diff --git a/requirements_dev_optional.txt b/requirements_dev_optional.txt
index 9d75d78e44..60863877aa 100644
--- a/requirements_dev_optional.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev_optional.txt
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ ipywidgets==8.1.5
 # optional library requirements for services
 # don't let pyup change pinning for azure-storage-blob, need to pin to older
 # version to get compatibility with azure storage emulator on appveyor (FIXME)
-azure-storage-blob==12.21.0 # pyup: ignore
+azure-storage-blob==12.23.0 # pyup: ignore
 redis==5.0.8
 types-redis
 types-setuptools
-pymongo==4.8.0
+pymongo==4.9.1
 # optional test requirements
 coverage
 pytest-cov==5.0.0