diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index b50a280da9e..d6d5bf370b1 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ updates:
       python-packages:
         patterns:
           - "*"
+        exclude-patterns:
+          - "avocado-*"
   - package-ecosystem: github-actions
     directory: /
     schedule:
diff --git a/utils/cq/requirements.txt b/utils/cq/requirements.txt
index 20f5c5ba003..317b68ab73b 100644
--- a/utils/cq/requirements.txt
+++ b/utils/cq/requirements.txt
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ pyenchant
 ## flake8 6 removed --diff option which breaks flake precommit hook.
 ## https://github.com/pycqa/flake8/issues/1389 https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8/pull/1720
 flake8==7.1.1
-isort==5.13.2
-pylint==3.3.2
+isort==6.0.0
+pylint==3.3.4
 yamllint==1.35.1
-codespell==2.3.0
+codespell==2.4.1
 # Used by ci/jira_query.py which pip installs it standalone.
 jira
 torch>=2.2.0