diff --git a/backend/config/settings.py b/backend/config/settings.py
index 645b4f52..e1fbe152 100644
--- a/backend/config/settings.py
+++ b/backend/config/settings.py
@@ -295,4 +295,4 @@ CORS_ALLOW_HEADERS = list(default_headers) + [
 
 # TA application settings
 TA_UPSTREAM = "https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist"
-TA_VERSION = "v0.4.11"
+TA_VERSION = "v0.4.12"
diff --git a/backend/playlist/src/index.py b/backend/playlist/src/index.py
index 3577f1e1..fe990ae6 100644
--- a/backend/playlist/src/index.py
+++ b/backend/playlist/src/index.py
@@ -94,13 +94,10 @@ class YoutubePlaylist(YouTubeItem):
         """get all videos in playlist, match downloaded with ids_found"""
         all_members = []
         for idx, entry in enumerate(self.youtube_meta["entries"]):
-            if not entry["channel"]:
-                continue
-
             to_append = {
                 "youtube_id": entry["id"],
                 "title": entry["title"],
-                "uploader": entry["channel"],
+                "uploader": entry.get("channel"),
                 "idx": idx,
                 "downloaded": entry["id"] in ids_found,
             }
diff --git a/backend/requirements-dev.txt b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
index 78959ddc..b2ab1b1b 100644
--- a/backend/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 -r requirements.txt
-black
-codespell
-flake8
-ipython
-isort
-pylint
-pylint-django
-pytest
-pytest-django
-python-dotenv
-requirementscheck
-types-requests
+black==24.10.0
+codespell==2.3.0
+flake8==7.1.1
+ipython==8.30.0
+isort==5.13.2
+pylint-django==2.6.1
+pylint==3.3.2
+pytest-django==4.9.0
+python-dotenv==1.0.1
+pytest==8.3.4
+requirementscheck==0.0.4
+types-requests==2.32.0.20241016
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 41cfea40..b2a3f921 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-apprise==1.9.0
+apprise==1.9.1
 celery==5.4.0
 django-auth-ldap==5.1.0
 django-celery-beat==2.7.0
 django-cors-headers==4.6.0
-Django==5.1.3
+Django==5.1.4
 djangorestframework==3.15.2
 Pillow==11.0.0
-redis==5.2.0
+redis==5.2.1
 requests==2.32.3
 ryd-client==0.0.6
 uWSGI==2.0.28
 whitenoise==6.8.2
-yt-dlp[default]==2024.11.4
+yt-dlp[default]==2024.12.13
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 2612c131..aa6817d2 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function sync_docker {
     fi
 
     echo "latest tags:"
-    git tag | tail -n 5 | sort -r
+    git tag | sort -rV | head -n 5
 
     printf "\ncreate new version:\n"
     read -r VERSION
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ function sync_docker_old {
     fi
 
     echo "latest tags:"
-    git tag | tail -n 5 | sort -r
+    git tag | sort -rV | head -n 5
 
     printf "\ncreate new version:\n"
     read -r VERSION
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f7e4dd9b..bbd11302 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - archivist-es
   archivist-es:
-    image: bbilly1/tubearchivist-es         # only for amd64, or use official es 8.14.3
+    image: bbilly1/tubearchivist-es         # only for amd64, or use official es 8.16.0
     container_name: archivist-es
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment: