diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 794d62f..0a38132 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ dependency_hashes['argon2_cffi_bindings-21.2.0-pp38-pypy38_pp73-manylinux_2_17_a
 dependency_hashes['argon2_cffi_bindings-21.2.0-pp38-pypy38_pp73-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl']='74f931f3262333e3451295075abbfe0c323beadad36ffe73b65143e906f1e8cab924601a56a3f184ca2516fedcb69dc7d8dc6ea1d0ba25bccb21476a89bc46d8'
 dependency_hashes['argon2_cffi_bindings-21.2.0-pp38-pypy38_pp73-manylinux_2_5_i686.manylinux1_i686.manylinux_2_17_i686.manylinux2014_i686.whl']='740c76d800bf8bea95f800457ef03d4125b262d034e4a62e66615144a8abe35950b37fe5627553e5bc448ffe32f77ebeee5e2a04857409f53604fb30de7d8d72'
 dependency_hashes['argon2-cffi-bindings-21.2.0.tar.gz']='71d023ae96073ed78599e4f4e42f8efcc985cc329adeea00b14b54eaac1e6a545e6ad9b7f4cfdc60a4e9c396f95053c0ccb6f6f67d92f70265f91315fff4a390'
-dependency_hashes['blinker-1.7.0-py3-none-any.whl']='d7a15c140abe1ae1aab65d215748c2cab3f80c33ea31e3b5d7b3c44cd8d121b5084fe081e875e72f7cdfb85af987153288f55dc2ca0ee776dc93059fbb84df29'
-dependency_hashes['blinker-1.7.0.tar.gz']='b55dc104fd69bf9f682184202f9da7cb6925e7e863f38d5ad5b4b5988b2315aae02da6f4c9f0ec34238b8d5b9b6eec52b06258d93e14416cda3e2b718d9aa60c'
+dependency_hashes['blinker-1.8.1-py3-none-any.whl']='2bee24786f60124d6e07900213433a2d4b42eb48439f7f435da1e51f0fdb77d137083aa37d0d62d473bdfa24d63d9cf23712a3dd6416a491eaf0e326062ba185'
+dependency_hashes['blinker-1.8.1.tar.gz']='b6adada7f314369863070e830364833aade954e4cedca390643223d632c110a314856fb1c050402cad7e64959500c4d27d149ce7b682ee6bde99a69dc66ea495'
 dependency_hashes['certifi-2024.2.2-py3-none-any.whl']='7a3bd4849f95e1715fe2e99613df70a0fedd944a9bfde71a0fadb837fe62c3431c30da4f0b75c74de6f1a459f1fdf7cb62eaf404fdbe45e2d121e0b1021f1580'
 dependency_hashes['certifi-2024.2.2.tar.gz']='2191710dc2cfdf781df498c3ecd5f38dfc5215e2c2dc402cdcd484376dbd7fe2e442793cc856e93f6033c1fc43cb77c71d2dc785dbfe0d8cd10fd3120ee3c2fd'
 dependency_hashes['cffi-1.16.0-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_12_i686.manylinux2010_i686.manylinux_2_17_i686.manylinux2014_i686.whl']='47fc17ba58e9fc2e7829a4c028a0a067f0d2c9a23dec886674fb69098645bfa6e9a67a0a78439216e420b8f63be98818cd6dcd07fd270279385b9c3787710223'
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ function verify_files {
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     compare_digest 217c3a4dabba7be2b0d0d5d948b3e02e4caef9c3d1e24e8b62f2fd874a2239bb59d3433b9f92fa8123803d7daeb6a026adaaa06396a5ca5b3e77673d919b1b2f '' tfc.py
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diff --git a/install.sh.asc b/install.sh.asc
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+++ b/install.sh.asc
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diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 43d3313..bf83eba 100755
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cryptography>=42.0.5
 
 # Flask (Onion Service web server that serves TFC public keys and ciphertexts to contacts)
 Flask>=3.0.3
-blinker>=1.7.0
+blinker>=1.8.1
 click>=8.1.7
 itsdangerous>=2.2.0
 Jinja2>=3.1.3
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ MarkupSafe>=2.1.5
 Werkzeug>=3.0.2
 
 # mypy (Static type checking tool)
-mypy>=1.9.0
+mypy>=1.10.0
 mypy-extensions>=1.0.0
 typing-extensions>=4.11.0
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pyserial>=3.5
 PySocks>=1.7.1
 
 # pytest (Test framework)
-pytest>=8.1.1
+pytest>=8.2.0
 iniconfig>=2.0.0
 packaging>=24.0
 pluggy>=1.5.0
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pytest-cov>=5.0.0
 coverage>=7.5.0
 
 # xdist (Pytest distributed testing plugin)
-pytest-xdist>=3.5.0
+pytest-xdist>=3.6.1
 execnet>=2.1.1
 
 # Requests (Connects to the contact's Tor Onion Service)
diff --git a/requirements-relay.txt b/requirements-relay.txt
index 0b3b875..f7e150e 100755
--- a/requirements-relay.txt
+++ b/requirements-relay.txt
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ urllib3==2.2.1                --hash=sha512:82525e89629af701c2ce44ed6766c3b4c1f7
 # Flask (Onion Service web server that serves TFC public keys and ciphertexts to contacts)
 Flask==3.0.3                  --hash=sha512:efc6990982567332f1d274054a5d2f1e1b78c21f25a4cfb1de6b3a2f96fceab33fb0d31f9eb28f504e3899742fddf5854ee357395e7b66fdd3810eb64b8dff93 \
                               --hash=sha512:977c0e5fd2d496fae8e34a035f211118642dc6518a14dc5f6c175b72c6a76407aeb9ff0ed1f5db636370a9aa7e0d36baa783713ea7bdabd7f28c8c2b94643cd1
-blinker==1.7.0                --hash=sha512:d7a15c140abe1ae1aab65d215748c2cab3f80c33ea31e3b5d7b3c44cd8d121b5084fe081e875e72f7cdfb85af987153288f55dc2ca0ee776dc93059fbb84df29 \
-                              --hash=sha512:b55dc104fd69bf9f682184202f9da7cb6925e7e863f38d5ad5b4b5988b2315aae02da6f4c9f0ec34238b8d5b9b6eec52b06258d93e14416cda3e2b718d9aa60c
+blinker==1.8.1                --hash=sha512:2bee24786f60124d6e07900213433a2d4b42eb48439f7f435da1e51f0fdb77d137083aa37d0d62d473bdfa24d63d9cf23712a3dd6416a491eaf0e326062ba185 \
+                              --hash=sha512:b6adada7f314369863070e830364833aade954e4cedca390643223d632c110a314856fb1c050402cad7e64959500c4d27d149ce7b682ee6bde99a69dc66ea495
 click==8.1.7                  --hash=sha512:687ea8c461196b234b0f0db0638ba213304b96bdeb9c9c6334a6cbd78f4e99da9e062bca2f449c88fd7a1de7ea2643e80c8ea571103dd4b2c50424a6fbd5d5e0 \
                               --hash=sha512:c67146ad0112daf8ed4db62a6b0a0065109332eb8fa31962ce40d61e27e2736020a0cadfebdd1656e2f23c20291b069d3a409faffe999a0907e6dbdef77aa014
 itsdangerous==2.2.0           --hash=sha512:3c9d38d4a9a53f6426139969a111cb13f0588e4445173542a5c88a2f85348afc6f709f3523a4169eee6010cec99eed6df3a82cac59ca96a731d39461f88e2b83 \