diff --git a/requirements_dev_base.txt b/requirements_dev_base.txt
index 2df611d8..bb98cd3c 100644
--- a/requirements_dev_base.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev_base.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # required
-cython==0.29.34
-numpy==1.24.3
-dask[array]==2023.4.1
+cython==3.0.8
+numpy==1.26.3
+dask[array]==2024.1.1
diff --git a/requirements_dev_optional.txt b/requirements_dev_optional.txt
index 69e0507a..dcc0978d 100644
--- a/requirements_dev_optional.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev_optional.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # optional
-scipy==1.10.1
-matplotlib==3.7.1
-seaborn==0.12.2
-pandas==2.0.1
-scikit-learn==1.2.2
-h5py==3.8.0
-numexpr==2.8.4
-zarr==2.14.2
+scipy==1.12.0
+matplotlib==3.8.2
+seaborn==0.13.2
+pandas==2.2.0
+scikit-learn==1.4.0
+h5py==3.10.0
+numexpr==2.9.0
+zarr==2.16.1
 hmmlearn==0.3.0
-pomegranate<1.0.0
+pomegranate==1.0.3
 pyfasta==0.5.2
-ipython==8.13.0
+ipython==8.21.0