diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
index ee51dc5aee..09d1a6eb4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Update Pip
       run: |
-        pip install --quiet "pip>=20.1" --upgrade --user  # needed for get pip cacher folder
+        # todo: unfreeze PIP after resolving minimal dependencies
+        pip install --quiet "pip==20.1" --upgrade --user  # needed for get pip cacher folder
 
     # Github Actions: Run step on specific OS: https://stackoverflow.com/a/57948488/4521646
     - name: Setup macOS
@@ -56,12 +57,15 @@ jobs:
       if: runner.os == 'macOS' && matrix.requires == 'minimal'
       run : |
         python -c "fname = 'requirements.txt' ; req = open(fname).read().replace('torch>=1.3', 'torch>=1.4') ; open(fname, 'w').write(req)"
+        python -c "fname = 'requirements/examples.txt' ; req = open(fname).read().replace('torchvision>=0.4.1', 'torchvision>=0.5.0') ; open(fname, 'w').write(req)"
+        python -c "fname = 'requirements/extra.txt' ; req = open(fname).read().replace('torchtext>=0.3.1', 'torchtext>=0.5.0') ; open(fname, 'w').write(req)"
 
     - name: Set min. dependencies
       if: matrix.requires == 'minimal'
       run: |
         python -c "fname = 'requirements.txt' ; req = open(fname).read().replace('>=', '==') ; open(fname, 'w').write(req)"
         python -c "fname = 'requirements/extra.txt' ; req = open(fname).read().replace('>=', '==') ; open(fname, 'w').write(req)"
+        python -c "fname = 'requirements/loggers.txt' ; req = open(fname).read().replace('>=', '==') ; open(fname, 'w').write(req)"
         python -c "fname = 'requirements/test.txt' ; req = open(fname).read().replace('>=', '==') ; open(fname, 'w').write(req)"
         python -c "fname = 'requirements/examples.txt' ; req = open(fname).read().replace('>=', '==') ; open(fname, 'w').write(req)"
         # remove Fairscale from requirements
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0f8423e086..4b8a3efb5c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # the default package dependencies
 
-numpy>=1.16.4
+numpy>=1.16.6
 torch>=1.3
 future>=0.17.1  # required for builtins in setup.py
 # pyyaml>=3.13
diff --git a/requirements/extra.txt b/requirements/extra.txt
index 76ce46ae7f..2fd1e94a91 100644
--- a/requirements/extra.txt
+++ b/requirements/extra.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 matplotlib>=3.1.1
 horovod>=0.20.2  # no need to install with [pytorch] as pytorch is already installed
-omegaconf>=2.0.0
+omegaconf>=2.0.1
 # scipy>=0.13.3
 scikit-learn>=0.22.2
 torchtext>=0.3.1, <0.7  # TODO: temporary fix fix for compatibility
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index e9c50f65ea..d553bb9b78 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 coverage>=5.0
 codecov>=2.1
 pytest>=5.0
-pytest-cov
-pytest-flake8
+# pytest-cov
+# pytest-flake8
 flake8>=3.6
 flake8-black
 check-manifest
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ black>=20.8b1
 isort>=5.6.4
 pre-commit>=1.0
 
-cloudpickle>=1.2
+cloudpickle>=1.3
 nltk>=3.3