diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 00e6f9c4c1..79143c8413 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 0.17.9
+- Patch various CVEs
+
 ## 0.17.8
 
 ### Enhancements
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7fc6666e5b..c9c2e69e23 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COPY test_unstructured test_unstructured
 COPY example-docs example-docs
 
 RUN chown -R notebook-user:notebook-user /app && \
-    apk add font-ubuntu git && \
+    apk add --no-cache font-ubuntu fontconfig git && \
     fc-cache -fv && \
     [ -e /usr/bin/python3 ] || ln -s /usr/bin/$PYTHON /usr/bin/python3
 
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index f9dce43aa8..0daee868f6 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ rapidfuzz==3.13.0
     # via -r ./base.in
 regex==2024.11.6
     # via nltk
-requests==2.32.3
+requests==2.32.4
     # via
     #   -r ./base.in
     #   requests-toolbelt
diff --git a/requirements/extra-paddleocr.txt b/requirements/extra-paddleocr.txt
index 4c7ce73d3f..16502d6bbb 100644
--- a/requirements/extra-paddleocr.txt
+++ b/requirements/extra-paddleocr.txt
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ rapidfuzz==3.13.0
     # via
     #   -c ./base.txt
     #   unstructured-paddleocr
-requests==2.32.3
+requests==2.32.4
     # via
     #   -c ./base.txt
     #   unstructured-paddleocr
diff --git a/requirements/extra-pdf-image.txt b/requirements/extra-pdf-image.txt
index ccec76a09a..22597ecfe6 100644
--- a/requirements/extra-pdf-image.txt
+++ b/requirements/extra-pdf-image.txt
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ regex==2024.11.6
     # via
     #   -c ./base.txt
     #   transformers
-requests==2.32.3
+requests==2.32.4
     # via
     #   -c ./base.txt
     #   google-api-core
diff --git a/requirements/huggingface.txt b/requirements/huggingface.txt
index e37ac6929c..a5d50c8cc5 100644
--- a/requirements/huggingface.txt
+++ b/requirements/huggingface.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ regex==2024.11.6
     #   -c ./base.txt
     #   sacremoses
     #   transformers
-requests==2.32.3
+requests==2.32.4
     # via
     #   -c ./base.txt
     #   huggingface-hub
diff --git a/unstructured/__version__.py b/unstructured/__version__.py
index 6cbe7445c5..6527bfeb22 100644
--- a/unstructured/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.17.8"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.17.9"  # pragma: no cover