diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 170255ad..c4369b22 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 appdirs==1.4.4
 appnope==0.1.2
-asgiref==3.5.2
+asgiref==3.8.1
 asn1==2.4.1
 asn1crypto==1.4.0
 backports.shutil-get-terminal-size==1.0.0
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ cryptography==43.0.0
 decorator==4.4.2
 defusedxml==0.7.1
 Deprecated==1.2.10
-Django==4.1.13
+Django==4.2.15
 django-ajax-datatable==4.4.4
 django-filter==22.1
 django-mysql==4.7.1
-djangorestframework==3.14.0
+djangorestframework==3.15.2
 docopt==0.6.2
 docutils==0.16
 enum-compat==0.0.3
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ gunicorn==23.0.0
 gitpython==3.1.43
 httplib2==0.19.0
 hvac==0.10.5
-idna==2.10
+idna==3.7
 influxdb==5.3.1
 ipaddress==1.0.23
 ipython-genutils==0.2.0
 jedi==0.17.2
-Jinja2==3.1.3
+Jinja2==3.1.4
 jmespath==0.10.0
 Markdown==3.3.3
 MarkupSafe==2.1.5
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pycparser==2.20
 pyflakes==3.0.0
 PyGithub==1.56
 Pygments==2.15.0
-PyJWT==2.6.0
+PyJWT==2.9.0
 PyMySQL==1.1.1
 PyNaCl==1.5.0
 pyOpenSSL==24.2.1
@@ -78,15 +78,15 @@ rsa==4.7
 scandir==1.10.0
 simplegeneric==0.8.1
 six==1.15.0
-social-auth-app-django==5.0.0
-social-auth-core==4.3.0
+social-auth-app-django==5.4.1
+social-auth-core==4.5.4
 soupsieve==2.0.1
 sqlparse==0.5.1
 traitlets==5.0.5
 uritemplate==3.0.1
 urllib3==2.2.2
 wcwidth==0.2.5
-zipp==3.4.0
+zipp==3.19.1
 selenium==4.23.1
 pyotp==2.7.0
 attrs==21.3.0
diff --git a/scripts/clone_access_modules.py b/scripts/clone_access_modules.py
index 0017a254..86c4db99 100644
--- a/scripts/clone_access_modules.py
+++ b/scripts/clone_access_modules.py
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ def clone_access_modules():
     initialize_init_file()
 
     helpers.ensure_file_exists(requirements_file_path)
+    # Ensure cleanup of requirements file before starting cloning process
+    helpers.write_content_to_file(requirements_file_path, [])
 
     for formatted_git_arg in git_urls:
         cloned_path = clone_repo(formatted_git_arg, retry_limit)