diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4fc31f7d7..2db678dcc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ The latest stable version [is available on PyPI](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/do
 
     pip install docker
 
-If you are intending to connect to a docker host via TLS, add `docker[tls]` to your requirements instead, or install with pip:
-
-    pip install docker[tls]
+> Older versions (< 6.0) required installing `docker[tls]` for SSL/TLS support.
+> This is no longer necessary and is a no-op, but is supported for backwards compatibility.
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 144ab3528..000000000
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-version: '{branch}-{build}'
-
-install:
-  - "SET PATH=C:\\Python37-x64;C:\\Python37-x64\\Scripts;%PATH%"
-  - "python --version"
-  - "python -m pip install --upgrade pip"
-  - "pip install tox==2.9.1"
-
-# Build the binary after tests
-build: false
-
-test_script:
-  - "tox"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a74e69ea6..52b5461e2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
-appdirs==1.4.3
-asn1crypto==0.22.0
-cffi==1.14.4
-cryptography==3.4.7
-enum34==1.1.6
-idna==2.5
-ipaddress==1.0.18
 packaging==21.3
-paramiko==2.10.1
-pycparser==2.17
-pyOpenSSL==18.0.0
-pyparsing==2.2.0
+paramiko==2.11.0
 pywin32==304; sys_platform == 'win32'
-requests==2.26.0
-urllib3==1.26.5
+requests==2.28.1
+urllib3==1.26.11
 websocket-client==0.56.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0b113688f..c6346b079 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,28 +10,23 @@
 SOURCE_DIR = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR)
 
 requirements = [
-    'packaging',
+    'packaging >= 14.0',
+    'requests >= 2.26.0',
+    'urllib3 >= 1.26.0',
     'websocket-client >= 0.32.0',
-    'requests >= 2.14.2, != 2.18.0',
 ]
 
 extras_require = {
     # win32 APIs if on Windows (required for npipe support)
     ':sys_platform == "win32"': 'pywin32>=304',
 
-    # If using docker-py over TLS, highly recommend this option is
-    # pip-installed or pinned.
-
-    # TODO: if pip installing both "requests" and "requests[security]", the
-    # extra package from the "security" option are not installed (see
-    # https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/4391).  Once that's fixed, instead of
-    # installing the extra dependencies, install the following instead:
-    # 'requests[security] >= 2.5.2, != 2.11.0, != 2.12.2'
-    'tls': ['pyOpenSSL>=17.5.0', 'cryptography>=3.4.7', 'idna>=2.0.0'],
+    # This is now a no-op, as similarly the requests[security] extra is
+    # a no-op as of requests 2.26.0, this is always available/by default now
+    # see https://github.com/psf/requests/pull/5867
+    'tls': [],
 
     # Only required when connecting using the ssh:// protocol
     'ssh': ['paramiko>=2.4.3'],
-
 }
 
 version = None
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index ccc97be46..979b291cf 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-setuptools==58.2.0
-coverage==6.0.1
+setuptools==63.2.0
+coverage==6.4.2
 flake8==4.0.1
-pytest==6.2.5
+pytest==7.1.2
 pytest-cov==3.0.0
-pytest-timeout==2.0.1
+pytest-timeout==2.1.0