diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 4941b4ef..484f053a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     docker:
       # specify the version you desire here
-      - image: cimg/ruby:3.0.5-browsers
+      - image: cimg/ruby:3.2.2
 
       # Specify service dependencies here if necessary
       # CircleCI maintains a library of pre-built images
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - checkout
-      - browser-tools/install-chrome
+      - node/install:
+          node-version: "18.17.1"
+      # - browser-tools/install-chrome TODO: change the following 2 lines to this after fixing the orb issue #75.
+      - browser-tools/install-browser-tools:
+          chrome-version: 114.0.5735.90 # TODO: remove -> https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/browser-tools-orb/issues/75
       - browser-tools/install-chromedriver
 
       - restore_cache:
diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
index 316881c9..9e79f6c4 100644
--- a/.ruby-version
+++ b/.ruby-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ruby-3.0.5
+ruby-3.2.2
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d57adea9..c27c32a9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-FROM ruby:2.6.5
+FROM ruby:3.2.2
 # Install apt based dependencies required to run Rails as
 # well as RubyGems. As the Ruby image itself is based on a
 # Debian image, we use apt-get to install those.
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -yqq --no-install-recommends build-essential zip unzip libpq-dev libaio1 libaio-dev nodejs
 
-# install chrome (https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/circleci-dockerfiles/blob/master/ruby/images/2.6.5-stretch/browsers/Dockerfile)
+# install chrome (https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/circleci-dockerfiles/blob/master/ruby/images/3.2.2-stretch/browsers/Dockerfile)
 
 RUN curl --silent --show-error --location --fail --retry 3 --output /tmp/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb \
     && ( dpkg -i /tmp/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb ||  apt-get -fy install)  \
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9f6cfdb7..15302537 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" }
 
-ruby '3.0.5'
+ruby '3.2.2'
 
 # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
-gem 'rails', '~> 6.1'
+gem 'rails', '~> 6.1.7.6'
 # gem 'sqlite3'
 
 # Use Puma as the app server
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ group :test do
   # Adds support for Capybara system testing and selenium driver
   gem 'capybara', '>= 2.15'
   gem 'capybara-selenium', '~> 0.0.6'
-  gem 'selenium-webdriver', '>=4.11.0'
+  gem 'selenium-webdriver', '~> 4.12.0'
 end
 
 group :production do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index edc779f0..13ed3b29 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ GEM
     airbrussh (1.4.2)
       sshkit (>= 1.6.1, != 1.7.0)
     ast (2.4.2)
-    autoprefixer-rails (10.4.13.0)
+    autoprefixer-rails (10.4.15.0)
       execjs (~> 2)
     base64 (0.1.1)
     bcrypt_pbkdf (1.1.0)
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ GEM
       factory_bot (~> 6.2.0)
       railties (>= 5.0.0)
     ffi (1.15.5)
-    globalid (1.1.0)
-      activesupport (>= 5.0)
+    globalid (1.2.1)
+      activesupport (>= 6.1)
     htmlentities (4.3.4)
     i18n (1.14.1)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ GEM
     matrix (0.4.2)
     method_source (1.0.0)
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
-    minitest (5.19.0)
+    minitest (5.20.0)
     msgpack (1.7.2)
     mysql2 (0.5.5)
     net-imap (0.3.7)
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ GEM
     nio4r (2.5.9)
     nokogiri (1.15.4-arm64-darwin)
       racc (~> 1.4)
+    nokogiri (1.15.4-x86_64-darwin)
+      racc (~> 1.4)
+    nokogiri (1.15.4-x86_64-linux)
+      racc (~> 1.4)
     pagy (3.11.0)
     parallel (1.23.0)
     parser (3.2.2.3)
@@ -196,7 +200,7 @@ GEM
     puma (3.12.6)
     racc (1.7.1)
     rack (2.2.8)
-    rack-proxy (0.7.6)
+    rack-proxy (0.7.7)
       rack
     rack-test (2.1.0)
       rack (>= 1.3)
@@ -294,7 +298,7 @@ GEM
       sprockets (> 3.0)
       sprockets-rails
       tilt
-    selenium-webdriver (4.11.0)
+    selenium-webdriver (4.12.0)
       rexml (~> 3.2, >= 3.2.5)
       rubyzip (>= 1.2.2, < 3.0)
       websocket (~> 1.0)
@@ -317,6 +321,8 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 5.2)
       sprockets (>= 3.0.0)
     sqlite3 (1.6.4-arm64-darwin)
+    sqlite3 (1.6.4-x86_64-darwin)
+    sqlite3 (1.6.4-x86_64-linux)
     sshkit (1.21.5)
       net-scp (>= 1.1.2)
       net-ssh (>= 2.8.0)
@@ -339,7 +345,7 @@ GEM
     uglifier (4.2.0)
       execjs (>= 0.3.0, < 3)
     unicode-display_width (2.4.2)
-    web-console (4.2.0)
+    web-console (4.2.1)
       actionview (>= 6.0.0)
       activemodel (>= 6.0.0)
       bindex (>= 0.4.0)
@@ -359,6 +365,8 @@ GEM
 
 PLATFORMS
   arm64-darwin-22
+  x86_64-darwin-22
+  x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   bcrypt_pbkdf
@@ -385,14 +393,14 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   net-smtp
   pagy (~> 3.7)
   puma (~> 3.12.4)
-  rails (~> 6.1)
+  rails (~> 6.1.7.6)
   rails-controller-testing
   rb-readline
   rspec-rails
   rspec_junit_formatter
   rubocop
   sass-rails (~> 5.0)
-  selenium-webdriver (>= 4.11.0)
+  selenium-webdriver (~> 4.12.0)
   simplecov
   spring
   spring-watcher-listen (~> 2.0.0)
@@ -405,7 +413,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   webpacker
 
 RUBY VERSION
-   ruby 3.0.5p211
+   ruby 3.2.2p53
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   2.4.19
+   2.4.10
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3caa564b..9ddab219 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your loc
 
 ## Prerequisites
 ```
-Ruby Version 2.6.5
+Ruby Version 3.2.2
 SQLite 3
 ```
 
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index a04814f7..96b2d9ca 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 module Aaec
   class Application < Rails::Application
     # Initialize configuration defaults for originally generated Rails version.
-    config.load_defaults 6.0
+    config.load_defaults 6.1
 
     # Settings in config/environments/* take precedence over those specified here.
     # Application configuration can go into files in config/initializers
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index d1a4ec34..38df7908 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 set :repo_url, 'https://github.com/uclibs/aaec.git'
 
 set :rbenv_type, :user
-set :rbenv_ruby, '3.0.4'
+set :rbenv_ruby, '3.2.2'
 # set :rbenv_ruby, File.read('.ruby-version').strip
 set :rbenv_map_bins, %w[rake gem bundle ruby rails]
 set :rbenv_roles, :all # default value
diff --git a/scripts/start-aaec.sh b/scripts/start-aaec.sh
index 9cfc4061..ebefc293 100755
--- a/scripts/start-aaec.sh
+++ b/scripts/start-aaec.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MODE=$3    # production or development
 if ! ( [ -f $APP_DIR/tmp/puma/pid ] && pgrep -F $APP_DIR/tmp/puma/pid > /dev/null )
 then
   cd $APP_DIR
-  export PATH=$APP_DIR/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
+  export PATH=$APP_DIR/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.2/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
   export RAILS_ENV=$MODE
   export RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT=$WEB_URI
   bin/bundle exec puma -d