diff --git a/tools/shoestring/pyproject.toml b/tools/shoestring/pyproject.toml
index 15ba1d26a..4644ea5f8 100644
--- a/tools/shoestring/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tools/shoestring/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = 'symbol-shoestring'
-version = '0.0.5'
+version = '0.0.6'
 description = 'Symbol Shoestring Deployment Tool'
 authors = ['Symbol Contributors <contributors@symbol.dev>']
 maintainers = ['Symbol Contributors <contributors@symbol.dev>']
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ repository = 'https://github.com/symbol/product/tree/main/tools/shoestring'
 
 keywords = ['symbol', 'shoestring', 'deployment', 'node']
 
-classifiers = ['Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8', 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9', 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10']
+classifiers = ['Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9', 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10', 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11']
 
 include = ['shoestring/lang/*/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo']
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.8"
+python = "^3.9"
diff --git a/tools/shoestring/requirements.txt b/tools/shoestring/requirements.txt
index e570686b8..42f527f97 100644
--- a/tools/shoestring/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/shoestring/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-aiohttp==3.8.5
-Jinja2==3.1.2
-prompt_toolkit==3.0.39
-PyYAML==6.0.1
-requests==2.31.0
-symbol-lightapi==0.0.4
-symbol-sdk-python==3.1.0
-websockets==11.0.3
-zenlog==1.1
+aiohttp~=3.8.5
+Jinja2~=3.1.2
+prompt_toolkit~=3.0.39
+PyYAML~=6.0.1
+requests~=2.31.0
+symbol-lightapi~=0.0.5
+symbol-sdk-python~=3.1.0
+websockets~=11.0.3
+zenlog~=1.1