diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 57e91c2410..7af3b92123 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ test = [
     "pytest-mpl",
     "ipympl>=0.3.0",
     "pydocstyle",
-    "papermill~=2.5.0",
-    "scrapbook~=0.5.0",
+    "papermill>=2.5.0",
+    "scrapbook>=0.5.0",
     "jupyter",
     "graphviz",
     "pytest-socket>=0.2.0",  # c.f. PR #1917
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ test = [
 docs = [
     "pyhf[xmlio,contrib]",
     "sphinx>=7.0.0",  # c.f. https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/pull/2271
-    "sphinxcontrib-bibtex~=2.1",
+    "sphinxcontrib-bibtex>=2.1",
     "sphinx-click",
     "sphinx-rtd-theme>=1.3.0",  # c.f. https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/pull/2271
     "nbsphinx!=0.8.8",  # c.f. https://github.com/spatialaudio/nbsphinx/issues/620