diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 0fb17f8..2c82cc8 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -8,39 +8,41 @@ cffi==1.15.1
 charset-normalizer==3.1.0
 click==8.1.3
 cmarkgfm==2022.10.27
-coverage==7.2.5
+coverage==7.2.7
 docutils==0.20.1
-importlib-metadata==6.6.0
+exceptiongroup==1.1.1
+importlib-metadata==6.7.0
 iniconfig==2.0.0
-isort==5.11.4
+isort==5.12.0
 jaraco.classes==3.2.3
-keyring==23.13.1
-markdown-it-py==2.2.0
+keyring==24.2.0
+markdown-it-py==3.0.0
 mdurl==0.1.2
 more-itertools==9.1.0
 mypy-extensions==1.0.0
 packaging==23.1
 pathspec==0.11.1
 pkginfo==1.9.6
-platformdirs==3.5.1
-pluggy==1.0.0
+platformdirs==3.8.0
+pluggy==1.2.0
 pprintpp==0.4.0
 pycountry-convert==0.7.2
 pycountry==22.3.5
 pycparser==2.21
 pyflakes==3.0.1
 pyproject_hooks==1.0.0
-pytest-cov==4.0.0
-pytest-mock==3.10.0
+pytest-cov==4.1.0
+pytest-mock==3.11.1
 pytest-network==0.0.1
-pytest==7.3.1
-readme-renderer==37.3
+pytest==7.4.0
+readme-renderer==40.0
 repoze.lru==0.7
 requests-toolbelt==1.0.0
 requests==2.31.0
 rfc3986==2.0.0
-rich==13.3.5
+rich==13.4.2
+tomli==2.0.1
 twine==4.0.2
-urllib3==2.0.2
+urllib3==2.0.3
 webencodings==0.5.1
 zipp==3.15.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ecc8879..f2525a1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ PyYAML==6.0
 dnspython==2.3.0
 fqdn==1.5.1
 idna==3.4
-natsort==8.3.1
+natsort==8.4.0
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 six==1.16.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3b80b46..78ed20d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -72,9 +72,13 @@ setup(
     extras_require={
         'dev': tests_require
         + (
-            'black>=22.3.0',
+            # we need to manually/explicitely bump major versions as they're
+            # likely to result in formatting changes that should happen in their
+            # own PR. This will basically happen yearly
+            # https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/the_black_code_style/index.html#stability-policy
+            'black>=23.1.0,<24.0.0',
             'build>=0.7.0',
-            'isort>=5.11.4',
+            'isort>=5.11.5',
             'pycountry>=19.8.18',
             'pycountry-convert>=0.7.2',
             'pyflakes>=2.2.0',