diff --git a/scripts/node_version.py b/scripts/node_version.py
index 6264f8ee6..5455428a3 100644
--- a/scripts/node_version.py
+++ b/scripts/node_version.py
@@ -4,19 +4,23 @@ from pathlib import Path
 ROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent
 TEMPLATED_ROOT = ROOT / "{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}"
 DOCKERFILE = TEMPLATED_ROOT / "compose" / "local" / "node" / "Dockerfile"
+PROD_DOCKERFILE = TEMPLATED_ROOT / "compose" / "production" / "django" / "Dockerfile"
 PACKAGE_JSON = TEMPLATED_ROOT / "package.json"
 CI_YML = ROOT / ".github" / "workflows" / "ci.yml"
 
 
-def main():
+def main() -> None:
     new_version = get_version_from_dockerfile()
+    if new_version is None:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"No version found in {DOCKERFILE}")
+
     old_version = get_version_from_package_json()
     if old_version != new_version:
         update_package_json_version(old_version, new_version)
         update_ci_node_version(old_version, new_version)
 
 
-def get_version_from_dockerfile():
+def get_version_from_dockerfile() -> str | None:
     # Extract version out of base image name:
     # FROM docker.io/node:22.13-bookworm-slim
     # -> 22.13
@@ -28,12 +32,12 @@ def get_version_from_dockerfile():
                 return version_str
 
 
-def get_version_from_package_json():
+def get_version_from_package_json() -> str:
     package_json = json.loads(PACKAGE_JSON.read_text())
     return package_json["engines"]["node"]
 
 
-def update_package_json_version(old_version, new_version):
+def update_package_json_version(old_version: str, new_version: str) -> None:
     package_json_text = PACKAGE_JSON.read_text()
     package_json_text = package_json_text.replace(
         f'"node": "{old_version}"',
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ def update_package_json_version(old_version, new_version):
     PACKAGE_JSON.write_text(package_json_text)
 
 
-def update_ci_node_version(old_version, new_version):
+def update_ci_node_version(old_version: str, new_version: str) -> None:
     yml_content = CI_YML.read_text()
     yml_content = yml_content.replace(
         f'node-version: "{old_version}"',
@@ -50,6 +54,14 @@ def update_ci_node_version(old_version, new_version):
     )
     CI_YML.write_text(yml_content)
 
+def update_production_node_version(old_version: str, new_version: str) -> None:
+    dockerfile_content = PROD_DOCKERFILE.read_text()
+    dockerfile_content = dockerfile_content.replace(
+        f'FROM docker.io/node:{old_version}',
+        f'FROM docker.io/node:{new_version}',
+    )
+    PROD_DOCKERFILE.write_text(dockerfile_content)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 64ed2cf9f..8bf3eb2eb 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ rcssmin==1.1.2  # https://github.com/ndparker/rcssmin
 {%- endif %}
 argon2-cffi==23.1.0  # https://github.com/hynek/argon2_cffi
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_whitenoise == 'y' %}
-whitenoise==6.8.2  # https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
+whitenoise==6.9.0  # https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
 {%- endif %}
 redis==5.2.1  # https://github.com/redis/redis-py
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == "y" or cookiecutter.windows == "n" %}
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ django-redis==5.4.0  # https://github.com/jazzband/django-redis
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_drf == 'y' %}
 # Django REST Framework
 djangorestframework==3.15.2  # https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework
-django-cors-headers==4.6.0  # https://github.com/adamchainz/django-cors-headers
+django-cors-headers==4.7.0  # https://github.com/adamchainz/django-cors-headers
 # DRF-spectacular for api documentation
 drf-spectacular==0.28.0  # https://github.com/tfranzel/drf-spectacular
 {%- endif %}