diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e3a4f19..c043eea 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.0
\ No newline at end of file
+2.2.1
diff --git a/hubmap-auth/src/requirements.txt b/hubmap-auth/src/requirements.txt
index 9af0d56..4ced51a 100644
--- a/hubmap-auth/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/hubmap-auth/src/requirements.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-# Flask 2.1.3 installs the latest Werkzeug==3.0.0 (released on 9/30/2023) and causing import issues 
-# Use a pinned version 2.3.7 (the latest release before 3.0.0) to mitigate temporaryly
-# Will upgrade Flask to newer version later on across all APIs. 10/3/2023 - Zhou
-Werkzeug==2.3.7
-
+Flask==3.0.3
+Werkzeug==3.0.3
 cachetools==4.2.1
-Flask==2.1.3
 
 # The commons package requires requests>=2.22.0
-requests==2.25.1
+requests==2.32.3
 
 # Use the published package from PyPI as default
 # Use the branch name of commons from github for testing new changes made in commons from different branch
 # Default is main branch specified in docker-compose.development.yml if not set
 # git+https://github.com/hubmapconsortium/commons.git@${COMMONS_BRANCH}#egg=hubmap-commons
-hubmap-commons==2.1.12
+hubmap-commons==2.1.18