diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index cfeadb3..dd2e2b3 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ disable=too-many-arguments,
         useless-suppression,
         deprecated-pragma,
         use-symbolic-message-instead,
-        invalid-name
+        invalid-name,
+        global-statement,
+        use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison
 
 # Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
 # either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
@@ -191,14 +193,6 @@ attr-naming-style=snake_case
 # style.
 #attr-rgx=
 
-# Bad variable names which should always be refused, separated by a comma.
-bad-names=foo,
-          bar,
-          baz,
-          toto,
-          tutu,
-          tata
-
 # Naming style matching correct class attribute names.
 class-attribute-naming-style=any
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 41d9d32..ed7c0e6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # to be ready for development work in the local sandbox.
 # example: "make setup"
 
+LINT_DIRS=iaesdk test/unit test/integration examples
+
 setup: deps dev_deps install_project
 
 all: upgrade_pip setup test-unit lint
@@ -32,7 +34,8 @@ test-examples:
 	python -m pytest examples
 
 lint:
-	./pylint.sh && black --check .
+	python -m pylint ${LINT_DIRS} --exit-zero
+	black --check ${LINT_DIRS}
 
 lint-fix:
-	black .
\ No newline at end of file
+	black ${LINT_DIRS}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d4fc47c..9df9105 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,20 +40,14 @@ IBM Analytics Engine v3 is for the Standard Serverless for Apache Spark plan
 
 * An [IBM Cloud][ibm-cloud-onboarding] account.
 * An IAM API key to allow the SDK to access your account. Create one [here](https://cloud.ibm.com/iam/apikeys).
-* Python 3.7 or above.
+* Python 3.8 or above.
 
 ## Installation
 
-To install, use `pip` or `easy_install`:
+To install, use `pip`:
 
 ```bash
-pip install --upgrade "iaesdk>=3.2.0"
-```
-
-or
-
-```bash
-easy_install --upgrade "iaesdk>=3.2.0"
+python -m pip install --upgrade iaesdk
 ```
 
 ## Using the SDK
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 527b155..5be1cf5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
     "description": "This package.json is being used to manage semantic-release and its dependencies",
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
     "devDependencies": {
-      "semantic-release": "19.0.5",
-      "@semantic-release/changelog": "6.0.2",
+      "semantic-release": "21.0.7",
+      "@semantic-release/changelog": "6.0.3",
       "@semantic-release/exec": "6.0.3",
       "@semantic-release/git": "10.0.1"
     },
+    "overrides": {
+      "semver": "^7.5.3"
+    },
     "scripts": {
       "semantic-release": "semantic-release"
     }
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 87bcdc9..0cb3c95 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-# test dependencies
-coverage>=4.5.4
-pylint>=2.6.0,<3.0.0
-pytest>=7.0.1,<8.0.0
-pytest-cov>=2.2.1,<3.0.0
-pytest-rerunfailures>=3.1
-responses>=0.12.1,<1.0.0
-black>=22.10
\ No newline at end of file
+coverage>=7.3.2,<8.0.0
+pylint>=3.0.0,<4.0.0
+pytest>=7.4.2,<8.0.0
+pytest-cov>=4.1.0,<5.0.0
+responses>=0.23.3,<1.0.0
+black>=23.9.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ac10b3e..5026cba 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-requests>=2.26.0,<3.0.0
-urllib3>=1.26.0,<2.0.0
-python_dateutil>=2.5.3,<3.0.0
-ibm_cloud_sdk_core>=3.16.0,<4.0.0
+ibm_cloud_sdk_core>=3.18.2,<4.0.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 766358c..dd50d0b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# Copyright 2016,2022 IBM All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright 2016,2024 IBM All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@
     classifiers=[
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
         "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
diff --git a/test/unit/test_ibm_analytics_engine_api_v2.py b/test/unit/test_ibm_analytics_engine_api_v2.py
index 005c1de..b599755 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_ibm_analytics_engine_api_v2.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_ibm_analytics_engine_api_v2.py
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ def preprocess_url(operation_path: str):
     # Otherwise, return a regular expression that matches one or more trailing /.
     if re.fullmatch(".*/+", request_url) is None:
         return request_url
-    else:
-        return re.compile(request_url.rstrip("/") + "/+")
+
+    return re.compile(request_url.rstrip("/") + "/+")
 
 
 ##############################################################################
diff --git a/test/unit/test_ibm_analytics_engine_api_v3.py b/test/unit/test_ibm_analytics_engine_api_v3.py
index 53c7fef..cbb2510 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_ibm_analytics_engine_api_v3.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_ibm_analytics_engine_api_v3.py
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ def preprocess_url(operation_path: str):
     # Otherwise, return a regular expression that matches one or more trailing /.
     if re.fullmatch('.*/+', request_url) is None:
         return request_url
-    else:
-        return re.compile(request_url.rstrip('/') + '/+')
+
+    return re.compile(request_url.rstrip('/') + '/+')
 
 
 def test_get_service_url_for_region():