diff --git a/extensions/context.py b/extensions/context.py
index b48037c6..61470e10 100644
--- a/extensions/context.py
+++ b/extensions/context.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def hook(self, context: dict[Any, Any]) -> dict[Any, Any]:
         context["pytest_randomly_version"] = "4.0.1"
         context["pytest_cov_version"] = "7.0.0"
         #######
-        context["sphinx_version"] = "8.1.3"
+        context["sphinx_version"] = "9.0.4"
         context["pulumi_version"] = "3.208.0"
         context["pulumi_aws_version"] = "7.12.0"
         context["pulumi_aws_native_version"] = "1.38.0"
diff --git a/template/copier_template_resources/{% if template_might_want_to_use_vcrpy %}vcrpy_fixtures.py{% endif %} b/template/copier_template_resources/{% if template_might_want_to_use_vcrpy %}vcrpy_fixtures.py{% endif %}
index cb33e4ff..4283fe1c 100644
--- a/template/copier_template_resources/{% if template_might_want_to_use_vcrpy %}vcrpy_fixtures.py{% endif %}	
+++ b/template/copier_template_resources/{% if template_might_want_to_use_vcrpy %}vcrpy_fixtures.py{% endif %}	
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import os
+from typing import Any
 from typing import cast
 
 import pytest
-from pydantic import JsonValue
 from vcr import VCR
 
 UNREACHABLE_IP_ADDRESS = "192.0.2.1"  # RFC 5737 TEST-NET-1
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def pytest_recording_configure(
     )
     vcr.match_on += ("body",)  # body is not included by default, but it seems relevant
 
-    def before_record_response(response: dict[str, JsonValue]) -> dict[str, JsonValue]:
+    def before_record_response(response: dict[str, str | dict[str, Any]]) -> dict[str, str | dict[str, Any]]:
         headers_to_filter = (
             "Transfer-Encoding",
             "Date",