diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0635d32..2b845d3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ services:
       redis:
         condition: service_healthy
     ports:
-      - "8010:8000"
+      - "8012:8000"
     environment:
       # App configuration
       APP_ENV: ${APP_ENV:-dev}
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-dev.sh b/scripts/deploy-dev.sh
index 4a2d4e5..f3b4b62 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy-dev.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy-dev.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ WEBROOT="/var/www/html/video-accessibility"
 APACHE_CONF_DIR="/etc/apache2/sites-available"
 APACHE_VHOST="optical-dev.oliver.solutions.conf"
 COMPOSE="docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.prod.yml -f docker-compose.optical-dev.yml --env-file .env.production"
-API_INTERNAL_PORT=8010   # host port the api container exposes
+API_INTERNAL_PORT=8012   # host port the api container exposes
 VITE_BASE="/video-accessibility"
 
 # Only build images that run on optical-dev; heavy workers run on Cloud Run Jobs