diff --git a/.github/workflows/master-develop-test.yml b/.github/workflows/master-develop-test.yml
index deba579..e74371c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master-develop-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master-develop-test.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
-        python-version: [ '3.9' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.10' ]
 
     env:
       POSTGRES_DB: mlflow
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request_tests.yml
index 92893a4..06cbf8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request_tests.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
-        python-version: [ '3.9' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.10' ]
 
     env:
       POSTGRES_DB: mlflow
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install python dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install flake8 pytest pytest-cov .
+        pip install flake8 pytest pytest-cov torch .
         if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
 
     - name: start MLOps server
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_cli.yml b/.github/workflows/test_cli.yml
index ea9ed41..7470418 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_cli.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_cli.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
-        python-version: [ '3.9' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.10' ]
 
     env:
       POSTGRES_DB: mlflow
diff --git a/mlflow_server/mlflow/Dockerfile b/mlflow_server/mlflow/Dockerfile
index 2dd242f..82aa60c 100644
--- a/mlflow_server/mlflow/Dockerfile
+++ b/mlflow_server/mlflow/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.9-slim
+FROM python:3.10-slim
 
 ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/opt/venv
 RUN python3 -m venv $VIRTUAL_ENV
diff --git a/mlflow_server/mlflow/requirements_mlflow.txt b/mlflow_server/mlflow/requirements_mlflow.txt
index 94d7c96..9010baa 100644
--- a/mlflow_server/mlflow/requirements_mlflow.txt
+++ b/mlflow_server/mlflow/requirements_mlflow.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-mlflow==2.10.0
+mlflow==3.11.1
 psycopg2
 psycopg2-binary
 sqlalchemy
 pymysql
 boto3
-requests==2.31.0
+requests==2.33.0
diff --git a/mlops/Experiment.py b/mlops/Experiment.py
index c74a3df..e8e56ff 100644
--- a/mlops/Experiment.py
+++ b/mlops/Experiment.py
@@ -9,17 +9,23 @@
 import boto3
 import docker
 import mlflow
-import torch.cuda
 from git import Repo
 from minio import Minio
 
-from torch.cuda import is_available
 from mlops import LOG_FILE
 from mlops.ProjectFile import ProjectFile
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def _cuda_available():
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(['nvidia-smi'], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, check=True)
+        return True
+    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, FileNotFoundError):
+        return False
+
+
 class Experiment:
 
     def __init__(self, script, config_path, project_path: str = '.',
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@ def check_gpu(self):
             logger.debug(f'GPU resource not explicitly requested {e} defaulting to True')
             request_gpu = True
 
-        logger.info(f'GPU requested: {request_gpu}, cuda_available {torch.cuda.is_available()}')
+        logger.info(f'GPU requested: {request_gpu}, cuda_available {_cuda_available()}')
         if request_gpu:
             return True
         else:
@@ -285,9 +291,9 @@ def run(self, **kwargs):
             logger.debug(f'Mounting shared env file for minio authentication to /root/.aws')
             docker_args_default['v'] = '~/.aws/credentials:/root/.aws/credentials:ro'
         
-        if self.use_gpu and not is_available():
+        if self.use_gpu and not _cuda_available():
             logger.warn('requested GPU resource but none available - using CPU')
-        elif self.use_gpu and is_available():
+        elif self.use_gpu and _cuda_available():
             gpu_params = {'gpus': 'all',
                           'runtime': 'nvidia'}
             logger.info('Adding docker args: {0}'.format(gpu_params))
diff --git a/mlops/_version.py b/mlops/_version.py
index 1624eed..8787f4c 100644
--- a/mlops/_version.py
+++ b/mlops/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__='0.10.0'
+__version__='0.10.1'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 17d5cde..0343be5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,12 @@
-mlflow==2.10.0
+mlflow==3.11.1
 boto3
 docker
 minio
 pytest
-colorlog
-xnat
-monai
-itk
 fsspec
 tqdm
-pandas
-matplotlib
 GitPython
 PyYAML
-requests==2.31.0
+requests==2.33.0
 click
 setuptools
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3c5169a..6c1af39 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -10,23 +10,17 @@ long_description_content_type = text/markdown
 
 [options]
 packages = find:
-python_requires = <3.12
+python_requires = >=3.10
 install_requires =
-    mlflow==2.10.0
+    mlflow>=3.11.1,<4.0.0
     boto3
     docker
     minio
-    colorlog
-    monai
-    itk
-    pandas
-    matplotlib
-    xnat
     GitPython
     PyYAML
     click
     tqdm
-    requests==2.31.0
+    requests>=2.33.0
 
 [options.entry_points]
 console_scripts =
diff --git a/tests/data/Dockerfile b/tests/data/Dockerfile
index 8ccd4de..d701e1f 100644
--- a/tests/data/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/data/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.9-slim
+FROM python:3.10-slim
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git
 
 # Configure application
diff --git a/tests/data/requirements.txt b/tests/data/requirements.txt
index 5ed8c83..13f0d97 100644
--- a/tests/data/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/data/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 numpy
 -f https://download.pytorch.org/whl/torch_stable.html
-torch==2.0.1+cpu
-mlflow==2.10.0
+torch==2.8.0
+mlflow==3.11.1
 boto3
-requests==2.31.0
+requests==2.33.0