diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 05bb7a242..783f1c480 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ jobs:
   test_regression_model:
     working_directory: ~/project
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/python:3.7.2
+      - image: circleci/python:3.8
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run:
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
   test_ml_api:
     working_directory: ~/project
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/python:3.7.2
+      - image: circleci/python:3.8
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run:
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
   train_and_upload_regression_model:
     working_directory: ~/project
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/python:3.7.2
+      - image: circleci/python:3.8
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run: 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 692a61f79..08b193aaf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Deploying Machine Learning Models
-For the documentation, visit the course on Udemy.
+For the documentation, visit the course on Udemy.
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diff --git a/packages/ml_api/requirements.txt b/packages/ml_api/requirements.txt
index 13e82d198..7901ff163 100644
--- a/packages/ml_api/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/ml_api/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 --extra-index-url=${PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL}
 
 # api
-flask==1.0.2
+flask==1.1.1
+jinja2==2.10.3
+markupsafe==1.1.1
+itsdangerous==1.1.0
+werkzeug==0.16.0
 
 # schema validation
 marshmallow==2.17.0
diff --git a/packages/ml_api/tests/test_controller.py b/packages/ml_api/tests/test_controller.py
index cc0beb09f..9f5d1b878 100644
--- a/packages/ml_api/tests/test_controller.py
+++ b/packages/ml_api/tests/test_controller.py
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ def test_prediction_endpoint_returns_prediction(flask_test_client):
     response_json = json.loads(response.data)
     prediction = response_json['predictions']
     response_version = response_json['version']
-    assert math.ceil(prediction[0]) == 112476
+    assert math.ceil(prediction[0]) == 112512
     assert response_version == _version
diff --git a/packages/regression_model/regression_model/processing/preprocessors.py b/packages/regression_model/regression_model/processing/preprocessors.py
index 47326120f..d5f771dc5 100644
--- a/packages/regression_model/regression_model/processing/preprocessors.py
+++ b/packages/regression_model/regression_model/processing/preprocessors.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def fit(self, X, y=None):
 
         for var in self.variables:
             # the encoder will learn the most frequent categories
-            t = pd.Series(X[var].value_counts() / np.float(len(X)))
+            t = pd.Series(X[var].value_counts() / np.float64(len(X)))
             # frequent labels:
             self.encoder_dict_[var] = list(t[t >= self.tol].index)
 
diff --git a/packages/regression_model/regression_model/trained_models/lasso_regression_output_v0.1.0.pkl b/packages/regression_model/regression_model/trained_models/lasso_regression_output_v0.1.0.pkl
index c7c7b75b4..1c8a4b82d 100644
Binary files a/packages/regression_model/regression_model/trained_models/lasso_regression_output_v0.1.0.pkl and b/packages/regression_model/regression_model/trained_models/lasso_regression_output_v0.1.0.pkl differ
diff --git a/packages/regression_model/requirements.txt b/packages/regression_model/requirements.txt
index 919b75917..dc681c01b 100644
--- a/packages/regression_model/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/regression_model/requirements.txt
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@
 # updates/fixes, whilst ensuring we don't install a major update which could introduce backwards incompatible changes.
 
 # Model Building Requirements
-numpy>=1.18.1,<1.19.0
-pandas>=0.25.3,<0.26.0
-scikit-learn>=0.22.1,<0.23.0
-joblib>=0.14.1,<0.15.0
+numpy>=1.18.1
+pandas>=0.25.3
+scikit-learn>=0.21.3
+joblib>=0.14.1
 
 # testing requirements
-pytest>=5.3.2,<6.0.0
+pytest>=5.3.2
 
 # packaging
-setuptools>=41.4.0,<42.0.0
-wheel>=0.33.6,<0.34.0
+setuptools>=41.4.0
+wheel>=0.33.6
 
 # fetching datasets
-kaggle>=1.5.6,<1.6.0
+kaggle>=1.5.6
diff --git a/packages/regression_model/tests/test_predict.py b/packages/regression_model/tests/test_predict.py
index 8c06e5b78..6b357742f 100644
--- a/packages/regression_model/tests/test_predict.py
+++ b/packages/regression_model/tests/test_predict.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def test_make_single_prediction():
     # Then
     assert subject is not None
     assert isinstance(subject.get('predictions')[0], float)
-    assert math.ceil(subject.get('predictions')[0]) == 112476
+    assert math.ceil(subject.get('predictions')[0]) == 112512
 
 
 def test_make_multiple_predictions():
diff --git a/scripts/fetch_kaggle_dataset.sh b/scripts/fetch_kaggle_dataset.sh
index 455b9c970..4f5d53b4a 100644
--- a/scripts/fetch_kaggle_dataset.sh
+++ b/scripts/fetch_kaggle_dataset.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-kaggle competitions download -c house-prices-advanced-regression-techniques -p packages/regression_model/regression_model/datasets/
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+kaggle competitions download -c house-prices-advanced-regression-techniques -p packages/regression_model/regression_model/datasets/
+
+unzip packages/regression_model/regression_model/datasets/house-prices-advanced-regression-techniques.zip -d packages/regression_model/regression_model/datasets
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