diff --git a/functest_requirements.txt b/functest_requirements.txt
index ccd8c0ae..63ea0622 100644
--- a/functest_requirements.txt
+++ b/functest_requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-pulpcore-client
-pulp-file-client
-pulp-certguard-client
 pytest
+pytest-custom_exit_code
+pytest-xdist
 requests
 
-# for pulp_file tests
-git+https://github.com/PulpQE/pulp-smash.git#egg=pulp-smash
+# for pulp_file
+beautifulsoup4
+proxy.py~=2.4.1
+trustme~=1.0.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1a431974..a3dd8d89 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 PyOpenSSL<24.0
-pulpcore>=3.23.0,<3.40
+pulpcore>=3.28.0,<3.40