diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8905153..a3f6c96 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
-FROM eclipse-temurin:17 AS builder
+FROM eclipse-temurin:21 AS builder
 
 RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get install unzip
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # install ballerina
-ARG BAL_VERSION="2201.8.6"
+ARG BAL_VERSION="2201.10.2"
 RUN wget --no-verbose https://dist.ballerina.io/downloads/${BAL_VERSION}/ballerina-${BAL_VERSION}-swan-lake.zip
-RUN unzip ballerina-${BAL_VERSION}-swan-lake
+RUN unzip -q ballerina-${BAL_VERSION}-swan-lake
 ENV PATH="${PATH}:/app/ballerina-${BAL_VERSION}-swan-lake/bin"
 
 # install liquibase
-RUN wget --no-verbose https://github.com/liquibase/liquibase/releases/download/v4.11.0/liquibase-4.11.0.zip
-RUN unzip liquibase-4.11.0.zip -d /app/liquibase
+RUN wget --no-verbose https://github.com/liquibase/liquibase/releases/download/v4.29.2/liquibase-4.29.2.zip
+RUN unzip -q liquibase-4.29.2.zip -d /app/liquibase
 
 # copy files
 COPY . /app
 
 RUN bal build --observability-included
 
-FROM eclipse-temurin:17-jre
+FROM eclipse-temurin:21-jre
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/UST-QuAntiL/qhana-backend"
 
-RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y sqlite3 unzip zip
+RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y sqlite3 unzip zip && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
diff --git a/start-docker.sh b/start-docker.sh
index 15e994f..7587012 100644
--- a/start-docker.sh
+++ b/start-docker.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+LIQUIBASE_HUB_MODE=OFF
 
 # prepare sqlite database
-liquibase --url=jdbc:sqlite:qhana-backend.db --classpath=/app --driver=org.sqlite.JDBC --changelog-file=changelog.xml --secure-parsing=false --hub-mode=off updateTestingRollback
+liquibase --url=jdbc:sqlite:qhana-backend.db --classpath=/app --driver=org.sqlite.JDBC --changelog-file=changelog.xml --secure-parsing=false updateTestingRollback
 
 # insert env var for mariadb liquibase config
 cat << EOF > /app/liquibase.properties
diff --git a/update-sqlite-db.sh b/update-sqlite-db.sh
index b07f7cf..c51d0bc 100644
--- a/update-sqlite-db.sh
+++ b/update-sqlite-db.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # get sqlite driver for liquibase
-JDBC=lib/sqlite-jdbc-3.36.0.3.jar
+JDBC=lib/sqlite-jdbc-3.46.1.3.jar
 if [ ! -f "$JDBC" ]; then
-    wget -P lib https://github.com/xerial/sqlite-jdbc/releases/download/3.36.0.3/sqlite-jdbc-3.36.0.3.jar
+    wget -P lib https://github.com/xerial/sqlite-jdbc/releases/download/3.46.1.3/sqlite-jdbc-3.46.1.3.jar
 fi
 
 # set up db or deploy db changes