diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 4597106..2bae355 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ DB_PASSWORD=secret
 
 BROADCAST_DRIVER=log
 CACHE_DRIVER=file
+FILESYSTEM_DRIVER=local
 QUEUE_CONNECTION=sync
 SESSION_DRIVER=file
 SESSION_LIFETIME=120
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
 AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
 AWS_BUCKET=
+AWS_USE_PATH_STYLE_ENDPOINT=false
 
 PUSHER_APP_ID=
 PUSHER_APP_KEY=
diff --git a/.laravel-commit b/.laravel-commit
index bd61a54..bc58df5 100644
--- a/.laravel-commit
+++ b/.laravel-commit
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a6ffdbdf416d60c38443725807a260a84dca5045
+82b5135652f3172c6d4febf1a4da967a49345a79
diff --git a/artisan b/artisan
index 5c23e2e..67a3329 100755
--- a/artisan
+++ b/artisan
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));
 | Composer provides a convenient, automatically generated class loader
 | for our application. We just need to utilize it! We'll require it
 | into the script here so that we do not have to worry about the
-| loading of any our classes "manually". Feels great to relax.
+| loading of any of our classes manually. It's great to relax.
 |
 */
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 4d949f4..67437d9 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
         "fruitcake/laravel-cors": "^2.0",
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.0.1",
         "intervention/image": "^2.5",
-        "laravel/framework": "^8.12",
+        "laravel/framework": "^8.40",
         "laravel/helpers": "^1.2",
         "laravel/tinker": "^2.5",
-        "laravel/ui": "^2.1",
+        "laravel/ui": "^3.3.0",
         "phpoffice/phpspreadsheet": "^1.14",
         "radic/blade-extensions": "^7.4.0",
         "spatie/laravel-newsletter": "^4.8"
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
             "Illuminate\\Foundation\\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump",
             "@php artisan package:discover --ansi"
         ],
+        "post-update-cmd": [
+            "@php artisan vendor:publish --tag=laravel-assets --ansi"
+        ],
         "post-root-package-install": [
             "@php -r \"file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');\""
         ],
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 20cd626..de8fef2 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "8dbcc3207112cd20e029f426723066fd",
+    "content-hash": "876106703b8b0372028480b0c264c324",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "asm89/stack-cors",
@@ -1598,16 +1598,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "laravel/framework",
-            "version": "v8.52.0",
+            "version": "v8.53.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/laravel/framework.git",
-                "reference": "8fe9877d52e25f8aed36c51734e5a8510be967e6"
+                "reference": "4b2e3e7317da82dd9f5b88d477abd93444748b43"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/framework/zipball/8fe9877d52e25f8aed36c51734e5a8510be967e6",
-                "reference": "8fe9877d52e25f8aed36c51734e5a8510be967e6",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/framework/zipball/4b2e3e7317da82dd9f5b88d477abd93444748b43",
+                "reference": "4b2e3e7317da82dd9f5b88d477abd93444748b43",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@
                 "illuminate/view": "self.version"
             },
             "require-dev": {
-                "aws/aws-sdk-php": "^3.155",
+                "aws/aws-sdk-php": "^3.186.4",
                 "doctrine/dbal": "^2.6|^3.0",
                 "filp/whoops": "^2.8",
                 "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^6.5.5|^7.0.1",
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@
                 "symfony/cache": "^5.1.4"
             },
             "suggest": {
-                "aws/aws-sdk-php": "Required to use the SQS queue driver, DynamoDb failed job storage and SES mail driver (^3.155).",
+                "aws/aws-sdk-php": "Required to use the SQS queue driver, DynamoDb failed job storage and SES mail driver (^3.186.4).",
                 "brianium/paratest": "Required to run tests in parallel (^6.0).",
                 "doctrine/dbal": "Required to rename columns and drop SQLite columns (^2.6|^3.0).",
                 "ext-ftp": "Required to use the Flysystem FTP driver.",
@@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@
                 "issues": "https://github.com/laravel/framework/issues",
                 "source": "https://github.com/laravel/framework"
             },
-            "time": "2021-07-27T13:03:29+00:00"
+            "time": "2021-08-03T14:36:33+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "laravel/helpers",
@@ -1890,30 +1890,30 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "laravel/ui",
-            "version": "v2.3.0",
+            "version": "v3.3.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/laravel/ui.git",
-                "reference": "2ccaa3b821ea8ac7e05393b946d0578bdb46099b"
+                "reference": "07d725813350c695c779382cbd6dac0ab8665537"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/ui/zipball/2ccaa3b821ea8ac7e05393b946d0578bdb46099b",
-                "reference": "2ccaa3b821ea8ac7e05393b946d0578bdb46099b",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/ui/zipball/07d725813350c695c779382cbd6dac0ab8665537",
+                "reference": "07d725813350c695c779382cbd6dac0ab8665537",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
-                "illuminate/console": "^7.0|^8.0",
-                "illuminate/filesystem": "^7.0|^8.0",
-                "illuminate/support": "^7.0|^8.0",
-                "php": "^7.2.5"
-            },
-            "require-dev": {
-                "mockery/mockery": "^1.0",
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "^8.0|^9.0"
+                "illuminate/console": "^8.42",
+                "illuminate/filesystem": "^8.42",
+                "illuminate/support": "^8.42",
+                "illuminate/validation": "^8.42",
+                "php": "^7.3|^8.0"
             },
             "type": "library",
             "extra": {
+                "branch-alias": {
+                    "dev-master": "3.x-dev"
+                },
                 "laravel": {
                     "providers": [
                         "Laravel\\Ui\\UiServiceProvider"
@@ -1942,23 +1942,22 @@
                 "ui"
             ],
             "support": {
-                "issues": "https://github.com/laravel/ui/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/laravel/ui/tree/v2.3.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/laravel/ui/tree/v3.3.0"
