diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index e63af53c94..5a742d3193 100755
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@
 pyvista.OFF_SCREEN = True
 
 # must be less than or equal to the XVFB window size
-pyvista.rcParams["window_size"] = np.array([1024, 768])
+try:
+    pyvista.global_theme.window_size = np.array([1024, 768])
+except AttributeError:
+    # for compatibility with pyvista < 0.40
+    pyvista.rcParams["window_size"] = np.array([1024, 768])
 
 # Save figures in specified directory
 pyvista.FIGURE_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.abspath("./images/"), "auto-generated/")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1fc845e960..e30afdb429 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyansys-tools-versioning>=0.3.3",
     "ansys-tools-path>=0.2.4",
     "pyiges[full]>=0.3.1", # Since v0.3.0, the 'full' flag is needed in order to install 'geomdl'
-    "pyvista>=0.33.0,<0.41",
+    "pyvista>=0.33.0",
     "scipy>=1.3.0",  # for sparse (consider optional?)
     "tqdm>=4.45.0",
     "vtk>=9.0.0",
@@ -56,23 +56,23 @@ classifiers = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 tests = [
-    "ansys-dpf-core==0.8.1",
+    "ansys-dpf-core==0.9.0",
     "autopep8==2.0.2",
     "matplotlib==3.7.1",
     "scipy==1.10.1",
     "pandas==2.0.1",
     "pytest==7.3.1",
     "pytest-cov==4.1.0",
-    "pyvista==0.39.1",
-    "pyansys-tools-report==0.5.0",
+    "pyvista==0.41.1",
+    "pyansys-tools-report==0.6.0",
     "vtk==9.2.6",
     "pytest-rerunfailures==11.1.2",
 ]
 doc = [
-    "sphinx==6.2.1",
-    "ansys-dpf-core==0.8.1",
-    "ansys-mapdl-reader==0.52.13",
-    "ansys-sphinx-theme==0.9.9",
+    "sphinx==7.1.1",
+    "ansys-dpf-core==0.9.0",
+    "ansys-mapdl-reader==0.52.19",
+    "ansys-sphinx-theme==0.10.0",
     "grpcio==1.51.1",
     "imageio-ffmpeg==0.4.8",
     "imageio==2.30.0",
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ doc = [
     "pypandoc==1.11",
     "pytest-sphinx==0.5.0",
     "pythreejs==2.4.2",
-    "pyvista==0.39.1",
+    "pyvista[trame]==0.41.1",
     "sphinx-autobuild==2021.3.14",
     "sphinx-autodoc-typehints==1.23.0",
     "sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2",
diff --git a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/theme.py b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/theme.py
index aeb7f0402a..7eb406cebe 100644
--- a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/theme.py
+++ b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/theme.py
@@ -2,9 +2,18 @@
 from ansys.mapdl.core import _HAS_PYVISTA
 
 if _HAS_PYVISTA:
-    from pyvista import themes
+    try:
+        from pyvista.plotting.themes import Theme
 
-    base_class = themes.DefaultTheme
+    except ImportError:
+        from pyvista import __version__ as pyvista_version
+
+        if "0.40" in pyvista_version:
+            from pyvista.themes import Theme
+        else:  # older versions
+            from pyvista.themes import DefaultTheme as Theme
+
+    base_class = Theme
 
 else:  # pragma: no cover
 
diff --git a/tests/test_dpf.py b/tests/test_dpf.py
index 574c0d99aa..ef2428cf33 100644
--- a/tests/test_dpf.py
+++ b/tests/test_dpf.py
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 """Test the DPF implementation"""
 import os
 
-from ansys.dpf import core as dpf
+import pytest
 
-DPF_PORT = os.environ.get("DPF_PORT", 21002)  # Set in ci.yaml
+try:
+    from ansys.dpf import core as dpf
+    from ansys.dpf.core.server_types import DPF_DEFAULT_PORT
+
+    from conftest import skip_if_no_has_dpf
+
+except ImportError:
+    skip_if_no_has_dpf = pytest.mark.skipif(
+        True,
+        reason="""DPF couldn't be imported.""",
+    )
+    DPF_DEFAULT_PORT = None
+
+
+DPF_PORT = os.environ.get("DPF_PORT", DPF_DEFAULT_PORT)  # Set in ci.yaml
 
 
 def test_dpf_connection():
diff --git a/tests/test_pool.py b/tests/test_pool.py
index 5218c794d2..d35c3276f6 100644
--- a/tests/test_pool.py
+++ b/tests/test_pool.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def pool():
 @skip_requires_194
 def test_invalid_exec():
     with pytest.raises(VersionError):
-        mapdl_pool = LocalMapdlPool(4, exec_file="/usr/ansys_inc/v194/ansys/bin/mapdl")
+        LocalMapdlPool(4, exec_file="/usr/ansys_inc/v194/ansys/bin/mapdl")
 
 
 @skip_if_not_local