diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7cf547c..b168d23 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 FROM eclipse-temurin:21
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl vim wget software-properties-common ssh net-tools ca-certificates python3 python3-pip 
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl vim wget software-properties-common ssh net-tools ca-certificates python3 python3-pip
 
 RUN update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/python" "python" "$(which python3)" 1
 
 # Fix the value of PYTHONHASHSEED
 # Note: this is needed when you use Python 3.3 or greater
-ENV SPARK_VERSION=3.5.1 \
+ENV SPARK_VERSION=3.5.3 \
 HADOOP_VERSION=3 \
 SPARK_HOME=/opt/spark \
 PYTHONHASHSEED=1
 
 
 # Download and uncompress spark from the apache archive
-RUN wget https://dlcdn.apache.org/spark/spark-3.5.1/spark-3.5.1-bin-hadoop3.tgz 
+RUN wget https://dlcdn.apache.org/spark/spark-3.5.3/spark-3.5.3-bin-hadoop3.tgz 
 
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/
-RUN tar -xf spark-3.5.1-bin-hadoop3.tgz -C /opt/
-RUN rm spark-3.5.1-bin-hadoop3.tgz
-RUN mv /opt/spark-3.5.1-bin-hadoop3 /opt/spark
+RUN tar -xf spark-3.5.3-bin-hadoop3.tgz -C /opt/
+RUN rm spark-3.5.3-bin-hadoop3.tgz
+RUN mv /opt/spark-3.5.3-bin-hadoop3 /opt/spark
 
 COPY log4j2.properties /opt/spark/conf
 
@@ -26,16 +26,14 @@ RUN useradd -d /app -s /bin/bash -G sudo -u 1001  openaire
 
 WORKDIR /app 
 
-
 RUN chown -R openaire /app
 
 USER openaire
 
-RUN pip install jupyter notebook
+# Prepare environment for python
 COPY requirements.txt .
-RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt --break-system-packages
 EXPOSE 8889
-RUN pip install jupyter notebook
 ENV PATH="$PATH:/opt/spark/bin:/app/.local/bin"
 ENV PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON='jupyter'
 ENV PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON_OPTS='lab --ip 0.0.0.0 --no-browser --port=8889'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b770d22..65ad5c5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+jupyter
 numpy
 pandas
 coverage