diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9910ef17..eb5c06c4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,31 +35,31 @@
         'dj.choices==0.11.0',
         'django-auth-ldap==1.2.8',
         'django-autocomplete-light==3.2.7',
-        'django-filter==0.15.3',
+        'django-filter==2.4.0',
         'django-nose==1.4.4',
         'django-rq==0.9.3',
         'django-simple-history==1.8.1',
-        'django==1.10.2',
-        'djangorestframework==3.5.3',
+        'django==3.2.25',
+        'djangorestframework==3.15.2',
         'factory-boy==2.3.1',
         'flake8==3.3.0',
-        'gunicorn==19.6.0',
+        'gunicorn==22.0.0',
         'ipaddr==2.1.11',
         'ipaddress==1.0.17',
         'mock-django==0.6.6',
         'mock==0.8.0',
         'MySQL-python==1.2.3',
-        'paramiko==1.17.6',
+        'paramiko==2.0.9',
         'pyhermes>=0.1.2',
         'pymongo>=2.7.2',
         'python-dateutil==2.5.3',
         'python-novaclient==2.17.0',
-        'pyyaml==3.12',
+        'pyyaml==5.4',
         'rq==0.12.0',
         'six==1.10.0',
         'SQLAlchemy==0.7.8',
         # these two are not required, but we install them everytime anyway...
-        'ipython==2.4.1',
+        'ipython==8.10.0',
         'ipdb==0.10.2',
     ],
     entry_points={