diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0c269fa1d..b7375205e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -109,6 +109,6 @@ jobs:
         run: uv sync
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: "22"
+          node-version: "22.11"
       - name: Bare Metal ${{ matrix.script.name }}
         run: sh tests/test_bare.sh ${{ matrix.script.args }}
diff --git a/tests/test_docker.sh b/tests/test_docker.sh
index 326e58328..171e0c809 100755
--- a/tests/test_docker.sh
+++ b/tests/test_docker.sh
@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@ cd my_awesome_project
 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 --rm django mypy my_awesome_project
 
 # run the project's tests
-docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml run django pytest
+docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml run --rm django pytest
 
 # return non-zero status code if there are migrations that have not been created
-docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml run django python manage.py makemigrations --check || { echo "ERROR: there were changes in the models, but migration listed above have not been created and are not saved in version control"; exit 1; }
+docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml run --rm django python manage.py makemigrations --check || { echo "ERROR: there were changes in the models, but migration listed above have not been created and are not saved in version control"; exit 1; }
 
 # Test support for translations
-docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml run django python manage.py makemessages --all
+docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml run --rm django python manage.py makemessages --all
 
 # Make sure the check doesn't raise any warnings
-docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml run \
+docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml run --rm \
   -e DJANGO_SECRET_KEY="$(openssl rand -base64 64)" \
   -e REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379/0 \
   -e DJANGO_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=x \
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml run \
   django python manage.py check --settings=config.settings.production --deploy --database default --fail-level WARNING
 
 # Generate the HTML for the documentation
-docker compose -f docker-compose.docs.yml run docs make html
+docker compose -f docker-compose.docs.yml run --rm docs make html
 
 # Run npm build script if package.json is present
 if [ -f "package.json" ]
 then
-    docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml run node npm run build
+    docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml run --rm node npm run build
 fi
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/node/Dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/node/Dockerfile
index b0142ff81..b749e5516 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/node/Dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/node/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM docker.io/node:22-bookworm-slim
+FROM docker.io/node:22.11-bookworm-slim
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/package.json b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/package.json
index d0410f554..fe94edd21 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/package.json
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "webpack-merge": "^6.0.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "22"
+    "node": "22.11"
   },
   "browserslist": [
     "last 2 versions"
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index f12048be4..53ab37329 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ django-redis==5.4.0  # https://github.com/jazzband/django-redis
 djangorestframework==3.15.2  # https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework
 django-cors-headers==4.6.0  # https://github.com/adamchainz/django-cors-headers
 # DRF-spectacular for api documentation
-drf-spectacular==0.27.2  # https://github.com/tfranzel/drf-spectacular
+drf-spectacular==0.28.0  # https://github.com/tfranzel/drf-spectacular
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.frontend_pipeline == 'Webpack' %}
 django-webpack-loader==3.1.1  # https://github.com/django-webpack/django-webpack-loader