diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index ae85523c..1205f857 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -104,10 +104,6 @@ recursive=no
 # source root.
 source-roots=
 
-# When enabled, pylint would attempt to guess common misconfiguration and emit
-# user-friendly hints instead of false-positive error messages.
-suggestion-mode=yes
-
 # Allow loading of arbitrary C extensions. Extensions are imported into the
 # active Python interpreter and may run arbitrary code.
 unsafe-load-any-extension=no
@@ -234,6 +230,11 @@ name-group=
 # not require a docstring.
 no-docstring-rgx=^_
 
+# Regular expression matching correct parameter specification variable names.
+# If left empty, parameter specification variable names will be checked with
+# the set naming style.
+#paramspec-rgx=
+
 # List of decorators that produce properties, such as abc.abstractproperty. Add
 # to this list to register other decorators that produce valid properties.
 # These decorators are taken in consideration only for invalid-name.
@@ -247,6 +248,10 @@ property-classes=abc.abstractproperty
 # variable names will be checked with the set naming style.
 #typevar-rgx=
 
+# Regular expression matching correct type variable tuple names. If left empty,
+# type variable tuple names will be checked with the set naming style.
+#typevartuple-rgx=
+
 # Naming style matching correct variable names.
 variable-naming-style=snake_case
 
@@ -344,7 +349,9 @@ indent-after-paren=4
 # tab).
 indent-string='    '
 
-# Maximum number of characters on a single line.
+# Maximum number of characters on a single line. Pylint's default of 100 is
+# based on PEP 8's guidance that teams may choose line lengths up to 99
+# characters.
 max-line-length=120
 
 # Maximum number of lines in a module.
@@ -456,6 +463,9 @@ timeout-methods=requests.api.delete,requests.api.get,requests.api.head,requests.
 
 [MISCELLANEOUS]
 
+# Whether or not to search for fixme's in docstrings.
+check-fixme-in-docstring=no
+
 # List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
 notes=FIXME,
       XXX,
diff --git a/object_storage_api/auth/jwt_middleware.py b/object_storage_api/auth/jwt_middleware.py
index 658055b0..13d4bbb1 100644
--- a/object_storage_api/auth/jwt_middleware.py
+++ b/object_storage_api/auth/jwt_middleware.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next: RequestResponseEndpoint) -
 
             if not self._is_jwt_access_token_valid(credentials.credentials):
                 return JSONResponse(
-                    status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN, content={"detail": "Invalid token or expired token"}
+                    status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, content={"detail": "Invalid token or expired token"}
                 )
 
         return await call_next(request)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 05d09e43..3f04fbe6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,21 +19,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 code-analysis = [
-    "black==25.9.0",
-    "pylint==3.3.9",
+    "black==26.1.0",
+    "pylint==4.0.5",
     "object-storage-api[test]"
 ]
 
 test = [
-    "pytest==8.4.2",
-    "pytest-asyncio==1.2.0",
+    "pytest==9.0.2",
+    "pytest-asyncio==1.3.0",
     "pytest-cov==7.0.0",
-    "pytest-env==1.2.0",
+    "pytest-env==1.5.0",
     "requests==2.32.5"
 ]
 
 scripts = [
-    "faker==37.12.0",
+    "faker==40.4.0",
     "faker-file[pdf,docx,images]==0.18.4",
 ]
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 88300fad..da65a5f8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-annotated-doc==0.0.3
+annotated-doc==0.0.4
 annotated-types==0.7.0
-anyio==4.11.0
+anyio==4.12.1
 boto3==1.35.99
 botocore==1.35.99
-certifi==2025.10.5
+certifi==2026.1.4
 cffi==2.0.0
-click==8.3.0
-cryptography==46.0.3
+click==8.3.1
+cryptography==46.0.5
 dnspython==2.8.0
 email-validator==2.3.0
-fastapi==0.120.2
-fastapi-cli==0.0.14
-fastapi-cloud-cli==0.3.1
+fastapi==0.129.0
+fastapi-cli==0.0.23
+fastapi-cloud-cli==0.13.0
+fastar==0.8.0
 h11==0.16.0
 httpcore==1.0.9
 httptools==0.7.1
@@ -19,39 +20,38 @@ httpx==0.28.1
 idna==3.11
 itsdangerous==2.2.0
 Jinja2==3.1.6
-jmespath==1.0.1
+jmespath==1.1.0
 markdown-it-py==4.0.0
 MarkupSafe==3.0.3
 mdurl==0.1.2
-orjson==3.11.4
-pillow==12.0.0
-pycparser==2.23
-pydantic==2.12.3
-pydantic-extra-types==2.10.6
-pydantic-settings==2.11.0
-pydantic_core==2.41.4
+orjson==3.11.7
+pillow==12.1.1
+pycparser==3.0
+pydantic==2.12.5
+pydantic-extra-types==2.11.0
+pydantic-settings==2.13.1
+pydantic_core==2.41.5
 Pygments==2.19.2
-PyJWT==2.10.1
-pymongo==4.15.3
+PyJWT==2.11.0
+pymongo==4.16.0
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
 python-dotenv==1.2.1
-python-multipart==0.0.20
+python-multipart==0.0.22
 PyYAML==6.0.3
-rich==14.2.0
-rich-toolkit==0.15.1
-rignore==0.7.2
+rich==14.3.3
+rich-toolkit==0.19.4
+rignore==0.7.6
 s3transfer==0.10.4
-sentry-sdk==2.43.0
+sentry-sdk==2.53.0
 shellingham==1.5.4
 six==1.17.0
-sniffio==1.3.1
-starlette==0.49.1
-typer==0.20.0
+starlette==0.52.1
+typer==0.24.0
 typing-inspection==0.4.2
 typing_extensions==4.15.0
 ujson==5.11.0
-urllib3==2.6.0
-uvicorn==0.38.0
+urllib3==2.6.3
+uvicorn==0.41.0
 uvloop==0.22.1
 watchfiles==1.1.1
-websockets==15.0.1
+websockets==16.0
diff --git a/test/e2e/test_jwt_middleware.py b/test/e2e/test_jwt_middleware.py
index 048f1e3b..92dabf2e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/test_jwt_middleware.py
+++ b/test/e2e/test_jwt_middleware.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def test_jwt_middleware_allows_authenticated_request(test_client):
         ),
         pytest.param(
             {"Authorization": f"Invalid-Bearer {VALID_ACCESS_TOKEN}"},
-            "Invalid authentication credentials",
+            "Not authenticated",
             id="invalid_authorization_scheme",
         ),
     ],
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def test_jwt_middleware_denies_unauthenticated_requests(test_client, headers, ex
         for method in ["GET", "DELETE", "PATCH", "POST", "PUT"]:
             if method in api_route.methods:
                 response = test_client.request(method, api_route.path, headers=headers)
-                assert response.status_code == 403
+                assert response.status_code == 401
                 assert response.json()["detail"] == expected_response_message
 
 
diff --git a/test/unit/stores/test_image.py b/test/unit/stores/test_image.py
index 6caa0b47..c95ec307 100644
--- a/test/unit/stores/test_image.py
+++ b/test/unit/stores/test_image.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def call_create_presigned_get(self) -> None:
             `mock_create_presigned_get`.
         """
 
-        (self._obtained_presigned_view_url, self._obtained_presigned_download_url) = (
+        self._obtained_presigned_view_url, self._obtained_presigned_download_url = (
             self.image_store.create_presigned_get(self._image_out)
         )