diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3c7a1f4..5514048 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
     PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8
 
-# Install system dependencies
+# Install system dependencies including PostgreSQL client libraries
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     curl \
+    libpq-dev \
+    gcc \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Create app user and directory
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8af85be..94fe62c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.3
+1.5.4
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c15e933..043f2eb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 fastapi==0.104.1
 uvicorn[standard]==0.24.0
 pydantic==2.5.0
-psycopg2-binary==2.9.9
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.7
+requests==2.31.0
+python-multipart==0.0.6
+aiofiles==23.2.1
 python-dotenv==1.0.0