diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 35835f1aa..e976be484 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.8.18-slim
+FROM python:3.9-slim
 
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 ENV PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1
diff --git a/alerta/models/alert.py b/alerta/models/alert.py
index 8b828132f..09f4d42c0 100644
--- a/alerta/models/alert.py
+++ b/alerta/models/alert.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import platform
 import sys
+import logging
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Optional  # noqa
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple, Union
@@ -141,7 +142,8 @@ def parse(cls, json: JSON) -> 'Alert':
         if rudder_resource_type is None or rudder_resource_id is None:
             rudder_resource_type, rudder_resource_id = get_rudder_resource_from_tags(tags)
             if rudder_resource_type is None or rudder_resource_id is None:
-                raise ValueError('rudder_resource_type or rudder_resource_id missing - couldnt parse them from tags too')
+                logging.error('rudder_resource_type or rudder_resource_id missing - could not parse them from tags too')
+                raise ValueError('rudder_resource_type or rudder_resource_id missing - could not parse them from tags too')
 
         return Alert(
             id=json.get('id', None),
@@ -269,7 +271,8 @@ def from_document(cls, doc: Dict[str, Any]) -> 'Alert':
         if rudder_resource_type is None or rudder_resource_id is None:
             rudder_resource_type, rudder_resource_id = get_rudder_resource_from_tags(tags)
             if rudder_resource_type is None or rudder_resource_id is None:
-                raise ValueError('rudder_resource_type or rudder_resource_id missing - couldnt parse them from tags too')
+                logging.error('rudder_resource_type or rudder_resource_id missing - could not parse them from tags too')
+                raise ValueError('rudder_resource_type or rudder_resource_id missing - could not parse them from tags too')
         return Alert(
             id=doc.get('id', None) or doc.get('_id'),
             resource=doc.get('resource', None),
@@ -328,7 +331,8 @@ def from_record(cls, rec) -> 'Alert':
         if rudder_resource_type is None or rudder_resource_id is None:
             rudder_resource_type, rudder_resource_id = get_rudder_resource_from_tags(tags)
             if rudder_resource_type is None or rudder_resource_id is None:
-                raise ValueError('rudder_resource_type or rudder_resource_id missing - couldnt parse them from tags too')
+                logging.error('rudder_resource_type or rudder_resource_id missing - could not parse them from tags too')
+                raise ValueError('rudder_resource_type or rudder_resource_id missing - could not parse them from tags too')
         
         return Alert(
             id=rec.id,
diff --git a/alerta/webhooks/prometheus.py b/alerta/webhooks/prometheus.py
index 1d4bd1662..6988f9a1e 100644
--- a/alerta/webhooks/prometheus.py
+++ b/alerta/webhooks/prometheus.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 import datetime
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
@@ -86,7 +87,8 @@ def parse_prometheus(alert: JSON, external_url: str) -> Alert:
     if rudder_resource_type is None or rudder_resource_id is None:
         rudder_resource_type, rudder_resource_id = get_rudder_resource_from_tags(tags)
         if rudder_resource_type is None or rudder_resource_id is None:
-            raise ValueError('rudder_resource_type or rudder_resource_id missing - couldnt parse them from tags too')
+            logging.error('rudder_resource_type or rudder_resource_id missing - could not parse them from tags too')
+            raise ValueError('rudder_resource_type or rudder_resource_id missing - could not parse them from tags too')
 
     return Alert(
         resource=resource,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0673f529d..1edf7ff58 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "version": "2.3.0"
+    "version": "2.4.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index c0d2dd42b..d6a6f313a 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 mypy==0.910
-pre-commit==2.15.0
-pylint==2.11.1
+pre-commit==3.7.0
+pylint==3.1.0
 pytest-cov
 pytest>=5.4.3
 python-dotenv
 requests_mock
 twine
-wheel==0.38.0
+setuptools>=70.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements-docker.txt b/requirements-docker.txt
index 8812ce4ae..c9ab38ccb 100644
--- a/requirements-docker.txt
+++ b/requirements-docker.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 lxml==4.6.5
 pysaml2==6.5.1
 python-ldap==3.3.1
-gunicorn==20.1.0
+gunicorn==22.0.0
 gevent==23.9.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b918e7177..de74c144e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 bcrypt==3.2.0
 blinker==1.6.2
-cryptography==42.0.2
+cryptography==43.0.1
 Flask==2.2.5
 Flask-Compress==1.10.1
 Flask-Cors==3.0.10