diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8e20801..f44cf84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Check Python code formatting
         run: |
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Check compliance with pep8, pyflakes and circular complexity
         run: |
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Check compliance with Python docstring conventions
         run: |
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Check Python manifest completeness
         run: |
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Install system dependencies
         run: |
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: |
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b29e472..a067b61 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ msgpack-python==0.5.6     # via bravado
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0  # via arrow, bravado, bravado-core
 pytz==2024.1              # via bravado-core
 pyyaml==6.0.1             # via bravado, bravado-core, reana-commons, swagger-spec-validator
-reana-commons==0.95.0a2	# via reana-workflow-engine-serial (setup.py)
-requests==2.31.0          # via bravado, bravado-core
+reana-commons==0.95.0a3   # via reana-workflow-engine-serial (setup.py)
+referencing==0.35.1       # via jsonschema, jsonschema-specifications
+requests==2.32.3          # via bravado, bravado-core
+rfc3339-validator==0.1.4  # via jsonschema
 rfc3987==1.3.8            # via jsonschema
 rpds-py==0.19.1           # via jsonschema, referencing
 simplejson==3.19.2        # via bravado, bravado-core