diff --git a/src/recommendationservice/requirements.txt b/src/recommendationservice/requirements.txt
index 07d43e5..3682a2d 100644
--- a/src/recommendationservice/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/recommendationservice/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ backoff==2.2.1
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
 cachetools==5.3.2
     # via google-auth
-certifi==2023.7.22
+certifi
     # via requests
 charset-normalizer==3.3.2
     # via requests
@@ -123,14 +123,9 @@ wrapt==1.16.0
     #   deprecated
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc
-zipp==3.17.0
-    # via importlib-metadata
-
-# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
-# setuptools
-
+zipp
 fastapi==0.110.0
 pydantic==2.6.3
 uvicorn==0.27.1
 thrift==0.21.0
-requests==2.31.0
+requests