diff --git a/backend/migration_reset.py b/backend/migration_reset.py
index 4f674c75ecff4e31ccf744818978580270e4ef48..79281ba19d963b8d10755c6d8f52d84df2689f12 100644
--- a/backend/migration_reset.py
+++ b/backend/migration_reset.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from sqlalchemy import exc
+from sqlalchemy import exc, text
 
 from database import db
 import logging
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def reset():
     logging.info("Checking if alembic version needs to be reset.")
     version = None
     try:
-        result = db.session.execute("select version_num from alembic_version")
+        result = db.session.execute(text("select version_num from alembic_version"))
         for row in result:
             version = row[0]
     except exc.ProgrammingError:
diff --git a/backend/requirements.in b/backend/requirements.in
index 1a3f97f469c4b3ab2462ebf170c61f87e303143e..6404b52f49ca6219588b8609fb10adac559f910b 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.in
+++ b/backend/requirements.in
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 APScheduler==3.9.1
-charset-normalizer==2.0.12
 # CLI creation kit
-click==8.0.4
-Flask==2.0.3
-Flask-Cors==3.0.10
-flask-expects-json==1.7.0
-Flask-JWT-Extended==4.3.1
-Flask-Migrate==4.0.1
-Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.5.1
-pip-install==1.3.5
-jsonschema==4.4.0
-Jinja2==3.0.3
-jinja2-base64-filters==0.1.4
+click==8.1.7
+Flask==3.0.3
+# Flask-Cors==3.0.10
+# flask-expects-json==1.7.0
+Flask-JWT-Extended==4.6.0
+# Flask-Migrate==4.0.1
+Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.1.1
+# jsonschema==4.4.0
+# Jinja2==3.0.3
+# jinja2-base64-filters==0.1.4
 kubernetes==24.2.0
+pymysql==1.0.2
 NamedAtomicLock==1.1.3
-oauthlib==3.2.0
 ory-kratos-client==1.0.0
 ory-hydra-client==1.11.8
+pip-install==1.3.5
 posix-ipc==1.1.1
 PyYAML==6.0.1
 regex==2022.3.15
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index a830dd79c59f6645b27249de4b7f895744a23fac..576d3f8508887bdb05694cb355f3a3e1910a5944 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@
 #
 #    pip-compile --no-emit-index-url --output-file=requirements.txt --strip-extras requirements.in
 #
-alembic==1.13.2
-    # via flask-migrate
 apscheduler==3.9.1
     # via -r requirements.in
-attrs==24.2.0
-    # via jsonschema
+blinker==1.8.2
+    # via flask
 cachetools==5.5.0
     # via google-auth
 certifi==2024.7.4
@@ -17,33 +15,20 @@ certifi==2024.7.4
     #   kubernetes
     #   requests
 charset-normalizer==2.0.12
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements.in
-    #   requests
-click==8.0.4
+    # via requests
+click==8.1.7
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   flask
-flask==2.0.3
+flask==3.0.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
-    #   flask-cors
-    #   flask-expects-json
     #   flask-jwt-extended
-    #   flask-migrate
     #   flask-sqlalchemy
-flask-cors==3.0.10
-    # via -r requirements.in
-flask-expects-json==1.7.0
+flask-jwt-extended==4.6.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-flask-jwt-extended==4.3.1
+flask-sqlalchemy==3.1.1
     # via -r requirements.in
-flask-migrate==4.0.1
-    # via -r requirements.in
-flask-sqlalchemy==2.5.1
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements.in
-    #   flask-migrate
 google-auth==2.34.0
     # via kubernetes
 greenlet==3.0.3
@@ -52,32 +37,18 @@ idna==3.7
     # via requests
 itsdangerous==2.2.0
     # via flask
-jinja2==3.0.3
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements.in
-    #   flask
-    #   jinja2-base64-filters
-jinja2-base64-filters==0.1.4
-    # via -r requirements.in
-jsonschema==4.4.0
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements.in
-    #   flask-expects-json
+jinja2==3.1.4
+    # via flask
 kubernetes==24.2.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-mako==1.3.5
-    # via alembic
 markupsafe==2.1.5
     # via
     #   jinja2
-    #   mako
     #   werkzeug
 namedatomiclock==1.1.3
     # via -r requirements.in
-oauthlib==3.2.0
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements.in
-    #   requests-oauthlib
+oauthlib==3.2.2
+    # via requests-oauthlib
 ory-hydra-client==1.11.8
     # via -r requirements.in
 ory-kratos-client==1.0.0
@@ -94,8 +65,8 @@ pyasn1-modules==0.4.0
     # via google-auth
 pyjwt==2.9.0
     # via flask-jwt-extended
-pyrsistent==0.20.0
-    # via jsonschema
+pymysql==1.0.2
+    # via -r requirements.in
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     # via
     #   kubernetes
@@ -123,17 +94,12 @@ rsa==4.9
 six==1.16.0
     # via
     #   apscheduler
-    #   flask-cors
     #   kubernetes
     #   python-dateutil
 sqlalchemy==2.0.32
-    # via
-    #   alembic
-    #   flask-sqlalchemy
+    # via flask-sqlalchemy
 typing-extensions==4.12.2
-    # via
-    #   alembic
-    #   sqlalchemy
+    # via sqlalchemy
 tzlocal==5.2
     # via apscheduler
 urllib3==1.26.19