             },
-            "time": "2020-09-09T12:07:59+00:00"
+            "time": "2021-05-25T16:45:33+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "league/commonmark",
-            "version": "2.0.0",
+            "version": "2.0.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmark.git",
-                "reference": "167142baf9a6b946f99ad9325b06028606f8238e"
+                "reference": "0d57f20aa03129ee7ef5f690e634884315d4238c"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/thephpleague/commonmark/zipball/167142baf9a6b946f99ad9325b06028606f8238e",
-                "reference": "167142baf9a6b946f99ad9325b06028606f8238e",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/thephpleague/commonmark/zipball/0d57f20aa03129ee7ef5f690e634884315d4238c",
+                "reference": "0d57f20aa03129ee7ef5f690e634884315d4238c",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -2056,7 +2055,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2021-07-24T20:12:58+00:00"
+            "time": "2021-07-31T19:15:22+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "league/config",
@@ -3772,16 +3771,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "ramsey/collection",
-            "version": "1.1.3",
+            "version": "1.1.4",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/ramsey/collection.git",
-                "reference": "28a5c4ab2f5111db6a60b2b4ec84057e0f43b9c1"
+                "reference": "ab2237657ad99667a5143e32ba2683c8029563d4"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/ramsey/collection/zipball/28a5c4ab2f5111db6a60b2b4ec84057e0f43b9c1",
-                "reference": "28a5c4ab2f5111db6a60b2b4ec84057e0f43b9c1",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/ramsey/collection/zipball/ab2237657ad99667a5143e32ba2683c8029563d4",
+                "reference": "ab2237657ad99667a5143e32ba2683c8029563d4",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -3833,7 +3832,7 @@
             ],
             "support": {
                 "issues": "https://github.com/ramsey/collection/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/ramsey/collection/tree/1.1.3"
+                "source": "https://github.com/ramsey/collection/tree/1.1.4"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -3845,7 +3844,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2021-01-21T17:40:04+00:00"
+            "time": "2021-07-30T00:58:27+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "ramsey/uuid",
@@ -6979,16 +6978,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "laravel/sail",
-            "version": "v1.8.6",
+            "version": "v1.9.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/laravel/sail.git",
-                "reference": "51ecfe0f048f8f8e6c5617e02a1f67ca22817c98"
+                "reference": "3e1aa8679b10ae9210eebfbc2ee5f3600f356702"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/sail/zipball/51ecfe0f048f8f8e6c5617e02a1f67ca22817c98",
-                "reference": "51ecfe0f048f8f8e6c5617e02a1f67ca22817c98",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/sail/zipball/3e1aa8679b10ae9210eebfbc2ee5f3600f356702",
+                "reference": "3e1aa8679b10ae9210eebfbc2ee5f3600f356702",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -7035,7 +7034,7 @@
                 "issues": "https://github.com/laravel/sail/issues",
                 "source": "https://github.com/laravel/sail"
             },
-            "time": "2021-07-15T07:35:41+00:00"
+            "time": "2021-08-03T18:51:44+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "mockery/mockery",
@@ -7911,16 +7910,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "phpunit/phpunit",
-            "version": "9.5.7",
+            "version": "9.5.8",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit.git",
-                "reference": "d0dc8b6999c937616df4fb046792004b33fd31c5"
+                "reference": "191768ccd5c85513b4068bdbe99bb6390c7d54fb"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/zipball/d0dc8b6999c937616df4fb046792004b33fd31c5",
-                "reference": "d0dc8b6999c937616df4fb046792004b33fd31c5",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/zipball/191768ccd5c85513b4068bdbe99bb6390c7d54fb",
+                "reference": "191768ccd5c85513b4068bdbe99bb6390c7d54fb",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -7932,7 +7931,7 @@
                 "ext-xml": "*",
                 "ext-xmlwriter": "*",
                 "myclabs/deep-copy": "^1.10.1",
-                "phar-io/manifest": "^2.0.1",
+                "phar-io/manifest": "^2.0.3",
                 "phar-io/version": "^3.0.2",
                 "php": ">=7.3",
                 "phpspec/prophecy": "^1.12.1",
@@ -7998,7 +7997,7 @@
             ],
             "support": {
                 "issues": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/tree/9.5.7"
+                "source": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/tree/9.5.8"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -8010,7 +8009,7 @@
                     "type": "github"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2021-07-19T06:14:47+00:00"
+            "time": "2021-07-31T15:17:34+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "sebastian/cli-parser",
@@ -8865,7 +8864,6 @@
                     "type": "github"
                 }
             ],
-            "abandoned": true,
             "time": "2020-09-28T06:45:17+00:00"
         },
         {
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index 6805ed2..3f41fa1 100644
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ return [
         'Notification' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Notification::class,
         'Password' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Password::class,
         'Queue' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue::class,
+        'RateLimiter' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\RateLimiter::class,
         'Redirect' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect::class,
         // 'Redis' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redis::class,
         'Request' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Request::class,
diff --git a/config/cache.php b/config/cache.php
index ec088fc..69f866b 100644
--- a/config/cache.php
+++ b/config/cache.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ return [
     | same cache driver to group types of items stored in your caches.
     |
     | Supported drivers: "apc", "array", "database", "file",
-    |            "memcached", "redis", "dynamodb", "null"
+    |         "memcached", "redis", "dynamodb", "octane", "null"
     |
     */
 
