diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 5d99db7..10ad0a4 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,46 +1,34 @@
-# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# 🌟 APPLICATION CONFIGURATION
-# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-DEBUG=false
-DISABLE_LOGS=false
-LOG_FORMAT=json
-LOG_CALLER=true
-LOG_STACKTRACE=false
-
-# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# 🌟 SERVER CONFIGURATION
-# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Server Configuration
 SERVER_ADDR=
 SERVER_PORT=8080
 
-# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# 🌟 DATABASE CONFIGURATION (MySQL)
-# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Database Configuration (MySQL)
 DB_HOST=localhost
 DB_PORT=3306
 DB_USER=user
 DB_PASSWORD=password
 DB_NAME=mydatabase
 
-# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# 🌟 REDIS CACHE CONFIGURATION
-# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Redis Configuration
 REDIS_HOST=localhost
 REDIS_PORT=6379
-REDIS_PASSWORD=your_redis_password
+REDIS_PASSWORD=redispassword
 REDIS_DB=0
 
-# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# 🌟 JAEGER TRACING CONFIGURATION
-# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Jaeger Configuration (Tracing)
 JAEGER_AGENT_HOST=localhost
 JAEGER_AGENT_PORT=6831
 
-# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# 🌟 TOOL VERSIONS (for development)
-# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-SWAG_VERSION=latest
+# Logging Configuration
+DEBUG=false
+DISABLE_LOGS=false
+LOG_FORMAT=json
+LOG_CALLER=true
+LOG_STACKTRACE=false
+
+# Tool Versions (used in Docker builds)
+SWAG_VERSION=v1.16.4
 MIGRATE_VERSION=v4.16.2
-LINT_VERSION=v1.55.2
-IMPORTS_VERSION=v0.14.0
-VULN_VERSION=v1.0.1
+LINT_VERSION=v1.59.1
+IMPORTS_VERSION=v0.24.0
+VULN_VERSION=v1.1.3
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c195db9..cfe1341 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# Load environment variables
-include .env
+# Load environment variables (optional, won't fail if .env doesn't exist)
+-include .env
 
 # Get repository name from current directory
 REPO_NAME ?= $(shell basename "$$(pwd)")
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9449047..9517284 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/MitulShah1/golang-rest-api-template
 
-go 1.23.0
+go 1.24.7
 
 require (
 	github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.2