diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fad4e051..35032935 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ops = ">=2.21"
 pymongo = "^4.7.3"
 overrides = "^7.7.0"
 pyyaml = "^6.0.1"
-cffi = "^1.16.0"
+cffi = "^2.0.0"
 jinja2= "^3.1.3"
 pure-sasl = ">=0.6.2"
 poetry-core = "^2.0"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ ops = ">=2.21"
 pymongo = "^4.7.3"
 juju = "^3.5.0"
 pytest = "^8.1.1"
-pytest-asyncio ="^0.21.1"
+pytest-asyncio ="^1.3.0"
 pytest-operator = "^0.34.0"
 mongo-charms-single-kernel = "1.8.37"