diff --git a/req-rtd.txt b/req-rtd.txt
index b95bf80c..71494766 100644
--- a/req-rtd.txt
+++ b/req-rtd.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 picklable-itertools==0.1.1
-progressbar2==3.6.2
-pyyaml==3.11
-six==1.10.0
-toolz==0.7.4
-
---allow-external theano
---allow-unverified theano
+progressbar2==3.39.2
+pyyaml==3.13
+six==1.12.0
+toolz==0.9.0
 git+https://github.com/Theano/Theano.git#egg=theano
diff --git a/req-scrutinizer.txt b/req-scrutinizer.txt
index ddbc40c8..fdc9baa0 100644
--- a/req-scrutinizer.txt
+++ b/req-scrutinizer.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 flake8==2.3.0  # rq.filter: <2.4.0
-
---allow-external pep257
---allow-unverified pep257
 git+https://github.com/bartvm/pep257.git@numpy#egg=pep257
diff --git a/req-travis-conda.txt b/req-travis-conda.txt
index 4a9f7bb6..2c42bdde 100644
--- a/req-travis-conda.txt
+++ b/req-travis-conda.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-coverage==4.0.3
-h5py==2.5.0
-mock==1.3.0
+coverage==4.5.2
+h5py==2.9.0
+mock==2.0.0
 nose==1.3.7
-numpy==1.10.4
-pillow==3.1.1
+numpy==1.16.1
+pillow==3.3.3 # rq.filter: >=3.3.0,<3.4.0
 pytables==3.2.2
-pyyaml==3.11
-pyzmq==15.2.0
-scipy==0.17.0
-six==1.10.0
-toolz==0.7.4
+pyyaml==3.13
+pyzmq==18.0.0
+scipy==1.2.1
+six==1.12.0
+toolz==0.9.0
diff --git a/req-travis-docs-pip.txt b/req-travis-docs-pip.txt
index 9ea90ed1..c318456e 100644
--- a/req-travis-docs-pip.txt
+++ b/req-travis-docs-pip.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-sphinx==1.3.5
-Pygments==2.1.3
-docutils==0.12
-mkdocs==0.15.0
-mock==1.0.1
-pillow==2.6.1
+sphinx==1.8.4
+Pygments==2.3.1
+docutils==0.14
+mkdocs==1.0.4
+mock==2.0.0
+pillow==3.3.3  # rq.filter: >=3.3.0,<3.4.0
 git+https://github.com/rtfd/readthedocs-sphinx-ext.git@0.6-alpha#egg=readthedocs-sphinx-ext
-sphinx-rtd-theme==0.1.9
+sphinx-rtd-theme==0.4.3
 alabaster>=0.7,<0.8,!=0.7.5
-commonmark==0.5.4
-recommonmark==0.1.1
-pyyaml==3.11
-six==1.10.0
+commonmark==0.8.1
+recommonmark==0.5.0
+pyyaml==3.13
+six==1.12.0
diff --git a/req-travis-pip.txt b/req-travis-pip.txt
index 7cf702bf..6139222b 100644
--- a/req-travis-pip.txt
+++ b/req-travis-pip.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-coveralls==1.1
-nose2[coverage-plugin]==0.6.3
+coveralls==1.6.0
+nose2[coverage_plugin]==0.8.0
 picklable-itertools==0.1.1
-progressbar2==3.6.2
-
---allow-external theano
---allow-unverified theano
+progressbar2==3.39.2
 git+https://github.com/Theano/Theano.git#egg=theano
-
---allow-external fuel
---allow-unverified fuel
 git+https://github.com/mila-udem/fuel#egg=fuel
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2d9f5183..aab1e0d2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
-numpy==1.10.4
+numpy==1.16.1
 picklable-itertools==0.1.1
-progressbar2==3.6.2
-pyyaml==3.11
-six==1.10.0
-toolz==0.7.4
-
---allow-external theano
---allow-unverified theano
+progressbar2==3.39.2
+pyyaml==3.13
+six==1.12.0
+toolz==0.9.0
 git+https://github.com/Theano/Theano.git#egg=theano
-
---allow-external fuel
---allow-unverified fuel
 git+https://github.com/mila-udem/fuel#egg=fuel