DEV: Drop support for older dependency versions, fix #298

[NickleDave]

As per SPEC 0, specifically 2025 Q3 and Q4 recommended drops

[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 89.73%. Comparing base (749cbbb) to head (00d0f5a).
⚠️ Report is 1 commits behind head on main.

Additional details and impacted files

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  Coverage   89.73%   89.73%           
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  Files          33       33           
  Lines        1412     1412           
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  Hits         1267     1267           
  Misses        145      145           

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