diff --git a/requirements/ci.txt b/requirements/ci.txt
index 487331d..e8e8acc 100644
--- a/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #
 #    make upgrade
 #
-cachetools==5.3.3
 cachetools==5.3.3
     # via tox
 certifi==2024.2.2
@@ -49,6 +48,5 @@ tox==4.14.2
     # via -r requirements/ci.in
 urllib3==2.2.1
     # via requests
-virtualenv==20.25.1
 virtualenv==20.25.1
     # via tox
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 8331af3..0efbe8b 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #
 asgiref==3.8.1
     # via django
-astroid==3.1.0
 astroid==3.1.0
     # via
     #   pylint
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1 ; python_version < "3.9"
     #   django
 build==1.2.1
     # via -r requirements/quality.in
-cachetools==5.3.3
 cachetools==5.3.3
     # via tox
 certifi==2024.2.2
@@ -128,14 +126,13 @@ polib==1.2.0
     # via edx-i18n-tools
 pycodestyle==2.11.1
     # via -r requirements/quality.in
-pydocstyle==1.1.1
+pydocstyle==6.3.0
     # via -r requirements/quality.in
 pygments==2.17.2
     # via
     #   diff-cover
     #   readme-renderer
     #   rich
-pylint==3.1.0
 pylint==3.1.0
     # via
     #   edx-lint
@@ -160,7 +157,6 @@ pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via
     #   code-annotations
     #   edx-i18n-tools
-readme-renderer==43.0
 readme-renderer==43.0
     # via twine
 requests==2.31.0
@@ -175,9 +171,10 @@ rich==13.7.1
     # via twine
 six==1.16.0
     # via edx-lint
+snowballstemmer==2.2.0
+    # via pydocstyle
 sqlparse==0.4.4
     # via django
-stevedore==5.2.0
 stevedore==5.2.0
     # via code-annotations
 text-unidecode==1.3
@@ -189,7 +186,6 @@ tomli==2.0.1
     #   pyproject-api
     #   pyproject-hooks
     #   tox
-tomlkit==0.12.4
 tomlkit==0.12.4
     # via pylint
 tox==4.14.2
@@ -198,7 +194,6 @@ twine==5.0.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/dev.in
     #   -r requirements/quality.in
-typing-extensions==4.10.0
 typing-extensions==4.10.0
     # via
     #   asgiref
@@ -209,7 +204,6 @@ urllib3==2.2.1
     # via
     #   requests
     #   twine
-virtualenv==20.25.1
 virtualenv==20.25.1
     # via tox
 wheel==0.43.0
diff --git a/requirements/quality.in b/requirements/quality.in
index 92a763b..dad3578 100644
--- a/requirements/quality.in
+++ b/requirements/quality.in
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 edx-lint                  # edX pylint rules and plugins
 isort                     # to standardize order of imports
 pycodestyle               # PEP 8 compliance validation
-pydocstyle<2.0            # PEP 257 compliance validation: 2.0 doesn't know Google style, and tries to correct my grammar... :(
+pydocstyle                # PEP 257 compliance validation: 2.0 doesn't know Google style, and tries to correct my grammar... :(
 build                     # Build needs to be created for README validation
 twine                     # Needed to validate README.rst for usage on PyPI
diff --git a/requirements/quality.txt b/requirements/quality.txt
index a1d27dd..8831895 100644
--- a/requirements/quality.txt
+++ b/requirements/quality.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #
 #    make upgrade
 #
-astroid==3.1.0
 astroid==3.1.0
     # via
     #   pylint
@@ -78,13 +77,12 @@ platformdirs==4.2.0
     # via pylint
 pycodestyle==2.11.1
     # via -r requirements/quality.in
-pydocstyle==1.1.1
+pydocstyle==6.3.0
     # via -r requirements/quality.in
 pygments==2.17.2
     # via
     #   readme-renderer
     #   rich
-pylint==3.1.0
 pylint==3.1.0
     # via
     #   edx-lint
@@ -105,7 +103,6 @@ python-slugify==8.0.4
     # via code-annotations
 pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via code-annotations
-readme-renderer==43.0
 readme-renderer==43.0
     # via twine
 requests==2.31.0
@@ -120,7 +117,8 @@ rich==13.7.1
     # via twine
 six==1.16.0
     # via edx-lint
-stevedore==5.2.0
+snowballstemmer==2.2.0
+    # via pydocstyle
 stevedore==5.2.0
     # via code-annotations
 text-unidecode==1.3
@@ -130,12 +128,10 @@ tomli==2.0.1
     #   build
     #   pylint
     #   pyproject-hooks
-tomlkit==0.12.4
 tomlkit==0.12.4
     # via pylint
 twine==5.0.0
     # via -r requirements/quality.in
-typing-extensions==4.10.0
 typing-extensions==4.10.0
     # via
     #   astroid
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 43fecb5..b4005ab 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,5 @@ tomli==2.0.1
     # via
     #   coverage
     #   pytest
-typing-extensions==4.10.0
 typing-extensions==4.10.0
     # via asgiref