testcontainers
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-community.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-community.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.13", "3.14"]
         module: ${{ fromJSON(needs.track-modules.outputs.changed_modules) }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout contents

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.13", "3.14"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
       - name: Install Python dependencies
-        run: poetry install --no-interaction
+        run: poetry install --with dev --no-interaction
       - name: Execute pre-commit handler
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |

diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
diff --git a/core/testcontainers/compose/compose.py b/core/testcontainers/compose/compose.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def _ignore_properties(cls: type[_IPT], dict_: Any) -> _IPT:
         raise TypeError(f"Expected a dataclass type, got {cls}")
     class_fields = {f.name for f in fields(cls)}
     filtered = {k: v for k, v in dict_.items() if k in class_fields}
-    return cast("_IPT", cls(**filtered))
+    return cls(**filtered)
 
 
 @dataclass

diff --git a/core/testcontainers/core/waiting_utils.py b/core/testcontainers/core/waiting_utils.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def check_http(container):
     )
 
     class LegacyWaitStrategy(WaitStrategy):
-        def __init__(self, func: Callable[..., Any], instance: Any, args: list[Any], kwargs: dict[str, Any]):
+        def __init__(self, func: Callable[..., Any], instance: Any, args: tuple[Any], kwargs: dict[str, Any]):
             super().__init__()
             self.func = func
             self.instance = instance
@@ -197,12 +197,16 @@ def wait_until_ready(self, container: WaitStrategyTarget) -> Any:
                     logger.debug(f"Connection attempt failed: {e!s}")
                     time.sleep(self._poll_interval)
 
-    @wrapt.decorator  # type: ignore[misc]
-    def wrapper(wrapped: Callable[..., Any], instance: Any, args: list[Any], kwargs: dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
+    @wrapt.decorator
+    def wrapper(wrapped: Callable[..., Any], instance: Any, args: tuple[Any], kwargs: dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
         # Use the LegacyWaitStrategy to handle retries with proper timeout
         strategy = LegacyWaitStrategy(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs)
         # For backwards compatibility, assume the instance is the container
-        container = instance if hasattr(instance, "get_container_host_ip") else args[0] if args else None
+        try:
+            first_arg = args[0]
+        except IndexError:
+            first_arg = None
+        container = instance if hasattr(instance, "get_container_host_ip") else first_arg
         if container:
             return strategy.wait_until_ready(container)
         else:

diff --git a/core/tests/test_network.py b/core/tests/test_network.py
@@ -90,6 +90,6 @@ def test_network_has_labels():
     try:
         network.create()
         network = network._docker.client.networks.get(network_id=network.id)
-        assert LABEL_SESSION_ID in network.attrs.get("Labels")  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+        assert LABEL_SESSION_ID in network.attrs.get("Labels")
     finally:
         network.remove()
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -82,58 +82,58 @@ packages = [
 "Issue Tracker" = "https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/issues"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.9.2"
+python = ">=3.10"
 docker = "*"            # ">=4.0"
 urllib3 = "*"           # "<2.0"
 wrapt = "*"             # "^1.16.0"
 typing-extensions = "*"
 python-dotenv = "*"
 
