diff --git a/.github/actions/pip-cache/action.yml b/.github/actions/pip-cache/action.yml
index b85cd5b28..82c99dad2 100644
--- a/.github/actions/pip-cache/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/pip-cache/action.yml
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ runs:
     - name: Restore Pip Cache
       uses: actions/cache@v4
       with:
-        path: ~/.cache/pip
-        key: ${{ hashFiles('setup.py') }}-${{ hashFiles('requirements.txt') }}
+        path: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && '~/.cache/pip' || '~\AppData\Local\pip\Cache' }}
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}
diff --git a/doc/en/getting_started.rst b/doc/en/getting_started.rst
index 5dba3c891..3a9bcc957 100644
--- a/doc/en/getting_started.rst
+++ b/doc/en/getting_started.rst
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Also find all our downloadable examples :ref:`here <download>`.
 
 Working with the source
 -----------------------
- 
+
 You will need a working python 3.7+ interrpreter preferably a venv, and for the interactive ui you need node installed. 
 We are using `doit <https://pydoit.org/contents.html>`_ as the taskrunner ``doit list`` can show all the commands.
 
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ We are using `doit <https://pydoit.org/contents.html>`_ as the taskrunner ``doit
     git clone https://github.com/morganstanley/testplan.git
     cd testplan
 
-    # install all dev requirements
-    pip install -r requirements-txt  # this install testplan in editable mode
+    # install testplan in editable mode & all dev requirements
+    pip install -e .
 
-    #build the interactive UI (if you do not like it is opening a browserwindow remove the `-o`)
+    # build the interactive UI (if you do not like it is opening a browserwindow remove the `-o`)
     doit build_ui -o
 
 Internal tests
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5e179d852..90309e991 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,12 +34,9 @@
         "setuptools",
         "pytest",
         "pytest-mock",
-        "py",
         "psutil",
         "schema",
-        "pytz",
         "lxml",
-        "python-dateutil",
         "reportlab",
         "marshmallow",
         "termcolor",
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index 328b7dd2e..8c10f8750 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 [pytest]
 filterwarnings =
     ignore::pytest.PytestWarning
-    ignore::DeprecationWarning:flask_restx.*:
-    ignore::DeprecationWarning:jinja2.*:
-    ignore::DeprecationWarning:jsonschema.*:
-    ignore::DeprecationWarning:marshmallow.*:
-    ignore::DeprecationWarning:werkzeug.*:
+    ignore:.*flask_restx.*:DeprecationWarning
+    ; jsonschema warning from flask_restx
+    ignore:.*jsonschema.*:DeprecationWarning
+    ignore:.*load_module.*:DeprecationWarning
+    ignore:.*LogMatcher.*:UserWarning
+    ; under most cases, included files are not hit
+    ignore:No data was collected:coverage.exceptions.CoverageWarning
 
 norecursedirs=tests/helpers
diff --git a/requirements-basic.txt b/requirements-basic.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e0760a14..000000000
--- a/requirements-basic.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-pytest
-py
-psutil>=5.6.7
-setuptools
-schema
-pytz
-lxml
-python-dateutil
-reportlab
-marshmallow
-termcolor
-colorama
-pyzmq
-terminaltables
-requests>=2.4.3
-flask>2.0.0
-werkzeug>2.0.0
-flask_restx
-cheroot
-boltons
-validators<=0.20.0
-Pillow
-plotly
-rpyc
-coverage
-memoization
-typing_extensions
-click>=8.1.0
-
-# Documentation
-# ---------------
-# sphinx
-# sphinx_rtd_theme
-# sphinx-click
-
-# matplot assertion
-# -----------------
-matplotlib
-numpy
-
-# Data science
-# ------------
-# scikit-learn
-# scipy
diff --git a/requirements-rtd.txt b/requirements-rtd.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 941be7a12..000000000
--- a/requirements-rtd.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-docutils<0.18
-Jinja2<3.1.0
-sphinx<2
--r ./requirements.txt
-./releaseherald
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testplan/testing/multitest/driver/http/client.py b/testplan/testing/multitest/driver/http/client.py
index be6c9b243..31053b2c5 100644
--- a/testplan/testing/multitest/driver/http/client.py
+++ b/testplan/testing/multitest/driver/http/client.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def send(self, method, api, **kwargs):
             args=(method, api, drop_response, self.timeout),
             kwargs=kwargs,
         )
-        request_thread.setDaemon(True)
+        request_thread.daemon = True
         request_thread.start()
         self.request_threads.append((request_thread, drop_response))
 
diff --git a/testplan/testing/multitest/driver/http/server.py b/testplan/testing/multitest/driver/http/server.py
index e8eb2096b..0757f0c25 100644
--- a/testplan/testing/multitest/driver/http/server.py
+++ b/testplan/testing/multitest/driver/http/server.py
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ def starting(self):
             timeout=self.timeout,
             logger=self.logger,
         )
-        self._server_thread.setName(self.name)
+        self._server_thread.name = self.name
         self._server_thread.start()
 
         while not hasattr(self._server_thread.server, "server_port"):
diff --git a/tests/unit/testplan/test_parser.py b/tests/unit/testplan/test_parser.py
index 1222287c8..b387ba1b7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/testplan/test_parser.py
+++ b/tests/unit/testplan/test_parser.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-from jsonschema.cli import parse_args
-
 from testplan import TestplanMock
-from testplan.parser import TestplanParser
 from testplan.testing.listing import SimpleJsonLister, NameLister