diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
index 25b26cda..1a0450f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.12", "3.11", "3.10", "3.9", "3.8"]
+        python-version: ["3.13", "3.12", "3.11", "3.10", "3.9"]
         neo4j-version: ["community", "enterprise", "5.5-enterprise", "4.4-enterprise", "4.4-community"]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 633cb2f1..07626dff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Ensure `dbms.security.auth_enabled=true` in your database configuration
 file. Setup a virtual environment, install neomodel for development and
 run the test suite: :
 
-    $ pip install -e '.[dev,pandas,numpy]'
+    $ pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
     $ pytest
 
 The tests in \"test_connection.py\" will fail locally if you don\'t
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index bf3fa116..446dd8c1 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 unasync>=0.5.0
 pytest>=7.1
+pytest-asyncio>=0.19.0
 pytest-cov>=4.0
 pre-commit
 black