diff --git a/.github/environment.yml b/.github/environment.yml
index 2cac37e7..10437bc1 100644
--- a/.github/environment.yml
+++ b/.github/environment.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dependencies:
 # build
-  - python >=3.8
-  - numpy >=1.16
+  - python >=3.9
+  - numpy >=1.21
   - ipopt
   - swig
   - meson >=1.3.2
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ dependencies:
 # testing
   - parameterized
   - testflo
-  - scipy >1.2
+  - scipy >=1.7
   - mdolab-baseclasses >=1.3.1
   - sqlitedict >=1.6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-build.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-build.yml
index c5123515..ecca3662 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-build.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
           miniforge-variant: Mambaforge
           channels: conda-forge,defaults
           channel-priority: strict
diff --git a/pyoptsparse/__init__.py b/pyoptsparse/__init__.py
index aa852adb..365985b2 100644
--- a/pyoptsparse/__init__.py
+++ b/pyoptsparse/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "2.10.2"
+__version__ = "2.11.0"
 
 from .pyOpt_history import History
 from .pyOpt_variable import Variable
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d7860e7d..646d3408 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ def copy_shared_libraries():
         keywords="optimization",
         install_requires=[
             "sqlitedict>=1.6",
-            "numpy>=1.16",
-            "scipy>1.2",
+            "numpy>=1.21",
+            "scipy>=1.7",
             "mdolab-baseclasses>=1.3.1",
         ],
         extras_require={
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def copy_shared_libraries():
         package_data={
             "": ["*.so", "*.lib", "*.pyd", "*.pdb", "*.dylib", "assets/*", "LICENSE"],
         },
-        python_requires=">=3.7",
+        python_requires=">=3.9",
         entry_points={
             "gui_scripts": [
                 "optview = pyoptsparse.postprocessing.OptView:main",