diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 270f0f6ecd..72ccf127f6 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -10,27 +10,27 @@ channels:
 
 dependencies:
   - aiohttp
-  - cartopy <0.24  # https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/issues/3767
+  - cartopy
   - cdo >=2.3.0
   - cdsapi
   - cf-units
   - cfgrib
   - cftime
   - cmocean
-  - curl <8.10
+  - curl <8.10  # https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/issues/3758
   - cython
   - dask !=2024.8.0  # https://github.com/dask/dask/issues/11296
   - distributed
   - ecmwf-api-client
   - eofs
-  - esmpy  # <8.6 safe https://github.com/SciTools/iris-esmf-regrid/issues/415
+  - esmpy
   - esmvalcore 2.11.*
   - fiona
   - fire
   - fsspec
   - gdal >=3.9.0
   - importlib_metadata <8  # https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/issues/3699 only for Python 3.10/11 and esmpy<8.6
-  - iris >=3.6.1
+  - iris >=3.11
   - iris-esmf-regrid >=0.10.0  # github.com/SciTools-incubator/iris-esmf-regrid/pull/342
   - jinja2
   - joblib
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dependencies:
   - nc-time-axis
   - netCDF4
   - numba
-  - numpy !=1.24.3,<2.0  # severe masking bug
+  - numpy !=1.24.3  # severe masking bug
   - openpyxl
   - packaging
   - pandas==2.1.4  # unpin when ESMValCore released with https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/2529
diff --git a/environment_osx.yml b/environment_osx.yml
index 8285b43ecd..242f0a4f56 100644
--- a/environment_osx.yml
+++ b/environment_osx.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ channels:
 
 dependencies:
   - aiohttp
-  - cartopy <0.24  # https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/issues/3767
+  - cartopy
   - cdo >=2.3.0
   - cdsapi
   - cf-units
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ dependencies:
   - distributed
   - ecmwf-api-client
   - eofs
-  - esmpy  # <8.6 safe https://github.com/SciTools/iris-esmf-regrid/issues/415
+  - esmpy
   - esmvalcore 2.11.*
   - fiona
   - fire
   - fsspec
   - gdal >=3.9.0
   - importlib_metadata <8  # https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/issues/3699 only for Python 3.10/11 and esmpy<8.6
-  - iris >=3.6.1
+  - iris >=3.11
   - iris-esmf-regrid >=0.10.0  # github.com/SciTools-incubator/iris-esmf-regrid/pull/342
   - jinja2
   - joblib
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ dependencies:
   - nc-time-axis
   - netCDF4
   - numba
-  - numpy !=1.24.3,<2.0  # severe masking bug
+  - numpy !=1.24.3  # severe masking bug
   - openpyxl
   - packaging
   - pandas==2.1.4  # unpin when ESMValCore released with https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/2529
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 86aab79854..cdadaca2d2 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     # Use with pip install . to install from source
     'install': [
         'aiohttp',
-        'cartopy<0.24',  # github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/issues/3767
+        'cartopy',
         'cdo',
         'cdsapi',
         'cf-units',
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         'scikit-image',
         'scikit-learn>=1.4.0',  # github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/issues/3504
         'scipy',
-        'scitools-iris>=3.6.1',
+        'scitools-iris>=3.11',
         'seaborn',
         'seawater',
         'shapely>=2',