diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a677425..0bdbfe6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 default:
   image: saas-linux-small-amd64
   tags: [linux]
-  before_script:
-    - pip install -r requirements.txt
+  before_script: |
+    export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+    pip install -U -r requirements.txt
 
 .standard-rules:       # Make a hidden job to hold the common rules
   rules:
@@ -68,4 +69,4 @@ deploy-job:      # This job runs in the deploy stage.
   environment: production
   script:
     - echo "Deploying application..."
-    - echo "Application NOT deployed yet."
+    - echo "Application NOT yet deployed!"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b4e5d68..9cf3bfc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 # =============================================================================
 # PYTHON PACKAGES (PIP)
 # =============================================================================
-# USE (python3): pip3 install -r <THIS_FILE_NAME>
+# USE (python3): pip3 install -U -r <THIS_FILE_NAME>
 # =============================================================================
 
-# PyYAML>=5.4.1,<6.0
-# asyncio==3.4.3
 builddriver==0.9.0
 bumpversion>=0.6.0
 cmake-format>=0.6.13
-cmake>=3.25
-gcovr>=5.2
+cmake>=3.27
+gcovr>=6.0
 ninja>=1.11
-# pytest-asyncio==0.19.0
-# pytest==7.1.3
 tftpy>=0.8.2
-wheel>=0.37.1
+wheel>=0.40.0