diff --git a/.github/workflows/pdm-lock-automation.yaml b/.github/workflows/pdm-lock-automation.yaml
index 69905c4ef..a21a6f089 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pdm-lock-automation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pdm-lock-automation.yaml
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.check.outputs.changed == 'true'
         run: python -m pip install pdm==2.16.1
 
-      - name: Update and add pdm.lock
+      - name: Update and push pdm.lock
         if: steps.check.outputs.changed == 'true'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           if [ "${{ matrix.directory }}" != "root" ]; then
             cd ${{ matrix.directory }}
@@ -66,30 +68,15 @@ jobs:
           fi
           source .venv/bin/activate
           pdm lock -G :all
-          git add pdm.lock
-
-      - name: Commit and push pdm.lock
-        if: steps.check.outputs.changed == 'true'
-        id: check_commit
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [ ! -d ".venv" ]; then
-            echo "Creating virtual environment inside root"
-            pdm venv create -w virtualenv --with-pip
-          else
-            echo "Virtual environment already exists."
-          fi
-
-          source .venv/bin/activate
-          pip install pre-commit~=3.6.2
-          pre-commit run pdm-lock-check
-
+          echo "**** View pdm.lock ****"; sh -c "cat pdm.lock";
           if git diff --quiet; then
             echo "No changes in compared to the SELF branch."
             echo "Nothing to commit"
           else
             echo "Changes detected in compared to the SELF branch."
+            git add pdm.lock
+            pip install pre-commit~=3.6.2
+            pre-commit run pdm-lock-check
             git commit -m "Update pdm.lock for ${{ matrix.directory }}"
             git push origin ${{ github.ref_name }}
           fi
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 5ad08f46a..8dc957f7e 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ authors = [
 dependencies = [
     "Authlib==1.2.1", # For Auth plugins
     "boto3~=1.28.17", # For Unstract-cloud-storage
-    "celery>=5.3.3", # For Celery
+    "celery>=5.3.4", # For Celery
     "flower>=2.0.1", # Celery Monitoring
     "cron-descriptor==1.4.0", # For cron string description
     "cryptography>=41.0.7",
diff --git a/prompt-service/pyproject.toml b/prompt-service/pyproject.toml
index d3c7a1885..3f5fac35c 100644
--- a/prompt-service/pyproject.toml
+++ b/prompt-service/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ authors = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "peewee~=3.16",
-    "nltk~=3.7",
+    "nltk~=3.8",
     "flask~=3.0",
     "llama-index==0.10.38",
     "python-dotenv==1.0.0",
     "unstract-sdk~=0.39.0",
-    "redis==5.0.1",
+    "redis>=5.0.3",
     "unstract-core @ file:///${PROJECT_ROOT}/../unstract/core",
     "unstract-flags @ file:///${PROJECT_ROOT}/../unstract/flags",
 ]