diff --git a/requirements/classification_test.txt b/requirements/classification_test.txt
index 688067c482a..8cadb2b3e3e 100644
--- a/requirements/classification_test.txt
+++ b/requirements/classification_test.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # NOTE: the upper bound for the package version is only set for CI stability, and it is dropped while installing this package
 #  in case you want to preserve/enforce restrictions on the latest compatible version, add "strict" as an in-line comment
 
-pandas >=1.4.0, <=2.2.2
+pandas >1.4.0, <=2.2.2
 netcal >1.0.0, <1.4.0 # calibration_error
 numpy <2.2.0
 fairlearn # group_fairness
diff --git a/requirements/nominal_test.txt b/requirements/nominal_test.txt
index 09f77b20475..7ee5809af6f 100644
--- a/requirements/nominal_test.txt
+++ b/requirements/nominal_test.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # NOTE: the upper bound for the package version is only set for CI stability, and it is dropped while installing this package
 #  in case you want to preserve/enforce restrictions on the latest compatible version, add "strict" as an in-line comment
 
-pandas >1.0.0, <=2.2.2 # cannot pin version due to numpy version incompatibility
-dython <=0.7.7
+pandas >1.4.0, <=2.2.2 # cannot pin version due to numpy version incompatibility
+dython ~=0.7.6
 scipy >1.0.0, <1.15.0 # cannot pin version due to some version conflicts with `oldest` CI configuration
 statsmodels >0.13.5, <0.15.0
diff --git a/requirements/visual.txt b/requirements/visual.txt
index 269a45fc7bb..1cdc4060a8b 100644
--- a/requirements/visual.txt
+++ b/requirements/visual.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # NOTE: the upper bound for the package version is only set for CI stability, and it is dropped while installing this package
 #  in case you want to preserve/enforce restrictions on the latest compatible version, add "strict" as an in-line comment
 
-matplotlib >=3.3.0, <3.10.0
+matplotlib >=3.6.0, <3.10.0
 SciencePlots >= 2.0.0, <2.2.0