diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index a446f09..c3d77d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10"]
       fail-fast: false
 
     services:
       sqldb:
-        image: postgres:13
+        image: postgres:14
         env:
           POSTGRES_USER: user
           POSTGRES_PASSWORD: secret
diff --git a/db/Dockerfile b/db/Dockerfile
index 6d3c800..d2223b8 100644
--- a/db/Dockerfile
+++ b/db/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # pull official base image
-FROM postgres:13-alpine
+FROM postgres:14-alpine
 
 # run create.sql on init
 ADD create.sql /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
diff --git a/the_app/api/stuff.py b/the_app/api/stuff.py
index e1f57a7..93b8acf 100644
--- a/the_app/api/stuff.py
+++ b/the_app/api/stuff.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from typing import List
-
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, status
 from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
 
 @router.post("/add_many", status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
-async def create_multi_stuff(payload: List[StuffSchema], db_session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db)):
+async def create_multi_stuff(payload: list[StuffSchema], db_session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db)):
     try:
         stuff_instances = [Stuff(name=stuf.name, description=stuf.description) for stuf in payload]
         db_session.add_all(stuff_instances)
diff --git a/the_app/models/__init__.py b/the_app/models/__init__.py
index 63287f6..abb31f4 100644
--- a/the_app/models/__init__.py
+++ b/the_app/models/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from the_app.models.nonsense import Nonsense  # noqa
-from the_app.models.stuff import Stuff  # noqa
 from the_app.models.shakespeare import Character  # noqa
+from the_app.models.stuff import Stuff  # noqa