diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3c3afd79..762b4ee5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ local = [
     # "mostlyai-qa @ git+https://github.com/mostly-ai/mostlyai-qa.git@main",  # for development
     "mostlyai-engine==2.5.0",  # for release (PyPI)
     "mostlyai-qa==1.10.4",  # for release (PyPI)
-    "fastapi>=0.116.0,<0.125",
+    "fastapi>=0.116.0",
     "uvicorn>=0.34.0",
     "python-multipart>=0.0.20",
     "torch>=2.9.0,<2.10.0",
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ local-gpu = [
     # "mostlyai-qa @ git+https://github.com/mostly-ai/mostlyai-qa.git@main",  # for development
     "mostlyai-engine[gpu]==2.5.0",  # for release (PyPI)
     "mostlyai-qa==1.10.4",  # for release (PyPI)
-    "fastapi>=0.116.0,<0.125",
+    "fastapi>=0.116.0",
     "uvicorn>=0.34.0",
     "python-multipart>=0.0.20",
     "torch>=2.9.0,<2.10.0",
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ mysql = [
     "mysql-connector-python>=9.1.0,<10",
 ]
 oracle = [
-    "oracledb>=2.2.1,<3"
+    "oracledb>=2.2.1"
 ]
 postgres = [
     "psycopg2>=2.9.4,<3"
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ dev = [
     "ruff>=0.11",  # sync'ed with .pre-commit-config
     "pre-commit>=4.0",
     "twine>=6.1",
-    "ipykernel>=6.25,<7",
+    "ipykernel>=6.25",
     "datamodel-code-generator[http]>=0.26.3",
     "respx>=0.20",
     "poetry-bumpversion>=0.3.2",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 6e765e8b..76f0fbe9 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -3252,8 +3252,8 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "cloudpathlib", extras = ["gs", "s3", "azure"], marker = "extra == 'local-gpu'", specifier = ">=0.17.0" },
     { name = "duckdb", specifier = ">=1.2.1" },
     { name = "environs", specifier = ">=9.5.0" },
-    { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'local'", specifier = ">=0.116.0,<0.125" },
-    { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'local-gpu'", specifier = ">=0.116.0,<0.125" },
+    { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'local'", specifier = ">=0.116.0" },
+    { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'local-gpu'", specifier = ">=0.116.0" },
     { name = "filelock", marker = "extra == 'local'", specifier = ">=3.16.1" },
     { name = "filelock", marker = "extra == 'local-gpu'", specifier = ">=3.16.1" },
     { name = "gcsfs", marker = "extra == 'local'", specifier = ">=2023.1.0" },
@@ -3273,7 +3273,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "networkx", marker = "extra == 'local-gpu'", specifier = ">=3.0,<4" },
     { name = "openpyxl", marker = "extra == 'local'", specifier = ">=3.1.5" },
     { name = "openpyxl", marker = "extra == 'local-gpu'", specifier = ">=3.1.5" },
-    { name = "oracledb", marker = "extra == 'oracle'", specifier = ">=2.2.1,<3" },
+    { name = "oracledb", marker = "extra == 'oracle'", specifier = ">=2.2.1" },
     { name = "pandas", specifier = ">=2.0.0" },
     { name = "pathvalidate", specifier = ">=3.3.1" },
     { name = "psutil", specifier = ">=5.9.5" },
@@ -3319,7 +3319,7 @@ provides-extras = ["local", "local-gpu", "googlebigquery", "mssql", "mysql", "or
 dev = [
     { name = "datamodel-code-generator", extras = ["http"], specifier = ">=0.26.3" },
     { name = "httpx", specifier = ">=0.27" },
-    { name = "ipykernel", specifier = ">=6.25,<7" },
+    { name = "ipykernel", specifier = ">=6.25" },
     { name = "poetry-bumpversion", specifier = ">=0.3.2" },
     { name = "pre-commit", specifier = ">=4.0" },
     { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=8.0" },