diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 1a0a1b7..f3f31c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - name: set up node  # we need node for for semantic release
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index ca5abdf..2dfff7f 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-coverage==5.5
-coveralls==3.1.0
-pytest==6.2.4
-pytest-cov==2.12.0
-twine==3.4.1
-wheel==0.38.1
-setuptools==65.5.1
-importlib-metadata==4.3.1
+pytest==8.3.2
+twine==5.1.1
+wheel==0.44.0
+setuptools==75.1.0
+importlib-metadata==8.5.0