diff --git a/tests/test_docker.sh b/tests/test_docker.sh
index 796a772a3..98a3f9622 100755
--- a/tests/test_docker.sh
+++ b/tests/test_docker.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml build
 # run the project's type checks
 docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml run django mypy my_awesome_project
 
-docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml run --volume $PWD:/app django uv lock
+docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml run django uv lock
 
 # run the project's tests
 docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml run django pytest
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 20b4fa047..f0a5f5929 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cookiecutter-django"
-version = "2024.10.15"
+version = "2024.10.25"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "binaryornot" },
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "pytest-xdist", specifier = "==3.6.1" },
     { name = "pyyaml", specifier = "==6.0.2" },
     { name = "requests", specifier = "==2.32.3" },
-    { name = "ruff", specifier = "==0.7.0" },
+    { name = "ruff", specifier = "==0.7" },
     { name = "sh", marker = "sys_platform != 'win23'", specifier = "==2.0.7" },
     { name = "sphinx", marker = "extra == 'docs'", specifier = ">=8.0.2" },
     { name = "sphinx-autobuild", marker = "extra == 'docs'", specifier = ">=2024.10.3" },
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker-compose.docs.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker-compose.docs.yml
index 5fa13cd33..011356c8a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker-compose.docs.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker-compose.docs.yml
@@ -9,22 +9,6 @@ services:
       - ./.envs/.local/.django
     volumes:
       - ./docs:/docs:z
-    develop:
-      # Create a `watch` configuration to update the appl
-      # https://docs.docker.com/compose/file-watch/#compose-watch-versus-bind-mounts
-      watch:
-        # Sync the working directory with the `/app` directory in the container
-        - action: sync
-          path: {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}
-          target: /app/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}
-          # Exclude the project virtual environment — it could be for a
-          # different platform in the container
-          ignore:
-            - .venv/
-
-        # Rebuild the image on changes to the `pyproject.toml`
-        - action: rebuild
-          path: ./pyproject.toml
     ports:
       - '9000:9000'
     command: /start-docs
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker-compose.local.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker-compose.local.yml
index a92138dc5..154f79608 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker-compose.local.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker-compose.local.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ services:
       dockerfile: ./compose/local/django/Dockerfile
     image: {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}_local_django
     container_name: {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}_local_django
+    volumes:
+      - /app/.venv
+      - .:/app:z
     depends_on:
       - postgres
       {%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == 'y' %}
@@ -18,22 +21,6 @@ services:
       {%- if cookiecutter.use_mailpit == 'y' %}
       - mailpit
       {%- endif %}
-    develop:
-      # Create a `watch` configuration to update the appl
-      # https://docs.docker.com/compose/file-watch/#compose-watch-versus-bind-mounts
-      watch:
-        # Sync the working directory with the `/app` directory in the container
-        - action: sync
-          path: .
-          target: /app
-          # Exclude the project virtual environment — it could be for a
-          # different platform in the container
-          ignore:
-            - .venv/
-
-        # Rebuild the image on changes to the `pyproject.toml`
-        - action: rebuild
-          path: ./pyproject.toml
     env_file:
       - ./.envs/.local/.django
       - ./.envs/.local/.postgres
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
index 91d190176..b8dfdc149 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ license = { text = "BSD" }
 authors = [
   { name = "Daniel Roy Greenfeld", email = "pydanny@gmail.com" },
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.12"
+requires-python = "==3.12.*"
 dependencies = [
   "python-slugify==8.0.4",  # https://github.com/un33k/python-slugify
     "Pillow==10.4.0",  # https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow