diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index a1e3e1fc..ea258412 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ orbs:
 parameters:
   ubuntu_image:
     type: string
-    default: "ubuntu-2204:2022.04.2"
+    default: "ubuntu-2404:2024.05.1"
 
 workflows:
   version: 2
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ffa97e9..00000000
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-.github/ @algorand/lamprey
-.circleci/ @algorand/lamprey
diff --git a/e2e_tests/pyproject.toml b/e2e_tests/pyproject.toml
index 26a0da0f..d440b5d1 100644
--- a/e2e_tests/pyproject.toml
+++ b/e2e_tests/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "msgpack==1.0.4",
     "py-algorand-sdk==1.17.0",
     "pytest==6.2.5",
-    "PyYAML==6.0",
+    "PyYAML==6.0.2",
     "setuptools ==70.0.0",
 ]
 
diff --git a/misc/requirements.txt b/misc/requirements.txt
index 61131549..1551f18c 100644
--- a/misc/requirements.txt
+++ b/misc/requirements.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ msgpack >=1,<2
 py-algorand-sdk >=1.3.0,<2
 pytest==6.2.5
 GitPython==3.1.41
-PyYAML==6.0
-requests==2.32.0
\ No newline at end of file
+PyYAML==6.0.2
+requests==2.32.0