diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9baf8444fa8193018a4cbb8e75f43e8d73eeb668..312035318c4f0ebea85686c42467f1af951ae106 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ ewoksserver:
 
 [options.extras_require]
 dev = 
-    black
-    flake8
+    black >=22
+    flake8 >=4
 doc =
-    sphinx
+    sphinx >=4.5
 
 [build_sphinx]
 project = ewoksweb