diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_format.yml b/.github/workflows/check_format.yml
index 7cae58e94..74f19d109 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_format.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ name: code format
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [master]
+    branches: [master, v2]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [master]
+    branches: [master, v2]
 
 jobs:
   pre-commit:
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.10']
+        python-version: ['3.12']
         requires: ['latest']
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
index 6f32efeaf..5a25b70c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ name: Codespell
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [master]
+    branches: [master, v2]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [master]
+    branches: [master, v2]
 
 jobs:
   codespell:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc.yml b/.github/workflows/doc.yml
index ae8a4c1fe..d7f2ddcf5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.9]
+        python-version: [3.11]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 9ed6db979..efee47c35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ name: FURY Tests
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ master ]
+    branches: [ master, v2 ]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ master ]
+    branches: [ master, v2 ]
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 2 * * Mon'  # weekly
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.9, '3.10', 3.11, 3.12]
+        python-version: ['3.10', 3.11, 3.12, 3.13]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
         platform: [x64]
         install-type: [pip, ]  # conda]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0e779f2b2..be0f0aa3c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 name =  "fury"
 description = "FURY - Free Unified Rendering in pYthon. A free and open-source software library for Scientific Visualization and 3D animations"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 license.file="LICENSE"
 keywords = ["Scientific Visualization", "shaders", "animation", "simulation",
             "Physically based rendering", "3D", "3D rendering", "networks",
@@ -33,22 +33,19 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-    "Programming Language :: Python",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
-    "numpy >=1.15",
-	"scipy>=1.0",
-    "vtk>=9.1.0",
-    "pillow>=5.4.1",
-    "packaging >=17.0",
-    "pygltflib>=1.15.3",
-    "aiohttp>=3.8.4",
+    "numpy>=2.0",
+    "scipy>=1.13.0",
+    "pillow>=10.4.0",
+    "packaging>=23.0",
     "lazy_loader>=0.4",
 ]
 
@@ -62,14 +59,14 @@ Tracker = "https://github.com/fury-gl/fury/issues"
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 
 all = ["fury[plot, dev, doc, medical, style, test, typing]"]
-plot = ["matplotlib>=1.5.3", ]
+plot = ["matplotlib>=3.9.0", ]
 medical = ["dipy", "nibabel"]
 dev = [
     "gitpython",
     "twine",
     ]
 doc = [
-    "matplotlib >= 1.5.3",
+    "fury[plot]",
     "numpydoc",
     "sphinx >=6.1.2",
     "texext",