diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 56f7704..a0e2923 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 ## Upgrading
 
-<!-- Here goes notes on how to upgrade from previous versions, including deprecations and what they should be replaced with -->
+- The minimum allowed version of `protobuf` and `grpcio` has been updated to 6.31.1 and 1.72.1 respectively, you might also need to bump your dependencies accordingly.
 
 ## New Features
 - Two new RPCs have been added to support sensor data:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 44fa18e..29fe434 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ requires = [
   # sure the code is generated using the minimum supported versions, as older
   # versions can't work with code that was generated with newer versions.
   # https://protobuf.dev/support/cross-version-runtime-guarantee/#backwards
-  "protobuf == 5.29.3",
-  "grpcio-tools == 1.70.0",
-  "grpcio == 1.70.0",
+  "protobuf == 6.31.1",
+  "grpcio-tools == 1.72.1",
+  "grpcio == 1.72.1",
 
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ dependencies = [
   # We can't widen beyond the current value unless we bump the minimum
   # requirements too because of protobuf cross-version runtime guarantees:
   # https://protobuf.dev/support/cross-version-runtime-guarantee/#major
-  "protobuf >= 5.29.3, < 7", # Do not widen beyond 7!
+  "protobuf >= 6.31.1, < 8", # Do not widen beyond 8!
   # We couldn't find any document with a spec about the cross-version runtime
   # guarantee for grpcio, so unless we find one in the future, we'll assume
   # major version jumps are not compatible
-  "grpcio >= 1.70.0, < 2", # Do not widen beyond 2!
+  "grpcio >= 1.72.1, < 2", # Do not widen beyond 2!
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
@@ -168,7 +168,18 @@ disable = [
 ]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
-addopts = "-W=all -Werror -Wdefault::DeprecationWarning -Wdefault::PendingDeprecationWarning -vv"
+addopts = "-vv"
+filterwarnings = [
+  "error",
+  "once::DeprecationWarning",
+  "once::PendingDeprecationWarning",
+  # We ignore warnings about protobuf gencode version being one version older
+  # than the current version, as this is supported by protobuf, and we expect to
+  # have such cases. If we go too far, we will get a proper error anyways.
+  # We use a raw string (single quotes) to avoid the need to escape special
+  # characters as this is a regex.
+  'ignore:Protobuf gencode version .*exactly one major version older.*:UserWarning',
+]
 testpaths = ["pytests"]
 
 [tool.mypy]