diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e285d900e..146ba4e8c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ workflows:
       - build:
           matrix:
             parameters:
-              python-image: [python:3.8, python:3.9, python:3.10, python:3.11, python:3.12]
+              python-image: [python:3.9, python:3.10, python:3.11, python:3.12]
           filters:
             tags:
               only: /.*/
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ workflows:
       - test:
           matrix:
             parameters:
-              python-image: [python:3.8, python:3.9, python:3.10, python:3.11, python:3.12]
+              python-image: [python:3.9, python:3.10, python:3.11, python:3.12]
           requires:
             - build
           filters:
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ workflows:
           matrix:
             parameters:
               python-image:
-                [python:3.8, python:3.9, python:3.10, python:3.11, python:3.12]
+                [python:3.9, python:3.10, python:3.11, python:3.12]
           filters:
             tags:
               only: /.*/
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3916e22cc..474625273 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12"
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = { file = "LICENSE.md" }
 keywords = ["LRS", "Analytics", "xAPI", "Open edX"]
 dependencies = [
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ backend-ldp = [
     "requests>=2.0.0",
 ]
 backend-lrs = [
-    "httpx<0.27.3", # pin as `pytest-httpx<0.23.0` requires `httpx==0.24.*`
+    "httpx>=0.27,<1.0",
 ]
 backend-mongo = [
     "motor[srv]>=3.3.0",
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ dev = [
     "polyfactory==2.16.2",
     "pyfakefs==5.6.0",
     "pymdown-extensions==10.9",
-    "pytest<8.0.0", # pin as pytest-httpx<0.23.0 is not compatible with pytest 8.0.0 
+    "pytest==8.3.3",
     "pytest-cov==5.0.0",
-    "pytest-httpx<0.23.0", # pin as Python 3.8 is no longer supported from release 0.23.0
+    "pytest-httpx==0.30.0",
     "requests-mock==1.12.1",
     "responses==0.25.3",
     "ruff==0.6.5",
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ lrs = [
     "bcrypt==4.2.0",
     "fastapi==0.114.2",
     "cachetools==5.5.0",
-    "httpx<0.27.3", # pin as `pytest-httpx<0.23.0` requires `httpx==0.24.*`
+    "httpx>=0.27,<1.0",
     "sentry_sdk==2.14.0",
     "python-jose==3.3.0",
     "uvicorn[standard]==0.30.6",
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index a19ef3a04..acdf4a51a 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@
     "commitBodyTable": true,
     "ignoreDeps": [
         "backend-clickhouse/clickhouse-connect",
-        "backend-lrs/httpx",
-        "dev/pytest",
-        "dev/pytest-httpx",
-        "dev/responses",
-        "lrs/httpx"
+        "dev/responses"
     ],
     "packageRules": [
       {