[Issue #184] Pin Python version to 3.12 + dependency updates

api/Dockerfile

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 # The build stage that will be used to deploy to the various environments
 # needs to be called `release` in order to integrate with the repo's
 # top-level Makefile
-FROM python:3-slim AS base
+FROM python:3.12-slim AS base
+# See /documentation/api/package-depedency-management.md#Upgrading Python
+# for details on upgrading your Python version
 
 # Install poetry, the package manager.
 # https://python-poetry.org

api/README.md

@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ See [development.md](../documentation/api/development.md) for installation and d
 * [Formatting and Linting](../documentation/api/formatting-and-linting.md)
 * [Writing Tests](../documentation/api/writing-tests.md)
 * [Logging configuration](../documentation/api/monitoring-and-observability/logging-configuration.md)
-* [Loggin conventions](../documentation/api/monitoring-and-observability/logging-conventions.md)
+* [Logging conventions](../documentation/api/monitoring-and-observability/logging-conventions.md)