diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/3534.dependencies.md b/doc/changelog.d/3534.dependencies.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c5203d58d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/3534.dependencies.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build: bump the core group with 2 updates
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bf8777c56c..4ec3b83ab8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jupyter = [
 
 tests = [
     "ansys-dpf-core==0.10.1",
-    "ansys-tools-visualization-interface==0.4.7",
+    "ansys-tools-visualization-interface==0.5.0",
     "autopep8==2.3.1",
     "matplotlib==3.9.2",
     "pandas==2.2.3",
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ tests = [
 doc = [
     "ansys-dpf-core==0.10.1",
     "ansys-mapdl-reader==0.54.1",
-    "ansys-tools-visualization-interface==0.4.7",
-    "ansys-sphinx-theme==1.1.7",
+    "ansys-tools-visualization-interface==0.5.0",
+    "ansys-sphinx-theme==1.2.0",
     "grpcio==1.67.1",
     "imageio-ffmpeg==0.5.1",
     "imageio==2.36.0",