diff --git a/covalent/executor/qbase.py b/covalent/executor/qbase.py
index ca04a1c53..9613f7835 100644
--- a/covalent/executor/qbase.py
+++ b/covalent/executor/qbase.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import orjson
 import pennylane as qml
 from mpire import WorkerPool
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Extra, Field, root_validator  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, root_validator  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
 
 from .._shared_files.qinfo import QElectronInfo, QNodeSpecs
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def override_shots(self) -> Union[int, None]:
         return self.shots
 
     class Config:
-        extra = Extra.allow
+        extra = "allow"
 
     @root_validator(pre=True)
     def set_name(cls, values):
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def run_circuit(self, qscript, device, result_obj: "QCResult") -> "QCResult":
         return result_obj
 
     def dict(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        dict_ = super().dict(*args, **kwargs)
+        dict_ = super().model_dump(*args, **kwargs)
 
         # Ensure shots is a hashable value.
         shots = dict_.get("shots")
diff --git a/requirements-client.txt b/requirements-client.txt
index 2ad354644..9f7e806aa 100644
--- a/requirements-client.txt
+++ b/requirements-client.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 aiofiles>=0.8.0
 aiohttp>=3.8.1
-cloudpickle>=2.0.0
+cloudpickle>=2.0.0,<3
 dask[distributed]>=2022.6.0
 filelock>=3.12.2
 furl>=2.1.3
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0e098d5ae..1a3cf5f3e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ aiofiles>=0.8.0
 aiohttp>=3.8.1
 alembic>=1.8.0
 click>=8.1.3
-cloudpickle>=2.0.0
+cloudpickle>=2.0.0,<3
 dask[distributed]>=2022.6.0
 fastapi>=0.93.0
 filelock>=3.12.2