diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 129ae51f..6065cc67 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ console_scripts =
 build =
     build >= 0.7
 test =
-    pytest >= 8.0
+    pytest >= 8.2
     pytest-asyncio >= 0.23.5
     pytest-html >= 3.2.0
     coverage >= 6.4
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ development =
     black == 24.3
     grpcio-tools >= 1.62.1
     invoke >= 1.7.3
-    mypy == 1.8.0
+    mypy == 1.10.0
     nox >= 2022
-    pylint == 2.15.8
+    pylint == 3.1.0
     pyyaml >= 6.0
     types-appdirs >= 1.4.3
     types-invoke >= 1.7.3
diff --git a/tests/device_test.py b/tests/device_test.py
index 5d872826..4fc63720 100644
--- a/tests/device_test.py
+++ b/tests/device_test.py
@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@ async def test_device_connect_parallel():
     d1.host.set_packet_sink(Sink(d1_flow()))
     d2.host.set_packet_sink(Sink(d2_flow()))
 
+    d1_accept_task = asyncio.create_task(d1.accept(peer_address=d0.public_address))
+    d2_accept_task = asyncio.create_task(d2.accept())
+
+    # Ensure that the accept tasks have started.
+    await async_barrier()
+
     [c01, c02, a10, a20] = await asyncio.gather(
         *[
             asyncio.create_task(
@@ -222,8 +228,8 @@ async def test_device_connect_parallel():
             asyncio.create_task(
                 d0.connect(d2.public_address, transport=BT_BR_EDR_TRANSPORT)
             ),
-            asyncio.create_task(d1.accept(peer_address=d0.public_address)),
-            asyncio.create_task(d2.accept()),
+            d1_accept_task,
+            d2_accept_task,
         ]
     )