diff --git a/build/pkgs/scipy/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/scipy/install-requires.txt
index 2e7f4c30acc..375bf360da9 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/scipy/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/scipy/install-requires.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-scipy >=1.5, <1.6
+scipy >=1.5, <1.8
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sphinx/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sphinx/install-requires.txt
index d7680fc6a37..2d146f2fe48 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sphinx/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sphinx/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-# gentoo uses 3.2.1
-sphinx >=3, <3.3
+sphinx >=4, <4.2
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sympy/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sympy/install-requires.txt
index 9c1c610c7c0..207de33a893 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sympy/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sympy/install-requires.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sympy >=1.6, <1.8
+sympy >=1.6, <2.0