diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b5432c..ce97bdc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Face
 ## Prerequisites
 The following is required to run this example:
 -   [git](https://git-scm.com/)
--   [AWS CDK](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/latest/guide/getting_started.html)
+-   [AWS CDK v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/latest/guide/getting_started.html)
 -   [Python](https://www.python.org/) 3.6+
 -   [A virtual env](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html#module-venv) (optional)
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ cached model:
 ```python
 fs = efs.FileSystem(self, 'FileSystem',
 vpc=vpc,
-removal_policy=cdk.RemovalPolicy.DESTROY)
+removal_policy=RemovalPolicy.DESTROY)
 access_point = fs.add_access_point('MLAccessPoint',
 create_acl=efs.Acl(
 owner_gid='1001', owner_uid='1001', permissions='750'),
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function = lambda_.DockerImageFunction(
     code=lambda_.DockerImageCode.from_image_asset(docker_folder,
     cmd=[filename+".handler"]),
     memory_size=8096,
-    timeout=cdk.Duration.seconds(600),
+    timeout=Duration.seconds(600),
     vpc=vpc,
     filesystem=lambda_.FileSystem.from_efs_access_point(
     access_point, '/mnt/hf_models_cache'),
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index aa0a3fd..2d75cae 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
     aws_lambda as lambda_,
     aws_apigateway as api_gw,
     aws_efs as efs,
-    aws_ec2 as ec2,
-    core as cdk
+    aws_ec2 as ec2
 )
+from aws_cdk import App, Stack, Duration, RemovalPolicy
+from constructs import Construct
 
-
-class ServerlessHuggingFaceStack(cdk.Stack):
-    def __init__(self, scope: cdk.Construct, id: str, **kwargs) -> None:
+class ServerlessHuggingFaceStack(Stack):
+    def __init__(self, scope: Construct, id: str, **kwargs) -> None:
         super().__init__(scope, id, **kwargs)
 
         # EFS needs to be setup in a VPC
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def __init__(self, scope: cdk.Construct, id: str, **kwargs) -> None:
         # creates a file system in EFS to store cache models
         fs = efs.FileSystem(self, 'FileSystem',
                             vpc=vpc,
-                            removal_policy=cdk.RemovalPolicy.DESTROY)
+                            removal_policy=RemovalPolicy.DESTROY)
         access_point = fs.add_access_point('MLAccessPoint',
                                            create_acl=efs.Acl(
                                                owner_gid='1001', owner_uid='1001', permissions='750'),
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def __init__(self, scope: cdk.Construct, id: str, **kwargs) -> None:
                                                                   filename+".handler"]
                                                               ),
                 memory_size=8096,
-                timeout=cdk.Duration.seconds(600),
+                timeout=Duration.seconds(600),
                 vpc=vpc,
                 filesystem=lambda_.FileSystem.from_efs_access_point(
                     access_point, '/mnt/hf_models_cache'),
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def __init__(self, scope: cdk.Construct, id: str, **kwargs) -> None:
                                            })
             ])
 
-app = cdk.App()
+app = App()
 
 ServerlessHuggingFaceStack(app, "ServerlessHuggingFaceStack")
 
diff --git a/cdk.json b/cdk.json
index 0786210..051df2d 100644
--- a/cdk.json
+++ b/cdk.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "app": "python3 app.py",
+  "app": "python3.9 app.py",
   "context": {
-      "@aws-cdk/core:enableStackNameDuplicates": "true",
       "aws-cdk:enableDiffNoFail": "true",
       "@aws-cdk/core:stackRelativeExports": "true"
   }
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9a1d0ff..de9d6d3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-aws-cdk.core
-aws-cdk.aws_ecr
-aws-cdk.aws_lambda
-aws-cdk.aws_apigateway
+aws-cdk-lib>=2.0.0
+constructs>=10.0.0
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