diff --git a/.github/workflows/requirements.yml b/.github/workflows/requirements.yml
index 4502b183f..2eb1b7932 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/requirements.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/requirements.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python -m pip install pip-check-reqs
 
       - name: Check extra core requirements
-        run: pip-extra-reqs -r werkzeug -r python-multipart covalent covalent_dispatcher covalent_ui --ignore-requirement=qiskit --ignore-requirement=qiskit-ibm-provider --ignore-requirement=amazon-braket-pennylane-plugin
+        run: pip-extra-reqs -r python-multipart covalent covalent_dispatcher covalent_ui --ignore-requirement=qiskit --ignore-requirement=qiskit-ibm-provider --ignore-requirement=amazon-braket-pennylane-plugin
 
       - name: Check missing SDK requirements
         run: >
diff --git a/covalent_ui/app.py b/covalent_ui/app.py
index bf1d473eb..aa09d8854 100644
--- a/covalent_ui/app.py
+++ b/covalent_ui/app.py
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ def get_home(request: Request, rest_of_path: str):
         app_name,
         host=host,
         port=port,
-        debug=DEBUG,
         reload=RELOAD,
         log_config=log_config(),
     )
diff --git a/requirements-client.txt b/requirements-client.txt
index ede6a20e3..1d74ffb04 100644
--- a/requirements-client.txt
+++ b/requirements-client.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@ furl>=2.1.3
 networkx>=2.8.6
 pydantic>=2.1.1
 requests>=2.24.0
-simplejson>=3.17.6
 toml>=0.10.2
 watchdog>=2.0.3
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f9d0fa34c..15ecc9091 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@ python-multipart>=0.0.6
 python-socketio>=5.7.1
 requests>=2.24.0
 rich>=12.0.0,<=13.3.5
-simplejson>=3.17.6
 sqlalchemy>=1.4.37,<2.0.0
 sqlalchemy_utils>=0.38.3
 toml>=0.10.2
 typing-extensions>=4.8.0
-uvicorn[standard]==0.18.3
+uvicorn[standard]
 watchdog>=2.2.1
-werkzeug>=2.0.3