diff --git a/requirements-base.txt b/requirements-base.txt
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+# top-level required modules w/o pinned dependencies
+# DON'T ADD NEW DEPENDENCIES TO REQUIREMENTS.TXT MANUALLY
+# ADD THEM TO REQUIREMENTS-BASE.TXT, THEN RUN
+# pip3 freeze -r requirement-base.txt > requirements.txt
+sqlalchemy
+celery
+dash
+dash-bootstrap-components
+dash-mantine-components
+dash-bootstrap-templates
+flask-login
+flask
+redis
+uuid
+plotly
+psycopg2-binary
+pandas
+numpy
+python-dateutil
+fuzzywuzzy
+python-Levenshtein
+datetime
+gunicorn
+pyarrow
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,59 +1,61 @@
-amqp
-async-timeout
-billiard
-celery
-# celery-flower
-cfgv
-click
-click-didyoumean
-click-plugins
-click-repl
-dash
-dash-bootstrap-components
-dash-bootstrap-templates
-dash-core-components
-dash-html-components
-dash-table
-deprecated
-distlib
-filelock
-flask
-gunicorn
-identify
-itsdangerous
-jinja2
-kombu
-markupsafe
-nodeenv
-numpy
-packaging
-pandas
-patsy
-platformdirs
-plotly
-plotly-express
-pre-commit
-prompt-toolkit
-psycopg2-binary
-pyparsing
-python-dateutil
-pytz
-pyyaml
-redis
-rq
-scipy
-six
-sqlalchemy
-statsmodels
-tenacity
-toml
-vine
-wcwidth
-werkzeug
-wrapt
-requests
-dash-mantine-components
-pyarrow
-fuzzywuzzy
-python-Levenshtein
-flask-login
+# top-level required modules w/o pinned dependencies
+# DON'T ADD NEW DEPENDENCIES TO REQUIREMENTS.TXT MANUALLY
+# ADD THEM TO REQUIREMENTS-BASE.TXT, THEN RUN
+# pip3 freeze -r requirement-base.txt > requirements.txt
+SQLAlchemy==2.0.25
+celery==5.3.6
+dash==2.15.0
+dash-bootstrap-components==1.5.0
+dash-mantine-components==0.12.1
+dash-bootstrap-templates==1.1.2
+Flask-Login==0.6.3
+Flask==3.0.2
+redis==5.0.1
+uuid==1.30
+plotly==5.18.0
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.9
+pandas==2.2.0
+numpy==1.26.4
+python-dateutil==2.8.2
+fuzzywuzzy==0.18.0
+python-Levenshtein==0.24.0
+DateTime==5.4
+gunicorn==21.2.0
+pyarrow==15.0.0
+## The following requirements were added by pip freeze:
+amqp==5.2.0
+billiard==4.2.0
+blinker==1.7.0
+certifi==2024.2.2
+charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+click==8.1.7
+click-didyoumean==0.3.0
+click-plugins==1.1.1
+click-repl==0.3.0
+dash-core-components==2.0.0
+dash-html-components==2.0.0
+dash-table==5.0.0
+idna==3.6
+importlib-metadata==7.0.1
+itsdangerous==2.1.2
+Jinja2==3.1.3
+kombu==5.3.5
+Levenshtein==0.24.0
+MarkupSafe==2.1.5
+nest-asyncio==1.6.0
+packaging==23.2
+prompt-toolkit==3.0.43
+pytz==2024.1
+rapidfuzz==3.6.1
+requests==2.31.0
+retrying==1.3.4
+six==1.16.0
+tenacity==8.2.3
+typing_extensions==4.9.0
+tzdata==2023.4
+urllib3==2.2.0
+vine==5.1.0
+wcwidth==0.2.13
+Werkzeug==3.0.1
+zipp==3.17.0
+zope.interface==6.1