diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend_on_push_branch_execute_ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/backend_on_push_branch_execute_ci_cd.yml
index 22a55dd..ba52831 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend_on_push_branch_execute_ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend_on_push_branch_execute_ci_cd.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     # Currently, this need to be synced manually with the Dockerfile. In the future, the workflow should be changed,
     # so that a development container is built from the Dockerfile, pushed, and then re-used in the following steps.
     # This would also remove the need to install cmake manually in each step:
-    container: hexpm/elixir:1.15.7-erlang-26.2.2-debian-bullseye-20240130-slim
+    container: hexpm/elixir:1.17.3-erlang-27.1.2-debian-bookworm-20241111-slim
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     # Containers must run in Linux based operating systems
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Docker Hub image that `container-job` executes in
-    container: hexpm/elixir:1.15.7-erlang-26.2.2-debian-bullseye-20240130-slim
+    container: hexpm/elixir:1.17.3-erlang-27.1.2-debian-bookworm-20241111-slim
 
     needs: build_deps
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
 
   backend_check_mix_format:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: hexpm/elixir:1.15.7-erlang-26.2.2-debian-bullseye-20240130-slim
+    container: hexpm/elixir:1.17.3-erlang-27.1.2-debian-bookworm-20241111-slim
 
     needs: build_deps
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
   
   backend_check_mix_gettext_extract_up_to_date:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: hexpm/elixir:1.15.7-erlang-26.2.2-debian-bullseye-20240130-slim
+    container: hexpm/elixir:1.17.3-erlang-27.1.2-debian-bookworm-20241111-slim
 
     needs: build_deps
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8374a26..1133ed8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 #   - https://pkgs.org/ - resource for finding needed packages
 #   - Ex: hexpm/elixir:1.14.0-erlang-24.3.4-debian-bullseye-20210902-slim
 #
-ARG ELIXIR_VERSION=1.15.7
-ARG OTP_VERSION=26.2.2
-ARG DEBIAN_VERSION=bullseye-20240130-slim
+ARG ELIXIR_VERSION=1.17.3
+ARG OTP_VERSION=27.1.2
+ARG DEBIAN_VERSION=bookworm-20241111-slim
 
 ARG BUILDER_IMAGE="hexpm/elixir:${ELIXIR_VERSION}-erlang-${OTP_VERSION}-debian-${DEBIAN_VERSION}"
 ARG RUNNER_IMAGE="debian:${DEBIAN_VERSION}"
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index cecc0e1..3157cc6 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ defmodule Wordcharts.MixProject do
   def project do
     [
       app: :wordcharts,
-      version: "0.1.8",
+      version: "0.1.9",
       elixir: "~> 1.12",
       elixirc_paths: elixirc_paths(Mix.env()),
       start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,