diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2570e089..1a71a9bb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pyright = ">=1.1.396"
 poethepoet = ">=0.16.5"
 loguru = ">=0.6.0"
 typing-extensions = ">=4.4.0"
-matplotlib = ">=3.6.3"
+matplotlib = ">=3.10.1"
 pre-commit = ">=2.19.0"
 black = ">=23.3.0"
 isort = ">=5.12.0"
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ xarray = ">=22.6.0"
 tabulate = ">=0.8.10"
 jinja2 = ">=3.1"
 scipy = { version = ">=1.9.1", python = "<3.14" }
-SQLAlchemy = ">=2.0.12"
+SQLAlchemy = ">=2.0.12,<2.0.39"
 types-python-dateutil = ">=2.8.19"
 beautifulsoup4 = ">=4.12.2"
 html5lib = ">=1.1"
diff --git a/tests/test_frame.py b/tests/test_frame.py
index 4d7171af..eca3cec8 100644
--- a/tests/test_frame.py
+++ b/tests/test_frame.py
@@ -4012,7 +4012,6 @@ def test_hashable_args() -> None:
     df.columns = ["test"]  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
     testDict = {"test": 1}
-
     with ensure_clean() as path:
         df.to_string(path, col_space=testDict)
         df.to_string(path, col_space={"test": 1})
@@ -4027,7 +4026,14 @@ def test_transpose() -> None:
     df = pd.DataFrame({"a": [1, 1, 2], "b": [4, 5, 6]})
     check(assert_type(df.transpose(), pd.DataFrame), pd.DataFrame)
     check(assert_type(df.transpose(None), pd.DataFrame), pd.DataFrame)
-    check(assert_type(df.transpose(copy=True), pd.DataFrame), pd.DataFrame)
+
+    msg = "The copy keyword is deprecated and will be removed in a future"
+    with pytest_warns_bounded(
+        DeprecationWarning,
+        msg,
+        lower="2.2.99",
+    ):
+        check(assert_type(df.transpose(copy=True), pd.DataFrame), pd.DataFrame)
 
 
 def test_combine() -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_series.py b/tests/test_series.py
index 752450dc..bd743356 100644
--- a/tests/test_series.py
+++ b/tests/test_series.py
@@ -3578,6 +3578,14 @@ def test_align() -> None:
     aligned_s0, aligned_s1 = s0.align(s1)
     check(assert_type(aligned_s0, pd.Series), pd.Series)
     check(assert_type(aligned_s1, pd.Series), pd.Series)
-    aligned_s0, aligned_s1 = s0.align(s1, fill_value=0, axis=0, level=0, copy=False)
+
+    msg = "The copy keyword is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.*"
+    with pytest_warns_bounded(
+        DeprecationWarning,
+        msg,
+        lower="2.2.99",
+    ):
+        aligned_s0, aligned_s1 = s0.align(s1, fill_value=0, axis=0, level=0, copy=False)
+
     check(assert_type(aligned_s0, pd.Series), pd.Series)
     check(assert_type(aligned_s1, pd.Series), pd.Series)