diff --git a/optimade/server/routers/landing.py b/optimade/server/routers/landing.py
index 02664205d..3f4192329 100644
--- a/optimade/server/routers/landing.py
+++ b/optimade/server/routers/landing.py
@@ -93,3 +93,10 @@ async def landing(request: Request):
 
 
 router = Router(routes=[Route("/", endpoint=landing)])
+
+## This "fix" is taken directly from FastAPI's APIRouter implementation.
+# Handle on_startup/on_shutdown locally since Starlette removed support
+# Ref: https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/pull/3117
+# TODO: deprecate this once the lifespan (or alternative) interface is improved
+router.on_startup = []
+router.on_shutdown = []
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8eefd3001..1742d214a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ mongo = ["pymongo~=4.0", "mongomock~=4.1"]
 server = [
     "uvicorn[standard]~=0.19",
     "fastapi>=0.103.1",
-    "starlette ~= 0.38, >= 0.38.3",
+    "starlette >= 0.38, < 2.0",
     "optimade[mongo]",
 ]
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ aiida = ["aiida-core~=2.1"]
 
 http-client = [
     "httpx~=0.23",
-    "rich>=13,<15",
+    "rich>=13,<16",
     "click~=8.1",
 ]
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ docs = [
     "mkdocs-awesome-pages-plugin~=2.8",
     "mkdocs-material~=9.0",
     "mkdocstrings[python]>=0.26,<2.0",
-    "griffe~=1.13",
+    "griffe>=1.13,<3.0",
 ]
 
 testing = [
diff --git a/requirements-client.txt b/requirements-client.txt
index 20e7aee15..64c8e7603 100644
--- a/requirements-client.txt
+++ b/requirements-client.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-aiida-core==2.7.2
-ase==3.26.0
-jarvis-tools==2025.5.30; python_version < '3.13'
+aiida-core==2.8.0
+ase==3.28.0
+jarvis-tools==2026.4.2; python_version < '3.13'
 numpy>=1.20
 pymatgen==2025.10.7; python_version < '3.13'
diff --git a/requirements-docs.txt b/requirements-docs.txt
index 996de3660..9cca4a484 100644
--- a/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-griffe==1.15.0
-mike==2.1.3
+griffe==2.0.2
+mike==2.2.0
 mkdocs==1.6.1
-mkdocs-autorefs==1.4.3
+mkdocs-autorefs==1.4.4
 mkdocs-awesome-pages-plugin==2.10.1
-mkdocs-material==9.7.1
-mkdocstrings[python]==1.0.0
+mkdocs-material==9.7.6
+mkdocstrings[python]==1.0.4
diff --git a/requirements-http-client.txt b/requirements-http-client.txt
index 560e3e9d7..45e14de94 100644
--- a/requirements-http-client.txt
+++ b/requirements-http-client.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 click==8.1.8
 httpx==0.28.1
-rich==14.2.0
+rich==15.0.0
diff --git a/requirements-server.txt b/requirements-server.txt
index e336d44e7..100b88200 100644
--- a/requirements-server.txt
+++ b/requirements-server.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-elasticsearch==7.17.12
+elasticsearch==7.17.13
 elasticsearch-dsl==7.4.1
-fastapi==0.127.0
+fastapi==0.136.0
 mongomock==4.3.0
-pymongo==4.15.5
-starlette==0.50.0
+pymongo==4.17.0
+starlette==1.0.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index de0ee9e05..b65e54610 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 lark==1.3.1
-pydantic[email]==2.12.5
-pydantic_settings==2.12.0
+pydantic[email]==2.13.3
+pydantic_settings==2.14.0
 pyyaml==6.0.3
-requests==2.32.5
-uvicorn==0.40.0
+requests==2.33.1
+uvicorn==0.45.0