diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 85fa0dcaa..dc667ba7a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ metadrive = [
 	"sumolib >= 1.21.0",
 ]
 test = [	# minimum dependencies for running tests (used for tox virtualenvs)
-	"pytest >= 7.0.0, <9",
+	"pytest >= 7.0.0",
 	"pytest-cov >= 3.0.0",
 	"pytest-randomly ~= 3.2",
 ]
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ test-full = [  # like 'test' but adds dependencies for optional features
 	"sphinx_rtd_theme >= 0.5.2",
 	"sphinx-tabs ~= 3.4.1",
 	'sumolib >= 1.21.0; python_version <= "3.11"',  # required for MetaDrive
-	"verifai >= 2.1.0b1",
+	"verifai >= 2.2.0",
 ]
 dev = [
 	"scenic[test-full]",