diff --git a/plugins/aea-test-autonomy/setup.py b/plugins/aea-test-autonomy/setup.py
index 0b00d87e1d..b5ad6d6339 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-test-autonomy/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-test-autonomy/setup.py
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 
 base_deps = [
     "open-aea[all]>=1.53.0,<2.0.0",
-    "pytest==7.2.1",
+    "pytest>=7.2.1,<8",
     "open-aea-ledger-ethereum>=1.53.0,<2.0.0",
-    "docker==6.1.2",
+    "docker>=6.1.2,<7",
 ]
 
 setup(
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4618ca7559..9787c3bdf0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
-build_backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index befa69249d..d9bb770448 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 
 def get_all_extras() -> Dict:
     cli_deps = [
-        "click>=8.1.0,<9",
-        "open-aea-cli-ipfs==1.53.0",
-        "texttable==1.6.7",
+        "click>=8.0.2,<9",
+        "open-aea-cli-ipfs>=1.53.0,<2",
+        "texttable>=1.6.7,<2",
         "python-dotenv>=0.14.5,<0.22.0",
         "pytest>=7.0.0,<7.3.0",
         "coverage>=6.4.4,<8.0.0",
@@ -53,18 +53,18 @@ def get_all_extras() -> Dict:
 
 base_deps = [
     "Flask>=2.0.2,<3.0.0",
-    "open-aea[all]==1.53.0",
+    "open-aea[all]>=1.53.0,<2",
     "watchdog>=2.1.6",
-    "pytest==7.2.1",
+    "pytest>=7.2.1,<8",
     "valory-docker-compose==1.29.3",
-    "werkzeug==2.0.3",
-    "docker==6.1.2",
+    "werkzeug>=2.0.3,<3",
+    "docker>=6.1.2,<7",
     "hexbytes",
     "jsonschema<4.4.0,>=4.3.0",
     "protobuf<4.25.0,>=4.21.6",
-    "gql==3.5.0",
+    "gql>=3.5.0,<4",
+    "requests-toolbelt>=1.0.0,<2",  # Required for graphql client
     "requests<2.31.2,>=2.28.1",
-    "requests-toolbelt==1.0.0",  # Required for graphql client
     "aiohttp<4.0.0,>=3.8.5",
     "typing_extensions>=3.10.0.2",
 ]