diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f264ddda..3bec61c5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.7.0"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "ciscoconfparse"
-version = "1.8.1"
+version = "1.9.0"
 description = "Parse, Audit, Query, Build, and Modify Cisco IOS-style and JunOS-style configs"
 license = "GPL-3.0-only"
 authors = [
@@ -76,13 +76,12 @@ classifiers=[
 
 # Do NOT remove this... requirements.txt is not sufficient for dependencies
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.7.2,<4.0.0"
+python = ">=3.8,<4.0.0"
 passlib = "^1.7.4"
-dnspython = "^2.3.0"
+dnspython = "^2.4.2"
 loguru = "0.7.2"
 toml = ">=0.10.2"
 deprecated = "1.2.14"
-better_exceptions = "0.2.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.urls]
 source = "https://github.com/mpenning/ciscoconfparse"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d67df9e8..08715c74 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ poetry == 1.6.1
 loguru == 0.7.2
 passlib == 1.7.4
 toml > 0.10.1
-dnspython == 2.3.0
+dnspython == 2.4.2
 deprecated == 1.2.14
-better_exceptions == 0.2.1