diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cc0b0801..9c54e5df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
  - Added docker-compose.route_dependencies_env.yml that gives an example using the STAC_FASTAPI_ROUTE_DEPENDENCIES environment variable. [#251](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-elasticsearch-opensearch/pull/251)
 
 ### Changed
+- Updated to stac-fastapi 3.0.0a4. [#275](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-elasticsearch-opensearch/pull/275)
 - Converted Basic auth to a route dependency and merged with new route depndencies method. [#251](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-elasticsearch-opensearch/pull/251)
 - Updated docker-compose.basic_auth_protected.yml to use STAC_FASTAPI_ROUTE_DEPENDENCIES environment variable. [#251](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-elasticsearch-opensearch/pull/251)
 
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/core/setup.py b/stac_fastapi/core/setup.py
index 80376031..bb894b9b 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/core/setup.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/core/setup.py
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
     "attrs>=23.2.0",
     "pydantic[dotenv]",
     "stac_pydantic>=3",
-    "stac-fastapi.types==3.0.0a3",
-    "stac-fastapi.api==3.0.0a3",
-    "stac-fastapi.extensions==3.0.0a3",
+    "stac-fastapi.types==3.0.0a4",
+    "stac-fastapi.api==3.0.0a4",
+    "stac-fastapi.extensions==3.0.0a4",
     "orjson",
     "overrides",
     "geojson-pydantic",
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/core/stac_fastapi/core/route_dependencies.py b/stac_fastapi/core/stac_fastapi/core/route_dependencies.py
index acf06a86..29dcc58b 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/core/stac_fastapi/core/route_dependencies.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/core/stac_fastapi/core/route_dependencies.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import os
+from typing import List
 
 from fastapi import Depends
 from jsonschema import validate
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ def get_route_dependencies(route_dependencies_env: str = "") -> list:
     route_dependencies_env = os.environ.get(
         "STAC_FASTAPI_ROUTE_DEPENDENCIES", route_dependencies_env
     )
-    route_dependencies: list[tuple] = []
+    route_dependencies: List[tuple] = []
 
     if not route_dependencies_env:
         _LOGGER.info("Authentication skipped.")