diff --git a/ee/api/Pipfile b/ee/api/Pipfile
index 901723f31f..53f7bcd259 100644
--- a/ee/api/Pipfile
+++ b/ee/api/Pipfile
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ python3-saml = "==1.16.0"
 redis = "==5.1.0b6"
 azure-storage-blob = "==12.22.0"
 cachetools = "==5.4.0"
-psycopg = {extras = ["pool", "binary"], version = "==3.2.1"}
+psycopg = {extras = ["binary", "pool"], version = "==3.2.1"}
 uvicorn = {extras = ["standard"], version = "==0.30.5"}
-pydantic = {extras = ["email"], version = "==2.3.0"}
+pydantic = {extras = ["email"], version = "==2.8.2"}
 clickhouse-driver = {extras = ["lz4"], version = "==0.2.8"}
 
 [dev-packages]
diff --git a/ee/api/schemas/assist_stats_schema.py b/ee/api/schemas/assist_stats_schema.py
index b6d588b7bd..f90b215c5d 100644
--- a/ee/api/schemas/assist_stats_schema.py
+++ b/ee/api/schemas/assist_stats_schema.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from pydantic import Field, field_validator
 
-from .overrides import BaseModel, Enum, ORUnion
+from .overrides import BaseModel
 
 
 class AssistStatsAverage(BaseModel):
@@ -60,13 +60,15 @@ class AssistStatsSessionsRequest(BaseModel):
     userId: Optional[int] = Field(default=None)
 
     @field_validator("sort")
-    def validate_sort(self, v):
+    @classmethod
+    def validate_sort(cls, v):
         if v not in assist_sort_options:
             raise ValueError(f"Invalid sort option. Allowed options: {', '.join(assist_sort_options)}")
         return v
 
     @field_validator("order")
-    def validate_order(self, v):
+    @classmethod
+    def validate_order(cls, v):
         if v not in ["desc", "asc"]:
             raise ValueError("Invalid order option. Must be 'desc' or 'asc'.")
         return v
diff --git a/ee/api/schemas/schemas_ee.py b/ee/api/schemas/schemas_ee.py
index 4e31782e27..c4ab618133 100644
--- a/ee/api/schemas/schemas_ee.py
+++ b/ee/api/schemas/schemas_ee.py
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 from pydantic import Field, EmailStr, field_validator, model_validator
 
-from . import schemas
 from chalicelib.utils.TimeUTC import TimeUTC
+from . import schemas
 from .overrides import BaseModel, Enum, ORUnion
-from .transformers_validators import remove_whitespace, remove_duplicate_values
+from .transformers_validators import remove_whitespace
 
 
 class Permissions(str, Enum):