diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f5796cac..7277c443 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ gem 'redcarpet'
 # NCBO gems (can be from a local dev path or from rubygems/git)
 gem 'ncbo_annotator', git: 'https://github.com/ontoportal-lirmm/ncbo_annotator.git', branch: 'development'
 gem 'ncbo_cron', git: 'https://github.com/ontoportal-lirmm/ncbo_cron.git', branch: 'master'
-gem 'ncbo_ontology_recommender', git: 'https://github.com/ncbo/ncbo_ontology_recommender.git', branch: 'master'
+gem 'ncbo_ontology_recommender', git: 'https://github.com/ontoportal-lirmm/ncbo_ontology_recommender.git', branch: 'development'
 gem 'goo', github: 'ontoportal-lirmm/goo', branch: 'development'
 gem 'sparql-client', github: 'ontoportal-lirmm/sparql-client', branch: 'development'
 gem 'ontologies_linked_data', git: 'https://github.com/ontoportal-lirmm/ontologies_linked_data.git', branch: 'development'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index aa5b2791..4a7b970d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,14 +1,3 @@
-GIT
-  remote: https://github.com/ncbo/ncbo_ontology_recommender.git
-  revision: 9dbd4f179e42c52095129d353a5ac584e9bd47f3
-  branch: master
-  specs:
-    ncbo_ontology_recommender (0.0.1)
-      goo
-      ncbo_annotator
-      ontologies_linked_data
-      redis
-
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/ontoportal-lirmm/goo.git
   revision: f8ac7b00e8d8b46d1eea04de014175525c1cdd83
@@ -40,7 +29,7 @@ GIT
 
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/ontoportal-lirmm/ncbo_cron.git
-  revision: bed0ff08408ad1241db3513992ad025a253eeef0
+  revision: 37a9573c11978869a867050f8ec75e048c8b9b2b
   branch: master
   specs:
     ncbo_cron (0.0.1)
@@ -55,6 +44,17 @@ GIT
       redis
       rufus-scheduler (~> 2.0.24)
 
+GIT
+  remote: https://github.com/ontoportal-lirmm/ncbo_ontology_recommender.git
+  revision: a0e36c89e6e2f8502cac288df2992625649dad7a
+  branch: development
+  specs:
+    ncbo_ontology_recommender (0.0.1)
+      goo
+      ncbo_annotator
+      ontologies_linked_data
+      redis
+
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/ontoportal-lirmm/ontologies_linked_data.git
   revision: 312ef426eeaa461e88fa23124ea5fd531f4276ba
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ GEM
       rexml
     cube-ruby (0.0.3)
     dante (0.2.0)
-    date (3.3.4)
+    date (3.4.0)
     declarative (0.0.20)
     docile (1.4.1)
     domain_name (0.6.20240107)
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ GEM
     httpclient (2.8.3)
     i18n (1.14.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-    json (2.7.5)
+    json (2.7.6)
     json-ld (3.0.2)
       multi_json (~> 1.12)
       rdf (>= 2.2.8, < 4.0)
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ GEM
       net-protocol
     net-ssh (7.3.0)
     netrc (0.11.0)
-    newrelic_rpm (9.14.0)
-    oj (3.16.6)
+    newrelic_rpm (9.15.0)
+    oj (3.16.7)
       bigdecimal (>= 3.0)
       ostruct (>= 0.2)
     omni_logger (0.1.4)
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ GEM
     ostruct (0.6.0)
     parallel (1.26.3)
     parseconfig (1.1.2)
-    parser (3.3.5.0)
+    parser (3.3.5.1)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
       racc
     pony (1.13.1)
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ GEM
     rsolr (2.6.0)
       builder (>= 2.1.2)
       faraday (>= 0.9, < 3, != 2.0.0)
-    rubocop (1.67.0)
+    rubocop (1.68.0)
       json (~> 2.3)
       language_server-protocol (>= 3.17.0)
       parallel (~> 1.10)
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ GEM
       rubocop-ast (>= 1.32.2, < 2.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
       unicode-display_width (>= 2.4.0, < 3.0)
-    rubocop-ast (1.33.0)
+    rubocop-ast (1.34.0)
       parser (>= 3.3.1.0)
     ruby-progressbar (1.13.0)
     ruby-xxHash (0.4.0.2)
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ GEM
       addressable (>= 2.8.0)
       crack (>= 0.3.2)
       hashdiff (>= 0.4.0, < 2.0.0)
-    webrick (1.8.2)
+    webrick (1.9.0)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2a08a35e..564fc8d2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ services:
       - "9393:9393"
     volumes:
       # bundle volume for hosting gems installed by bundle; it speeds up gem install in local development
-      - .:/srv/ontoportal/ontologies_api
+      - app_api:/srv/ontoportal/ontologies_api
       - repository:/srv/ontoportal/data/repository
 
   ncbo_cron:
@@ -199,4 +199,3 @@ volumes:
   mgrep:
   logs:
   history:
-