diff --git a/src/common/tools/kafka/Variables.py b/src/common/tools/kafka/Variables.py
index 515a43f16773510c71c15471736a6a88b81ef856..4537c3e0d48f7c0c74fd9df9796d77ac4f7b7ad7 100644
--- a/src/common/tools/kafka/Variables.py
+++ b/src/common/tools/kafka/Variables.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class KafkaTopic(Enum):
             LOGGER.debug('All topics already existed.')
             return True
 
-        create_topic_future_map = kafka_admin_client.create_topics(missing_topics)
+        create_topic_future_map = kafka_admin_client.create_topics(missing_topics, request_timeout=5*60)
         LOGGER.debug('create_topic_future_map: {:s}'.format(str(create_topic_future_map)))
         failed_topic_creations = set()
         for topic, future in create_topic_future_map.items():
diff --git a/src/kpi_value_api/.gitlab-ci.yml b/src/kpi_value_api/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 55d6c3504703697fce43dce953ec1386c29acd72..fa27ccc4b3ced38b0d6fcc4b02b312760cdea18c 100644
--- a/src/kpi_value_api/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/kpi_value_api/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ unit_test kpi-value-api:
     - docker exec -i $IMAGE_NAME bash -c "coverage report --include='${IMAGE_NAME}/*' --show-missing"
   coverage: '/TOTAL\s+\d+\s+\d+\s+(\d+%)/'
   after_script:
+    - docker ps -a
     - docker rm -f $IMAGE_NAME
     - docker rm -f kafka
     #- docker rm -f zookeeper
diff --git a/src/kpi_value_writer/.gitlab-ci.yml b/src/kpi_value_writer/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4393bf55661fc776cf3ea0afda2ae150a2ba4fda..e4aec2aa8307327ef1bb1a5905641a0018d20e76 100644
--- a/src/kpi_value_writer/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/kpi_value_writer/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ unit_test kpi-value-writer:
     - docker exec -i $IMAGE_NAME bash -c "coverage report --include='${IMAGE_NAME}/*' --show-missing"
   coverage: '/TOTAL\s+\d+\s+\d+\s+(\d+%)/'
   after_script:
+    - docker ps -a
     - docker rm -f $IMAGE_NAME
     - docker rm -f kafka
     #- docker rm -f zookeeper
diff --git a/src/monitoring/requirements.in b/src/monitoring/requirements.in
index 326b20ff5d704bce705b6a4b99d641a7775a0fc9..aebbb268439602260a4bb187b9b58b57317fb105 100644
--- a/src/monitoring/requirements.in
+++ b/src/monitoring/requirements.in
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ numpy<2.0.0
 influx-line-protocol==0.1.4
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 python-json-logger==2.0.2
-#pytz==2021.3
+pytz
 #redis==4.1.2
 requests==2.27.1
 xmltodict==0.12.0
diff --git a/src/telemetry/backend/requirements.in b/src/telemetry/backend/requirements.in
index e7ca6546caffee1efb55572b01084051fc812eb1..828cd0330b8210d0696818c79e73d2eefba1a550 100644
--- a/src/telemetry/backend/requirements.in
+++ b/src/telemetry/backend/requirements.in
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ anytree==2.8.0
 APScheduler>=3.10.4
 confluent-kafka==2.3.*
 numpy==2.0.1
+pytz>=2025.2
diff --git a/src/telemetry/requirements.in b/src/telemetry/requirements.in
index 1b329093dca1f1654a17411f7564d4944d70ffec..95ba720101f3280e5ddbcfaf5e6db5e1f378ec21 100644
--- a/src/telemetry/requirements.in
+++ b/src/telemetry/requirements.in
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ APScheduler>=3.10.4
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.3
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 python-json-logger==2.0.2
-pytz==2024.1
+pytz>=2025.2
 requests==2.27.1