 # community modules
-python-arango = { version = "^7.8", optional = true }
-azure-storage-blob = { version = "^12.19", optional = true }
-cassandra-driver = { version = "3.29.1", optional = true }
+python-arango = { version = "^8", optional = true }
+azure-storage-blob = { version = "^12", optional = true }
+cassandra-driver = { version = "^3", optional = true }
 #clickhouse-driver = { version = "*", optional = true }
-google-cloud-pubsub = { version = ">=2", optional = true }
-google-cloud-datastore = { version = ">=2", optional = true }
-influxdb = { version = "*", optional = true }
-influxdb-client = { version = "*", optional = true }
+google-cloud-pubsub = { version = "^2", optional = true }
+google-cloud-datastore = { version = "^2", optional = true }
+influxdb = { version = "^5", optional = true }
+influxdb-client = { version = "^1", optional = true }
 kubernetes = { version = "*", optional = true }
 pyyaml = { version = ">=6.0.3", optional = true }
-python-keycloak = { version = "*", optional = true }
-boto3 = { version = "*", optional = true }
-minio = { version = "*", optional = true }
-nats-py = { version = "*", optional = true }
-pymongo = { version = "*", optional = true }
-sqlalchemy = { version = "*", optional = true }
-pymssql = { version = ">=2.3.9", optional = true, markers = "platform_machine != 'arm64' or python_version >= '3.10'" }
-pymysql = { version = "*", extras = ["rsa"], optional = true }
-neo4j = { version = "*", optional = true }
-openfga-sdk = { version = "*", optional = true, markers = "python_version >= '3.10'" }
-opensearch-py = { version = "*", optional = true, markers = "python_version < '4.0'" }
-oracledb = { version = ">=3.4.1", optional = true }
-pika = { version = "*", optional = true }
-redis = { version = "*", optional = true }
-selenium = { version = "*", optional = true }
-weaviate-client = { version = "^4.5.4", optional = true }
-chromadb-client = { version = "^1.0.0", optional = true }
-qdrant-client = { version = "*", optional = true }
-bcrypt = { version = "*", optional = true }
-httpx = { version = "*", optional = true }
-azure-cosmos = { version = "*", optional = true }
+python-keycloak = { version = "^6", optional = true, markers = "python_version < '4.0'" }
+boto3 = { version = "^1", optional = true }
+minio = { version = "^7", optional = true }
+nats-py = { version = "^2", optional = true }
+pymongo = { version = "^4", optional = true }
+sqlalchemy = { version = "^2", optional = true }
+pymssql = { version = "^2", optional = true }
+pymysql = { version = "^1", extras = ["rsa"], optional = true }
+neo4j = { version = "^6", optional = true }
+openfga-sdk = { version = "*", optional = true }
+opensearch-py = { version = "^3", optional = true, markers = "python_version < '4.0'" }
+oracledb = { version = "^3", optional = true }
+pika = { version = "^1", optional = true }
+redis = { version = "^7", optional = true }
+selenium = { version = "^4", optional = true }
+weaviate-client = { version = "^4", optional = true }
+chromadb-client = { version = "^1", optional = true }
+qdrant-client = { version = "^1", optional = true }
+bcrypt = { version = "^5", optional = true }
+azure-cosmos = { version = "^4", optional = true }
 cryptography = { version = "*", optional = true }
 trino = { version = "*", optional = true }
 ibm_db_sa = { version = "*", optional = true, markers = "platform_machine != 'aarch64' and platform_machine != 'arm64'" }
-pydantic = { version = ">=2.12.4", optional = true } # upgrade for 3.14 compat (uses pyo3)
-rpds-py = { version = ">=0.28.0", optional = true, markers = "python_version >= '3.10'" }
-grpcio = { version = ">=1.75.1", optional = true }
-markupsafe = { version = ">=3.0.3", optional = true }
-ujson = { version = ">=5.11.0", optional = true }
-aiohttp = { version = ">=3.13.2", optional = true }
-grpcio-tools = { version = ">=1.76.0", optional = true }
-msgpack = { version = ">=1.1.2", optional = true }
-pandas = { version = ">=2.3.3", optional = true }
-httpcore = { version = ">=1.0.8", optional = true } # we could fix this for everyone but this is httpx's responsibility
+pydantic = { version = "^2", optional = true } # upgrade for 3.14 compat (uses pyo3)
+rpds-py = { version = "*", optional = true }
+grpcio = { version = "^1", optional = true }
+markupsafe = { version = "^3", optional = true }
+ujson = { version = "^5", optional = true }
+aiohttp = { version = "^3", optional = true }
+grpcio-tools = { version = "^1", optional = true }
+msgpack = { version = "^1", optional = true }
+pandas = { version = "^2", optional = true }
+httpx = { version = "*", optional = true }
+httpcore = { version = "^1", optional = true } # we could fix this for everyone but this is httpx's responsibility
 
 [tool.poetry.group.numpy_old.dependencies]
 numpy = { version = ">=2.0", optional = true, markers = "python_version < '3.11'" }
@@ -196,31 +196,32 @@ chroma = ["chromadb-client"]
 trino = ["trino"]
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
-mypy = "1.11.2"
-pre-commit = "^3.6"
-pytest = "8.4.2"
-pytest-cov = "4.1.0"
-sphinx = "7.2.6"
+pytest = "^9"
+pytest-asyncio = "^1"
+pytest-cov = "^7"
+pytest-mock = "^3"
+mypy = "^1"
+ruff = "*"
+pre-commit = "^4"
+sphinx = [
+    { version = "^8", markers = "python_version < '3.11'" },
+    { version = "^9", markers = "python_version >= '3.11'" },
+]
 twine = "6.2.0"
-anyio = "4.3.0"
+anyio = "^4"
 # for tests only
+sqlalchemy = "^2"
 psycopg2-binary = "2.9.11"
-pg8000 = "1.30.5"
-sqlalchemy = "2.0.28"
-psycopg = "3.1.18"
-cassandra-driver = "3.29.1"
-pytest-asyncio = "0.23.5"
-kafka-python-ng = "^2.2.0"
-hvac = { version = "2.1.0", markers = "python_version < '4.0'" }
-pymilvus = "2.6.1"
-httpx = "0.28.1"
-cryptography = "45.0.7"
-paho-mqtt = "2.1.0"
-sqlalchemy-cockroachdb = "2.0.2"
-paramiko = "^3.4.0"
-types-paramiko = "^3.4.0.20240423"
-pytest-mock = "^3.14.0"
-ruff = "0.11.5"
+pg8000 = "1.31.5"
+psycopg = "^3"
+cassandra-driver = "^3"
+kafka-python-ng = "^2"
+hvac = { version = "^2", markers = "python_version < '4.0'" }
+pymilvus = "^2"
+paho-mqtt = "^2"
+sqlalchemy-cockroachdb = "^2"
+paramiko = "^4"
+types-paramiko = "^4"
 
 [[tool.poetry.source]]
 name = "PyPI-public"
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ keep-runtime-typing = true
 strict = true
 
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.9"
+python_version = "3.10"
 namespace_packages = true
 explicit_package_bases = true
 pretty = true