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ return [
             'endpoint' => env('DYNAMODB_ENDPOINT'),
         ],
 
+        'octane' => [
+            'driver' => 'octane',
+        ],
+
     ],
 
     /*
diff --git a/config/filesystems.php b/config/filesystems.php
index 10c9d9b..760ef97 100644
--- a/config/filesystems.php
+++ b/config/filesystems.php
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ return [
             'bucket' => env('AWS_BUCKET'),
             'url' => env('AWS_URL'),
             'endpoint' => env('AWS_ENDPOINT'),
+            'use_path_style_endpoint' => env('AWS_USE_PATH_STYLE_ENDPOINT', false),
         ],
 
     ],
diff --git a/config/session.php b/config/session.php
index bbfe3a0..85bb039 100644
--- a/config/session.php
+++ b/config/session.php
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ return [
     |
     | By setting this option to true, session cookies will only be sent back
     | to the server if the browser has a HTTPS connection. This will keep
-    | the cookie from being sent to you if it can not be done securely.
+    | the cookie from being sent to you when it can't be done securely.
     |
     */
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 0f6f66b..632b30b 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 A Hypothetical website template for bootstrapping new projects.
 
 * Written and maintained by Kevin MacMartin
-* Based on Laravel 8.5.16
+* Based on Laravel 8.5.23
 
 ## Setup
 
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/validation.php b/resources/lang/en/validation.php
index 49e3388..6100f80 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en/validation.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en/validation.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ return [
     ],
     'boolean' => 'The :attribute field must be true or false.',
     'confirmed' => 'The :attribute confirmation does not match.',
+    'current_password' => 'The password is incorrect.',
     'date' => 'The :attribute is not a valid date.',
     'date_equals' => 'The :attribute must be a date equal to :date.',
     'date_format' => 'The :attribute does not match the format :format.',
@@ -116,10 +117,10 @@ return [
     ],
     'starts_with' => 'The :attribute must start with one of the following: :values.',
     'string' => 'The :attribute must be a string.',
-    'timezone' => 'The :attribute must be a valid zone.',
+    'timezone' => 'The :attribute must be a valid timezone.',
     'unique' => 'The :attribute has already been taken.',
     'uploaded' => 'The :attribute failed to upload.',
-    'url' => 'The :attribute format is invalid.',
+    'url' => 'The :attribute must be a valid URL.',
     'uuid' => 'The :attribute must be a valid UUID.',
 
     /*