diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index d0fde72a..260d5396 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
         interval: "weekly"
-    reviewers:
-      - "openedx/arbi-bom"
+    # Optional: specify reviewers to automatically request review on Dependabot PRs
+    # reviewers:
+    #   - "openedx/xxx"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/upgrade-python-requirements.yml b/.github/workflows/upgrade-python-requirements.yml
index 6ccd10ca..ab9b9852 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upgrade-python-requirements.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upgrade-python-requirements.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ jobs:
    call-upgrade-python-requirements-workflow:
     with:
        branch: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}
-       team_reviewers: "arbi-bom"
-       email_address: arbi-bom@edx.org
-       send_success_notification: false
+       # optional parameters below; fill in if you'd like github or email notifications
+       # user_reviewers: ""
+       # team_reviewers: ""
+       # email_address: ""
+       # send_success_notification: false
        python_version: "3.12"
     secrets:
        requirements_bot_github_token: ${{ secrets.REQUIREMENTS_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/cookiecutter-django-ida/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/Dockerfile b/cookiecutter-django-ida/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/Dockerfile
index 6274f8d4..f2aceaba 100644
--- a/cookiecutter-django-ida/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/Dockerfile
+++ b/cookiecutter-django-ida/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/Dockerfile
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-FROM ubuntu:focal AS app
+FROM ubuntu:noble AS app
 
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.12
 ENV TZ=UTC
 ENV TERM=xterm-256color
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
-# software-properties-common is needed to setup our Python 3.12 env
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y software-properties-common && \
-    apt-add-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
-
 # Packages installed:
 # curl; used to install pip
 # gcc; for compiling python extensions distributed with python packages like mysql-client
@@ -21,6 +16,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 #
 # If you add a package here please include a comment above describing what it is used for
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get -qy install --no-install-recommends \
+        ca-certificates \
         curl \
         gcc \
         language-pack-en \
@@ -29,26 +25,20 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -qy install --no-install-recommends \
         locales \
         pkg-config \
         python${PYTHON_VERSION} \
-        python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev
+        python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev \
+        python${PYTHON_VERSION}-venv
 
 # delete apt package lists because we do not need them inflating our image
 RUN rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# Install pip for our version of Python
-RUN curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python${PYTHON_VERSION}
-
 # create our Python virtual env
 ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/edx/venvs/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}
-RUN pip install virtualenv
-RUN virtualenv -p python${PYTHON_VERSION} ${VIRTUAL_ENV}
+RUN python${PYTHON_VERSION} -m venv ${VIRTUAL_ENV}
 ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
 
 # Python is Python3
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
 
-# Setup zoneinfo for Python 3.12
-RUN ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone
-
 # Use UTF-8
 RUN locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
 ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8