diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ba257f20..26e90a0e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 COPY . .
 
 # install lnd/cln grpc services
-RUN sh generate_grpc.sh
+# RUN sh generate_grpc.sh
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5fa6e9e3..f8e3b377 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-django==3.2.18
+django==4.2
 django-admin-relation-links==0.2.5
 django-celery-beat==2.5.0
-django-celery-results==2.4.0
-django-model-utils==4.2.0
-django-private-chat2==1.0.2
+django-celery-results==2.5.0
+django-model-utils==4.3.1
 django-redis==5.2.0
 django-timezone-field==5.0
-djangorestframework==3.13.1
+djangorestframework==3.14.0
 channels==3.0.4
 channels-redis==3.3.1
 celery==5.2.7
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ googleapis-common-protos==1.59.0
 grpcio-tools==1.54.0
 numpy==1.24.3
 Pillow==9.5.0
-python-decouple==3.5
+python-decouple==3.8
 requests==2.22.0
 ring==0.10.1
 git+https://github.com/RoboSats/Robohash.git
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ scipy==1.10.1
 gunicorn==20.1.0
 psycopg2==2.9.6
 SQLAlchemy==2.0.12
-django-import-export==2.7.1
+django-import-export==3.2.0
 requests[socks]
 python-gnupg==0.5.0
 daphne==3.0.2
@@ -33,4 +32,4 @@ black==22.8.0
 isort==5.12.0
 flake8==6.0.0
 pyflakes==3.0.1
-django-cors-headers==3.13.0
+django-cors-headers==3.14.0