+    #   swagger-ui-py
 pamqp==3.2.1
     # via aiormq
 passlib==1.7.4
@@ -651,7 +649,7 @@ pyyaml==6.0.1
     #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
-    #   aiohttp-swagger
+    #   swagger-ui-py
 redis==5.0.4
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -748,6 +746,8 @@ sqlalchemy==1.4.47
     #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
     #   aiopg
     #   alembic
+swagger-ui-py==23.9.23
+    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 tenacity==8.5.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
@@ -783,37 +783,6 @@ typing-extensions==4.12.2
     #   pydantic
     #   pydantic-core
     #   typer
-ujson==5.5.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   aiohttp-swagger
 urllib3==2.2.3
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/rest/plugin.py b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/rest/plugin.py
index 833023d6df9..9d23181a814 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/rest/plugin.py
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/rest/plugin.py
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 import logging
 
 from aiohttp import web
-from aiohttp_swagger import setup_swagger  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
 from servicelib.aiohttp.application_setup import ModuleCategory, app_module_setup
 from servicelib.aiohttp.rest_middlewares import (
     envelope_middleware_factory,
     error_middleware_factory,
 )
+from swagger_ui import api_doc  # type: ignore
 
 from .._meta import API_VTAG
 from ..security.plugin import setup_security
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ def setup_rest(app: web.Application):
     #
     _logger.debug("OAS loaded from %s ", spec_path)
     if settings.REST_SWAGGER_API_DOC_ENABLED:
-        setup_swagger(
-            app,
-            swagger_url="/dev/doc",
-            swagger_from_file=str(spec_path),
-            ui_version=3,
+        api_doc(
+            app=app,
+            url_prefix="/dev/doc",
+            config_path=str(spec_path),
+            title="Web-API doc",
         )
 
 
diff --git a/services/web/server/tests/unit/isolated/test_diagnostics.py b/services/web/server/tests/unit/isolated/test_diagnostics.py
index 3f18e81fd09..fdd08db062d 100644
--- a/services/web/server/tests/unit/isolated/test_diagnostics.py
+++ b/services/web/server/tests/unit/isolated/test_diagnostics.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 import pytest
+from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 from servicelib.aiohttp.application_setup import APP_SETUP_COMPLETED_KEY
 from simcore_service_webserver.application_settings import setup_settings
 from simcore_service_webserver.diagnostics.plugin import setup_diagnostics
@@ -35,12 +36,14 @@ def add_routes(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def app_mock():
+def app_mock(mocker: MockerFixture):
     app = MockApp()
 
     # emulates security is initialized
     app[APP_SETUP_COMPLETED_KEY] = ["simcore_service_webserver.security"]
 
+    mocker.patch("simcore_service_webserver.rest.plugin.api_doc")
+
     return app