diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c0e1fb93344c2f1dbab86bc9134e57b63e791003..f5f7c28f1a0648b336f29887a86a2c44019a2eca 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -69,3 +69,6 @@ target/
 
 # IDEs
 .vscode
+.DS_Store
+{env_name}*
+.python-version
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e8af9154616d1df7d8bc06f74c12d60fa7515017..d43e3ee14afcfe84855156abb7d7ce96d8a0a6fd 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ except LookupError:
     ascii = codecs.lookup('ascii')
     codecs.register(lambda name, enc=ascii: {True: enc}.get(name == 'mbcs'))
 
-VERSION = '0.26.0'
+VERSION = '0.26.1'
 
 tests_require = [
     "mock == 4.0.3",
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ tests_require = [
 
 requires = [
     "ecdsa == 0.16.1",
-    "requests == 2.27.1",
-    "websocket-client == 0.58.0",
+    "requests >= 2.31.0",
+    "websocket-client >= 1.6.3",
     "appdirs == 1.4.4",
     "scrypt == 0.8.18",
     "pycryptodomex == 3.10.1",