diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index 7528af1f9d7..fffe4573ddb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
       - tests/**
       - requirements.txt
       - requirements-opts.txt
+      - requirements-dev.txt
   push:
     branches:
       - master
diff --git a/docs/requirements-docs.txt b/docs/requirements-docs.txt
index 3aa5506bdbf..51a64721dd9 100644
--- a/docs/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-sphinx==7.2.6
+sphinx==7.3.7
 furo==2024.1.29
 furo-sphinx-search @ git+https://github.com/harshil21/furo-sphinx-search@v0.2.0.1
 sphinx-paramlinks==0.6.0
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index f9900c8589e..ef0fd597a78 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pre-commit  # needed for pre-commit hooks in the git commit command
 # For the test suite
 pytest==7.4.4
 pytest-asyncio==0.21.1  # needed because pytest doesn't come with native support for coroutines as tests
-pytest-xdist==3.5.0  # xdist runs tests in parallel
+pytest-xdist==3.6.0  # xdist runs tests in parallel
 flaky  # Used for flaky tests (flaky decorator)
 beautifulsoup4  # used in test_official for parsing tg docs