diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test-release.yml
index 29e970dcd..2ea95a06f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-release.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - id: matrix
-        uses: splunk/addonfactory-test-matrix-action@v1
+        uses: splunk/addonfactory-test-matrix-action@v2
 
   fossa-scan:
     continue-on-error: true
diff --git a/Dockerfile.tests b/Dockerfile.tests
index f0f11fb27..3aea92503 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.tests
+++ b/Dockerfile.tests
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-FROM ubuntu:22.04
+FROM ubuntu:24.04
 
 RUN mkdir -p /work/tests
 RUN mkdir -p /work/test-results/functional
diff --git a/Dockerfile.uf b/Dockerfile.uf
index c4d16ce77..ef6713b41 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.uf
+++ b/Dockerfile.uf
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #
 # TODO: go back to latest version when fixed
 ARG SPLUNK_VERSION=8.2.6
-FROM splunk/universalforwarder:8.2.6
+FROM splunk/universalforwarder:9.2.2
 ARG SPLUNK_VERSION=8.2.6
 ARG SPLUNK_APP_ID=TA_UNKNOWN
 ARG SPLUNK_APP_PACKAGE=package
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b13ac5708..2cbc7266b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,24 +33,24 @@ include = ["pytest_splunk_addon/**/*.json", "pytest_splunk_addon/**/*.txt"]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.7"
-pytest = ">5.4.0,<8"
+pytest = ">8.2,<9"
 splunk-sdk = ">=1.6"
 requests = "^2.31.0"
-jsonschema = "^v4.17.3"
+jsonschema = "^4.17.3"
 pytest-xdist = "^3.5.0"
 filelock = "^3.0"
 pytest-ordering = "~0.6"
-junitparser = "^2.2.0"
+junitparser = "^3.0.0"
 addonfactory-splunk-conf-parser-lib = "*"
 defusedxml = "^0.7.1"
-Faker = "^18.0.0"
+Faker = "^26.0.0"
 xmltodict = "^0.13.0"
-xmlschema = "^2.5.1"
+xmlschema = "^3.0.0"
 splunksplwrapper = "^1.1.1"
 urllib3 = "<2"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
-pytest-cov = "^4"
+pytest-cov = "^5.0.0"
 requests-mock = "^1.8.0"
 freezegun = "^1.5.1"
 pytz = "^2024.1"