diff --git a/waf-apigw-rest/README.md b/waf-apigw-rest/README.md
index 6f5d96c41..bca7cd1b0 100644
--- a/waf-apigw-rest/README.md
+++ b/waf-apigw-rest/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The application will only accept requests from countries that are in the country
 
 ## Testing
 
-Deploy the app then go the the provided web address. If you are in the US you will get a 200 response from the backend Lambda funtion. If you are in any other country, you will get a 403 response from the WAF. Change the country codes in the array and redploy to see different results.
+Deploy the app then go the the provided web address. If you are in the US you will get a 200 response from the backend Lambda function. If you are in any other country, you will get a 403 response from the WAF. Change the country codes in the array and redeploy to see different results.
 
 ## Cleanup
  
diff --git a/waf-apigw-rest/template.yaml b/waf-apigw-rest/template.yaml
index 2b41c6dd4..98671edf1 100644
--- a/waf-apigw-rest/template.yaml
+++ b/waf-apigw-rest/template.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Transform: AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31
 Description: Serverless patterns - AWS WAF to Amazon API Gateway REST (uksb-1tthgi812) (tag:waf-apigw-rest)
 
 Resources:
-  # AWS WAF Access Control List limits each IP to 100 requestes per second
+  # AWS WAF Access Control List limits each IP to 100 requests per second
   MyWAFACL:
     Type: AWS::WAFv2::WebACL
     Properties:
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ Resources:
   
   # Amazon API gateway REST API
   MyApi: 
-    Type: AWS::Serverless::Api 
-    Properties: 
+    Type: AWS::Serverless::Api
+    Properties:
       StageName: Prod
       EndpointConfiguration: REGIONAL
       TracingEnabled: true
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Resources:
     Properties:
       CodeUri: src/
       Handler: app.lambda_handler
-      Runtime: python3.9
+      Runtime: python3.13
       Events:
         RootGet:
           Type: Api