diff --git a/ee/api/.gitignore b/ee/api/.gitignore
index 61bc09c37..80beeee41 100644
--- a/ee/api/.gitignore
+++ b/ee/api/.gitignore
@@ -201,16 +201,17 @@ Pipfile.lock
 /chalicelib/core/metrics/heatmaps
 /chalicelib/core/metrics/product_analytics
 /chalicelib/core/metrics/product_anaytics2.py
-/chalicelib/core/events
+/chalicelib/core/events*
 /chalicelib/core/feature_flags.py
 /chalicelib/core/issue_tracking/*
 /chalicelib/core/issues.py
+/chalicelib/core/issues/
 /chalicelib/core/jobs.py
 /chalicelib/core/log_tools/*
 /chalicelib/core/metadata.py
 /chalicelib/core/mobile.py
 /chalicelib/core/saved_search.py
-/chalicelib/core/sessions/*.py
+/chalicelib/core/sessions/**/*.py
 /chalicelib/core/sessions/sessions_viewed
 /chalicelib/core/metrics/modules
 /chalicelib/core/socket_ios.py
diff --git a/ee/api/Pipfile b/ee/api/Pipfile
index f136ab14f..cf41528a8 100644
--- a/ee/api/Pipfile
+++ b/ee/api/Pipfile
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ python-decouple = "==3.8"
 pydantic = {extras = ["email"], version = "==2.11.4"}
 apscheduler = "==3.11.0"
 python3-saml = "==1.16.0"
+lxml = "==5.3.0"
+xmlsec = "==1.3.14"
 python-multipart = "==0.0.20"
 redis = "==6.1.0"
 azure-storage-blob = "==12.25.1"
diff --git a/ee/api/clean-dev.sh b/ee/api/clean-dev.sh
index 1e849fabe..455109b6a 100755
--- a/ee/api/clean-dev.sh
+++ b/ee/api/clean-dev.sh
@@ -101,4 +101,4 @@ rm -rf ./chalicelib/core/errors/errors_details.py
 rm -rf ./chalicelib/core/notes.py
 rm -rf ./chalicelib/utils/contextual_validators.py
 rm -rf ./routers/subs/product_analytics.py
-rm -rf ./schemas/product_analytics.py
\ No newline at end of file
+rm -rf ./schemas/product_analytics.py
diff --git a/ee/api/requirements.txt b/ee/api/requirements.txt
index 347dcdde4..7d2897ece 100644
--- a/ee/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/ee/api/requirements.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ apscheduler==3.11.0
 # TODO: enable after xmlsec fix https://github.com/xmlsec/python-xmlsec/issues/252
 #--no-binary is used to avoid libxml2 library version incompatibilities between xmlsec and lxml
 python3-saml==1.16.0
---no-binary=lxml
+lxml==5.3.0 --no-binary=lxml
+xmlsec==1.3.14 --no-binary=xmlsec
 
 python-multipart==0.0.20
 
diff --git a/ee/api/schemas/__init__.py b/ee/api/schemas/__init__.py
index 845d2ce5c..d60c7398d 100644
--- a/ee/api/schemas/__init__.py
+++ b/ee/api/schemas/__init__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ from .schemas_ee import *
 from .assist_stats_schema import *
 from .product_analytics import *
 from . import overrides as _overrides
-from .schemas import _PaginatedSchema as PaginatedSchema
\ No newline at end of file
+from .schemas import _PaginatedSchema as PaginatedSchema