diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3d45d06b..cb8ee5fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -91,13 +91,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Tests
         if: ${{ !cancelled() && steps.deps.conclusion == 'success' }}
-        run: |
-          coverage run ./runtests.py --parallel || ./runtests.py
-          SAMPLE_APP=1 coverage run ./runtests.py --parallel
-          # basic tests without allauth.socialaccount
-          NO_SOCIAL_APP=1 coverage run ./tests/manage.py test testapp.tests.test_admin.TestUsersAdmin --parallel
-          coverage combine
-          coverage xml
+        run: ./runtests
         env:
           SELENIUM_HEADLESS: 1
           GECKO_LOG: 1
diff --git a/docs/developer/installation.rst b/docs/developer/installation.rst
index eb9badb3..7bdb5741 100644
--- a/docs/developer/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/developer/installation.rst
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ Run tests with:
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
-    # --parallel and --keepdb are optional but help to speed up the operation
-    ./runtests.py --parallel --keepdb
+    ./runtests
 
 Alternative Sources
 -------------------
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 65bb03ef..321d3dfd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-django-organizations~=2.5.0
+django-organizations>=2.5.0,<2.6.0
 django-extensions>=3.2,<4.2
 django-allauth[socialaccount]>=65.12.0,<65.13.0
-django-phonenumber-field~=8.1.0
-phonenumbers~=9.0.15
+django-phonenumber-field>=8.1.0,<8.2.0
+phonenumbers>=9.0.10,<9.1.0
 openwisp-utils[rest,celery] @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-utils/tarball/1.2
 packaging
-django-sesame~=3.2.3
+django-sesame>=3.2.3,<3.3.0
diff --git a/runtests b/runtests
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a91dfd2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtests
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+echo "Run standard tests"
+coverage run ./runtests.py --parallel
+
+echo "Test extensibility"
+SAMPLE_APP=1 coverage run ./runtests.py --parallel
+
+echo "Run basic tests without allauth.socialaccount"
+NO_SOCIAL_APP=1 coverage run ./tests/manage.py test testapp.tests.test_admin.TestUsersAdmin --parallel
+
+coverage combine
+coverage xml