diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 69a6313..be9967c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -18,18 +18,17 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - {name: Linux, python: '3.9', os: ubuntu-latest, tox: py39}
-          - {name: Windows, python: '3.9', os: windows-latest, tox: py39}
-          - {name: Mac, python: '3.9', os: macos-latest, tox: py39}
+          - {name: Linux, python: '3.10', os: ubuntu-latest, tox: py310}
+          - {name: Windows, python: '3.10', os: windows-latest, tox: py310}
+          - {name: Mac, python: '3.10', os: macos-latest, tox: py310}
+          - {name: '3.9', python: '3.9', os: ubuntu-latest, tox: py39}
           - {name: '3.8', python: '3.8', os: ubuntu-latest, tox: py38}
           - {name: '3.7', python: '3.7', os: ubuntu-latest, tox: py37}
-          - {name: '3.6', python: '3.6', os: ubuntu-latest, tox: py36}
-          - {name: '2.7', python: '2.7', os: ubuntu-latest, tox: py27}
-          - {name: 'PyPy2', python: 'pypy2', os: ubuntu-latest, tox: pypy}
-          - {name: 'PyPy3', python: 'pypy3', os: ubuntu-latest, tox: pypy3}
+          - {name: '2.7', python: '2.7.18', os: ubuntu-latest, tox: py27}
+          - {name: 'PyPy3', python: 'pypy-3.9', os: ubuntu-latest, tox: pypy3}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
       - name: update pip
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 604a8e8..c6c4daf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 docs/_build
 tmp.py
 htmlcov/
-
+venv/
 *.py[cod]
 
 # emacs
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index f030ce8..ae05d73 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-coverage==4.5.1
-pytest==3.0.7
-pytest-cov==2.5.1
+coverage==6.5.0
+pytest==7.2.0
+pytest-cov==4.0.0
 tox<3.0
diff --git a/tests/test_formatutils.py b/tests/test_formatutils.py
index fee81a7..d7bfaa9 100644
--- a/tests/test_formatutils.py
+++ b/tests/test_formatutils.py
@@ -29,15 +29,8 @@ _TEST_TMPLS = ["example 1: {hello}",
                "example 2: {hello:*10}",
                "example 3: {hello:*{width}}",
                "example 4: {hello!r:{fchar}{width}}, {width}, yes",
-               "example 5: {0}, {1:d}, {2:f}, {1}"]
-
-try:
-    from collections import OrderedDict
-except ImportError:
-    pass  # skip the non-2.6 compatible tests on 2.6
-else:
-    _TEST_TMPLS.append("example 6: {}, {}, {}, {1}")
-    del OrderedDict
+               "example 5: {0}, {1:d}, {2:f}, {1}",
+               "example 6: {}, {}, {}, {1}"]
 
 
 def test_get_fstr_args():
@@ -45,8 +38,7 @@ def test_get_fstr_args():
     for t in _TEST_TMPLS:
         inferred_t = infer_positional_format_args(t)
         res = get_format_args(inferred_t)
-        results.append(res)
-    return results
+        assert res
 
 
 def test_split_fstr():
@@ -54,7 +46,7 @@ def test_split_fstr():
     for t in _TEST_TMPLS:
         res = split_format_str(t)
         results.append(res)
-    return results
+        assert res
 
 
 def test_tokenize_format_str():
@@ -62,7 +54,7 @@ def test_tokenize_format_str():
     for t in _TEST_TMPLS:
         res = tokenize_format_str(t)
         results.append(res)
-    return results
+        assert res
 
 
 def test_deferredvalue():
diff --git a/tests/test_urlutils.py b/tests/test_urlutils.py
index 2351899..d551ae0 100644
--- a/tests/test_urlutils.py
+++ b/tests/test_urlutils.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def test_idna():
 def test_query_params(test_url):
     url_obj = URL(test_url)
     if not url_obj.query_params or url_obj.fragment:
-        return True
+        return 
     qp_text = url_obj.query_params.to_text(full_quote=True)
     assert test_url.endswith(qp_text)
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 1392927..883f7ea 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py27,py34,py37,py39,pypy
+envlist = py27,py37,py39,py310,pypy3
 [testenv]
 changedir = .tox
 deps = -rrequirements-test.txt
 commands = py.test --doctest-modules {envsitepackagesdir}/boltons {toxinidir}/tests {posargs}
+
+[testenv:py27]
+deps =
+    coverage==5.5
+    pytest==4.6.11
+    pytest-cov==2.12
+