diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4d215dda..51fbe5a3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ dev = [
     "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-vcr",
-    "vcrpy",
+    "vcrpy>=7.0.0",
     "pyyaml",
-    "urllib3<2.3.0",  # TODO pending resolution of issue #472
     # style
     "pre-commit>=4.0.1",
     "pylint",