diff --git a/dependencies.sh b/dependencies.sh
index 28d43b8c4142..42c618733d0d 100644
--- a/dependencies.sh
+++ b/dependencies.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export NODE_VERSION_PRECISE=16.13.1
 export SPACEMAN_DMM_VERSION=suite-1.8
 
 # Python version for mapmerge and other tools
-export PYTHON_VERSION=3.7.9
+export PYTHON_VERSION=3.9.0
 
 # Auxmos git tag
 export AUXMOS_VERSION=v2.5.1
diff --git a/tools/bootstrap/python37._pth b/tools/bootstrap/python37._pth
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fe54372613d..000000000000
--- a/tools/bootstrap/python37._pth
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-python37.zip
-.
-..\..\..
-
-# Uncomment to run site.main() automatically
-import site
diff --git a/tools/bootstrap/python_.ps1 b/tools/bootstrap/python_.ps1
index 93a6f756960c..f37589f10644 100644
--- a/tools/bootstrap/python_.ps1
+++ b/tools/bootstrap/python_.ps1
@@ -49,8 +49,13 @@ if (!(Test-Path $PythonExe -PathType Leaf)) {
 
 	[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory($Archive, $PythonDir)
 
+	$PythonVersionArray = $PythonVersion.Split(".")
+	$PythonVersionString = "python$($PythonVersionArray[0])$($PythonVersionArray[1])"
+	Write-Output "Generating PATH descriptor."
+	New-Item "$Cache/$PythonVersionString._pth" | Out-Null
+	Set-Content "$Cache/$PythonVersionString._pth" "$PythonVersionString.zip`n.`n..\..\..`nimport site`n"
 	# Copy a ._pth file without "import site" commented, so pip will work
-	Copy-Item "$Bootstrap/python37._pth" $PythonDir `
+	Copy-Item "$Cache/$PythonVersionString._pth" $PythonDir `
 		-ErrorAction Stop
 
 	Remove-Item $Archive
diff --git a/tools/requirements.txt b/tools/requirements.txt
index a513681fd377..40174a9e5b18 100644
--- a/tools/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-pygit2==1.0.1
-bidict==0.13.1
-Pillow==9.5.0
+pygit2==1.11.1
+bidict==0.22.0
+Pillow==10.3.0
 
 # changelogs
-PyYaml==5.4
+PyYaml==6.0.1
 beautifulsoup4==4.9.3
+
+# ezdb
+mysql-connector-python==8.0.33
+
+# icon cutter
+numpy==1.26.0