diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 928b0ec96..644378d12 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
                 "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "interactive",
                 "java.format.enabled": true,
                 "java.format.settings.profile": "GoogleStyle",
-                "java.format.settings.google.version": "1.25.2",
+                "java.format.settings.google.version": "1.26.0",
                 "java.format.settings.google.extra": "--aosp --skip-sorting-imports --skip-javadoc-formatting",
                 "java.saveActions.cleanup": true,
                 "java.cleanup.actions": [
diff --git a/.github/workflows/PR-Demo-Comment-with-react.yml b/.github/workflows/PR-Demo-Comment-with-react.yml
index fb196ca3a..105fb60b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/PR-Demo-Comment-with-react.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/PR-Demo-Comment-with-react.yml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
           file: ./Dockerfile
           push: true
           tags: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/test:pr-${{ needs.check-comment.outputs.pr_number }}
-          build-args: VERSION_TAG=${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}
+          build-args: VERSION_TAG=alpha
           platforms: linux/amd64
 
       - name: Set up SSH
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index fc27b0731..c792e50a0 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.9.10
+    rev: v0.11.6
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ repos:
         files: \.(html|css|js|py|md)$
         exclude: (.vscode|.devcontainer|src/main/resources|Dockerfile|.*/pdfjs.*|.*/thirdParty.*|bootstrap.*|.*\.min\..*|.*diff\.js)
   - repo: https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks
-    rev: v8.24.0
+    rev: v8.24.3
     hooks:
       - id: gitleaks
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 2119b6263..a4be4d0cd 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "interactive",
   "java.format.enabled": true,
   "java.format.settings.profile": "GoogleStyle",
-  "java.format.settings.google.version": "1.25.2",
+  "java.format.settings.google.version": "1.26.0",
   "java.format.settings.google.extra": "--aosp --skip-sorting-imports --skip-javadoc-formatting",
   // (DE) Aktiviert Kommentare im Java-Format.
   // (EN) Enables comments in Java formatting.
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b49b03c01..3f3219af4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ spotless {
     java {
         target project.fileTree('src').include('**/*.java')
 
-        googleJavaFormat("1.25.2").aosp().reorderImports(false)
+        googleJavaFormat("1.26.0").aosp().reorderImports(false)
 
         importOrder("java", "javax", "org", "com", "net", "io", "jakarta", "lombok", "me", "stirling")
         toggleOffOn()
diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineDirectoryProcessor.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineDirectoryProcessor.java
index a9e1f4103..96a65fc46 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineDirectoryProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineDirectoryProcessor.java
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ public class PipelineDirectoryProcessor {
                                         // Check against allowed extensions
                                         boolean isAllowed =
                                                 allowAllFiles
-                                                        || inputExtensions.contains(extension);
+                                                        || inputExtensions.contains(
+                                                                extension.toLowerCase());
                                         if (!isAllowed) {
                                             log.info(
                                                     "Skipping file with unsupported extension: {} ({})",
diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineProcessor.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineProcessor.java
index c3d212115..2833ee99e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineProcessor.java
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ public class PipelineProcessor {
                 for (Resource file : outputFiles) {
                     boolean hasInputFileType = false;
                     for (String extension : inputFileTypes) {
-                        if ("ALL".equals(extension) || file.getFilename().endsWith(extension)) {
+                        if ("ALL".equals(extension)
+                                || file.getFilename().toLowerCase().endsWith(extension)) {
                             hasInputFileType = true;
                             MultiValueMap<String, Object> body = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
                             body.add("fileInput", file);
@@ -166,7 +167,9 @@ public class PipelineProcessor {
                                     .filter(
                                             file ->
                                                     finalinputFileTypes.stream()
-                                                            .anyMatch(file.getFilename()::endsWith))
+                                                            .anyMatch(
+                                                                    file.getFilename().toLowerCase()
+                                                                            ::endsWith))
                                     .toList();
                 }
                 // Check if there are matching files