diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 76ea1bd8..0082f1ff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ test = [
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-xdist",
     "sympy",
-    "vcrpy>=1.6.1",
+    "vcrpy>=5",
     "importlib_metadata>=4.6; python_version<'3.10'",
 ]
 dev = [
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index aaefcaae..7d417f64 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -48,18 +48,10 @@ commands =
     coverage report --skip-covered --show-missing --fail-under=80
 
 
-[testenv:py3{,.}{10,11,12}-coverage]
+[testenv:py3{,.}{8,9,10,11,12}-coverage]
 commands = {[testenv:coverage]commands}
 
 
-[testenv:py3{,.}{8,9}-coverage]
-# dependency issue
-deps = urllib3<2
-commands =
-    python -c "import urllib3; print(urllib3.__version__); from urllib3.connectionpool import VerifiedHTTPSConnection"
-    {[testenv:coverage]commands}
-
-
 [testenv:coverage-core]
 usedevelop = true
 deps = coverage[toml]>=7
@@ -75,18 +67,10 @@ commands =
         --skip-covered --show-missing --fail-under=100
 
 
-[testenv:py3{,.}{10,11,12}-coverage-core]
+[testenv:py3{,.}{8,9,10,11,12}-coverage-core]
 commands = {[testenv:coverage-core]commands}
 
 
-[testenv:py3{,.}{8,9}-coverage-core]
-# dependency issue
-deps = urllib3<2
-commands =
-    python -c "import urllib3; print(urllib3.__version__); from urllib3.connectionpool import VerifiedHTTPSConnection"
-    {[testenv:coverage-core]commands}
-
-
 [testenv:pre-commit]
 description =
     run pre-commit-defined linters under `{basepython}`