diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
index 338a5b5..6a81b4c 100644
--- a/.ruby-version
+++ b/.ruby-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6.6
+2.7.8
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f65c9e..8f9f90d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Standard Reports UI: change log
 
+## 1.6.0 - 2024-10
+
+- (Dan) Updates ruby version to 2.7.8 and alpine version to 3.16 [GH-143](https://github.com/epimorphics/standard-reports-ui/issues/143)
+
 ## 1.5.4 - 2024-09
 
 - (Jon) Updated the application exceptions controller to instrument the
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 36b3345..95c2109 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -81,5 +81,5 @@ end
 # TODO: In production you want to set this to the gem from the epimorphics package repo
 source 'https://rubygems.pkg.github.com/epimorphics' do
   gem 'json_rails_logger', '~> 1.0.0'
-  gem 'lr_common_styles', '~> 1.9.0'
+  gem 'lr_common_styles', '~> 2.0'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f412b4d..e2d4b45 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  remote: https://rubygems.pkg.github.com/epimorphics/
   specs:
     actioncable (5.2.8.1)
       actionpack (= 5.2.8.1)
@@ -145,6 +146,10 @@ GEM
     js-routes (1.4.14)
       railties (>= 4)
     json (2.6.3)
+    json_rails_logger (1.0.3)
+      json
+      lograge
+      railties
     kgio (2.11.4)
     leaflet-rails (1.7.0)
       rails (>= 4.2.0)
@@ -162,6 +167,19 @@ GEM
     loofah (2.21.3)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.12.0)
+    lr_common_styles (2.0.0)
+      bootstrap-sass (~> 3.4.0)
+      font-awesome-rails (~> 4.7.0.1)
+      govuk_elements_rails (~> 2.0.0)
+      govuk_frontend_toolkit (~> 4.18.1)
+      govuk_template (~> 0.18.1)
+      haml-rails (~> 2.0.0)
+      jquery-rails (>= 4.3.5, < 4.7.0)
+      lodash-rails (~> 4.17.14)
+      modernizr-rails (~> 2.7.1)
+      modulejs-rails (~> 2.2.0.0)
+      rails (>= 5.2.4)
+      sass-rails (~> 5.0.4)
     mail (2.8.1)
       mini_mime (>= 0.1.1)
       net-imap
@@ -360,30 +378,10 @@ GEM
       nokogiri (~> 1.8)
     yajl-ruby (1.4.3)
 
-GEM
-  remote: https://rubygems.pkg.github.com/epimorphics/
-  specs:
-    json_rails_logger (1.0.3)
-      json
-      lograge
-      railties
-    lr_common_styles (1.9.9)
-      bootstrap-sass (~> 3.4.0)
-      font-awesome-rails (~> 4.7.0.1)
-      govuk_elements_rails (~> 2.0.0)
-      govuk_frontend_toolkit (~> 4.18.1)
-      govuk_template (~> 0.18.1)
-      haml-rails (~> 2.0.0)
-      jquery-rails (>= 4.3.5, < 4.7.0)
-      lodash-rails (~> 4.17.14)
-      modernizr-rails (~> 2.7.1)
-      modulejs-rails (~> 2.2.0.0)
-      rails (~> 5.2.4)
-      sass-rails (~> 5.0.4)
-
 PLATFORMS
   -darwin-20
   aarch64-linux
+  ruby
   x86_64-darwin-17
   x86_64-darwin-21
   x86_64-linux
@@ -405,7 +403,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   json_rails_logger (~> 1.0.0)!
   leaflet-rails
   libv8-node (>= 16.10.0.0)
-  lr_common_styles (~> 1.9.0)!
+  lr_common_styles (~> 2.0)!
   minitest-rails-capybara
   minitest-reporters
   minitest-spec-rails
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0c6aed1..372e8f0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .PHONY:	assets auth check clean image lint local publish realclean run tag test vars
 
 ACCOUNT?=$(shell aws sts get-caller-identity | jq -r .Account)
-ALPINE_VERSION?=3.13
+ALPINE_VERSION?=3.16
 AWS_REGION?=eu-west-1
 BUNDLER_VERSION?=$(shell tail -1 Gemfile.lock | tr -d ' ')
 ECR?=${ACCOUNT}.dkr.ecr.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com
diff --git a/app/lib/version.rb b/app/lib/version.rb
index e34760b..6be3518 100644
--- a/app/lib/version.rb
+++ b/app/lib/version.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 module Version
   MAJOR = 1
-  MINOR = 5
-  PATCH = 4
+  MINOR = 6
+  PATCH = 0
   SUFFIX = nil
   VERSION = "#{MAJOR}.#{MINOR}.#{PATCH}#{SUFFIX && ".#{SUFFIX}"}"
 end