diff --git a/lisa/sut_orchestrator/azure/common.py b/lisa/sut_orchestrator/azure/common.py
index 684f716591..b4152d8a86 100644
--- a/lisa/sut_orchestrator/azure/common.py
+++ b/lisa/sut_orchestrator/azure/common.py
@@ -69,16 +69,14 @@
     ResourceManagementClient,
     SubscriptionClient,
 )
-from azure.mgmt.storage import StorageManagementClient  # type: ignore
-from azure.mgmt.storage.models import (  # type: ignore
-    Sku,
-    StorageAccountCreateParameters,
-)
+from azure.mgmt.storage import StorageManagementClient
+from azure.mgmt.storage.models import Sku, StorageAccountCreateParameters
 from azure.storage.blob import (
     BlobClient,
     BlobSasPermissions,
     BlobServiceClient,
     ContainerClient,
+    ContentSettings,
     generate_blob_sas,
 )
 from azure.storage.fileshare import ShareServiceClient
@@ -1632,7 +1630,7 @@ def generate_user_delegation_sas_token(
         container_name=container_name,
         blob_name=blob_name,
         user_delegation_key=user_delegation_key,
-        permission=BlobSasPermissions(read=True, write=writable),  # type: ignore
+        permission=BlobSasPermissions(read=True, write=writable),
         expiry=expiry_time,
         start=start_time,
     )
@@ -1803,12 +1801,11 @@ def copy_vhd_to_storage(
 ) -> str:
     # get original vhd's hash key for comparing.
     original_key: Optional[bytearray] = None
-    original_blob_client = BlobClient.from_blob_url(src_vhd_sas_url)
+    original_blob_client: BlobClient = BlobClient.from_blob_url(src_vhd_sas_url)
     properties = original_blob_client.get_blob_properties()
-    if properties.content_settings:
-        original_key = properties.content_settings.get(
-            "content_md5", None
-        )  # type: ignore
+    content_settings: Optional[ContentSettings] = properties.content_settings
+    if content_settings:
+        original_key = content_settings.get("content_md5", None)  # type: ignore
 
     container_client = get_or_create_storage_container(
         credential=platform.credential,
diff --git a/microsoft/testsuites/vm_extensions/runtime_extensions/common.py b/microsoft/testsuites/vm_extensions/runtime_extensions/common.py
index 72251c8bdc..180b6e6d29 100644
--- a/microsoft/testsuites/vm_extensions/runtime_extensions/common.py
+++ b/microsoft/testsuites/vm_extensions/runtime_extensions/common.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def retrieve_storage_blob_url(
     test_file: str = "",
     is_sas: bool = False,
     script: str = "",
-    blob_type: BlobType = BlobType.BlockBlob,
+    blob_type: BlobType = BlobType.BLOCKBLOB,
 ) -> Any:
     platform = environment.platform
     assert isinstance(platform, AzurePlatform)
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def retrieve_storage_blob_url(
                 raise ex
         # Upload blob to container if doesn't exist
         container_client.upload_blob(
-            name=blob_name, data=blob_data, blob_type=blob_type  # type: ignore
+            name=blob_name, data=blob_data, blob_type=blob_type
         )
 
     blob_url = blob.url
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7ccbfedca8..696a0e8fdb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 65", "setuptools_scm[toml] >= 6.2"]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 70", "setuptools_scm[toml] >= 6.2"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ azure = [
     "azure-mgmt-privatedns ~= 1.0.0",
     "azure-mgmt-resource ~= 21.0.0",
     "azure-mgmt-serialconsole ~= 1.0.0",
-    "azure-mgmt-storage ~= 20.0.0",
-    "azure-storage-blob ~= 12.11.0",
-    "azure-storage-file-share ~= 12.16.0",
+    "azure-mgmt-storage ~= 21.2.1",
+    "azure-storage-blob ~= 12.23.0",
+    "azure-storage-file-share ~= 12.18.0",
     "azure-keyvault-secrets ~= 4.7.0", 
     "azure-keyvault-certificates ~= 4.7.0",
     "msrestazure ~= 0.6.4",