diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index 4029722915..c7943dd2af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ on:
 env:
   DOCUMENTATION_CNAME: 'edb.docs.pyansys.com'
   MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION: '3.10'
+  PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL: 'https://${{ secrets.PYANSYS_PYPI_PRIVATE_PAT }}@pkgs.dev.azure.com/pyansys/_packaging/pyansys/pypi/simple/'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
@@ -51,10 +52,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade .[test]
+          python -m pip install --upgrade .[tests]
           python -m pip install --upgrade tox-gh-actions
+
       - name: Test with tox
         # Only the tox environment specified in the tox.ini gh-actions is run
         run: tox -e test -- --ignore=tests/e2e
@@ -69,11 +72,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade .[test]
+          python -m pip install --upgrade .[doc] tox
 
       - name: Generate the documentation with tox
         run: tox -e doc
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip flit twine
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4.3.0
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6d096b0a90..0baa525d28 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,16 +41,16 @@ notebook = [
 tests = [
     "pytest==7.4.3",
     "pytest-cov==4.1.0",
-    "pytest-mock==3.12.0",
+    "pytest-mock==3.11.1",
     "python-dotenv>=0.20.0",
     "tox",
 ]
 
 # FIXME: update to newer versions
 doc = [
-    "sphinx==7.2.5",
+    "sphinx==7.1.2",
     "numpydoc==1.6.0",
-    "ansys_sphinx_theme>=0.12.4",
+    "ansys_sphinx_theme>=0.12.2",
     "sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2",
 ]
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 7c117a08f9..eb66cec3d9 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [tox]
 description = Default tox environments list
 envlist =
-    style,{py37,py38,py39,py310},doc
+    style,{py38,py39,py310},doc
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 isolated_build = true
 isolated_build_env = build
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ isolated_build_env = build
 [gh-actions]
 description = The tox environment to be executed in gh-actions for a given python version
 python =
-    3.7: style,py37-coverage,doc
     3.8: style,py38-coverage,doc
     3.9: style,py39-coverage,doc
     3.10: style,py310-coverage,doc
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ python =
 [testenv]
 description = Checks for project unit tests
 basepython =
-    py37: python3.7
     py38: python3.8
     py39: python3.9
     py310: python3.10
@@ -27,20 +25,22 @@ setenv =
 
 install_command =
     python -m pip install {opts} {packages}
-    pip install .[tests]
-commands =
-    pytest {posargs} {env:PYTEST_EXTRA_ARGS:}
-
 
 [testenv:test]
 description = Checks for project unit tests
 setenv =
     PYTEST_EXTRA_ARGS = --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml
+commands =
+    python -m pip install .[tests]
+    pytest {posargs} {env:PYTEST_EXTRA_ARGS:}
 
 [testenv:coverage]
 description = Checks for project unit tests and coverage
 setenv =
     PYTEST_EXTRA_ARGS = --cov=ansys.edb --cov-report=term --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html
+commands =
+    python -m pip install .[tests]
+    pytest {posargs} {env:PYTEST_EXTRA_ARGS:}
 
 
 [testenv:style]
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ commands =
 [testenv:doc]
 description = Check if documentation generates properly
 commands =
-    pip install .[doc]
+    python -m pip install .[doc]
     sphinx-build -d "{toxworkdir}/doc_doctree" doc/source "{toxworkdir}/doc_out" --color -vW -bhtml
 
 [testenv:notebook]
 description = Run Jupyter notebook
 commands =
-    pip install .[notebook]
+    python -m pip install .[notebook]
     jupyter notebook notebooks