diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 28a185d..3384e90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Create test env
       shell: bash -l {0}
       run: |
-        conda create -n test_env python=3.10 libgdal=3.5.2 -c conda-forge -c defaults -y
+        conda create -n test_env python=3.12 libgdal=3.5.2 -c conda-forge -c defaults -y
         conda activate test_env
         PIP_NO_BINARY=rasterio pip install .
         pip install pylint mccabe
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e1bf466..312fb7f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Create a conda environment by typing the following:
 
   conda env create -n georastertools
   conda activate
-  conda install python=3.10 libgdal=3.5.2
+  conda install python=3.12 libgdal=3.5.2
   pip install georastertools --no-binary rasterio
 
 For more details, including installation as a Docker or Singularity image, please refer to the documentation. : docs/install.rst
diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst
index a3e91f7..db7473f 100644
--- a/docs/install.rst
+++ b/docs/install.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Secondly, run commands:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-  $ conda install python=3.10 libgdal=3.5.2
+  $ conda install python=3.12 libgdal=3.5.2
   $ pip install georastertools --no-binary rasterio
 
 ``georastertools`` will be installed in the conda environment. Then, the CLI ``georastertools`` can be used and the API :obj:`eolab.georastertools`
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 71a0aed..b81ddae 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
                   'kiwisolver==1.4.5',
                   'matplotlib==3.7.3',
                   'packaging==24.1',
-                  'fiona==1.8.21',
+                  'fiona==1.9.6',
                   'sphinx_rtd_theme==3.0.1',
                   'pip==24.2',
                   'sphinx==7.1.2',
-                  'scipy==1.8',
+                  'scipy==1.16',
                   'pyscaffold',
                   'gdal==3.5.0',
                   'tqdm==4.66'