diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/merge-pytest.yml
index ba20df97e..63418d9ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-pytest.yml
@@ -64,39 +64,39 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
-  pydicom-dev:
-    # Matrix builds with development pydicom
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 30
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 2
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      id: setup-python
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: pip install .[tests]
-    - name: Switch to development pydicom
-      run: |
-        pip install git+https://github.com/pydicom/pydicom
-    - name: Test with pytest
-      env:
-        PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      run: |
-        pytest --cov pynetdicom --ignore=pynetdicom/apps && coverage xml
-    - name: Send coverage results
-      if: success()
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
-      env:
-        CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+  # pydicom-dev:
+  #   # Matrix builds with development pydicom
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   timeout-minutes: 30
+  #   strategy:
+  #     fail-fast: false
+  #     matrix:
+  #       python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+  #
+  #   steps:
+  #   - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  #     with:
+  #       fetch-depth: 2
+  #   - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+  #     uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+  #     id: setup-python
+  #     with:
+  #       python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+  #   - name: Install dependencies
+  #     run: pip install .[tests]
+  #   - name: Switch to development pydicom
+  #     run: |
+  #       pip install git+https://github.com/pydicom/pydicom
+  #   - name: Test with pytest
+  #     env:
+  #       PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+  #     run: |
+  #       pytest --cov pynetdicom --ignore=pynetdicom/apps && coverage xml
+  #   - name: Send coverage results
+  #     if: success()
+  #     uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+  #     env:
+  #       CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
   pydicom-release:
     # Matrix builds with released pydicom
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-pytest-apps.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-pytest-apps.yml
index 5ca8b932e..191e4a5d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-pytest-apps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-pytest-apps.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,35 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
 
-  pydicom-dev:
+  # pydicom-dev:
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   timeout-minutes: 30
+  #   strategy:
+  #     fail-fast: false
+  #     matrix:
+  #       python-version: ['3.10']
+  #
+  #   steps:
+  #   - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  #     with:
+  #       fetch-depth: 2
+  #   - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+  #     uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+  #     id: setup-python
+  #     with:
+  #       python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+  #   - name: Install dependencies
+  #     run: pip install -e .[tests]
+  #   - name: Switch to development pydicom
+  #     run: |
+  #       pip install git+https://github.com/pydicom/pydicom
+  #   - name: Test with pytest
+  #     env:
+  #       PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+  #     run: |
+  #       pytest -x --ignore=pynetdicom/tests
+
+  pydicom-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 30
     strategy:
@@ -25,37 +53,8 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: pip install -e .[tests]
-    - name: Switch to development pydicom
-      run: |
-        pip install git+https://github.com/pydicom/pydicom
     - name: Test with pytest
       env:
         PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       run: |
         pytest -x --ignore=pynetdicom/tests
-
-  # pydicom-release:
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   timeout-minutes: 30
-  #   strategy:
-  #     fail-fast: false
-  #     matrix:
-  #       python-version: ['3.9']
-  #
-  #   steps:
-  #   - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-  #     with:
-  #       fetch-depth: 2
-  #   - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-  #     uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-  #     with:
-  #       python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-  #   - name: Install dependencies
-  #     run: |
-  #       python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-  #       pip install pytest pydicom sqlalchemy pyfakefs
-  #   - name: Test with pytest
-  #     env:
-  #       PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-  #     run: |
-  #       pytest --ignore=pynetdicom/tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-pytest.yml
index 2606e64eb..f7f30426c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-pytest.yml
@@ -68,37 +68,37 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ success() }}
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
 
-  pydicom-dev:
-    # Matrix builds with development pydicom
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 30
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.10']
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 2
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      id: setup-python
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: pip install -e .[tests]
-    - name: Switch to development pydicom
-      run: |
-        pip install git+https://github.com/pydicom/pydicom
-    - name: Test with pytest
-      env:
-        PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      run: |
-        pytest -x --cov pynetdicom --ignore=pynetdicom/apps && coverage xml
-    - name: Send coverage results
-      if: ${{ success() }}
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+  # pydicom-dev:
+  #   # Matrix builds with development pydicom
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   timeout-minutes: 30
+  #   strategy:
+  #     fail-fast: false
+  #     matrix:
+  #       python-version: ['3.10']
+  #
+  #   steps:
+  #   - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  #     with:
+  #       fetch-depth: 2
+  #   - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+  #     uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+  #     id: setup-python
+  #     with:
+  #       python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+  #   - name: Install dependencies
+  #     run: pip install -e .[tests]
+  #   - name: Switch to development pydicom
+  #     run: |
+  #       pip install git+https://github.com/pydicom/pydicom
+  #   - name: Test with pytest
+  #     env:
+  #       PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+  #     run: |
+  #       pytest -x --cov pynetdicom --ignore=pynetdicom/apps && coverage xml
+  #   - name: Send coverage results
+  #     if: ${{ success() }}
+  #     uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
 
   pydicom-release:
     # Matrix builds with released pydicom
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index be6803d16..797fe8ec0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ name = "pynetdicom"
 readme = "README.rst"
 version = "2.2.0.dev0"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-dependencies = ["pydicom >=2.4"]
+dependencies = ["pydicom >=2.4, <3"]
 
 [project.urls]
 documentation = "https://pydicom.github.io/pynetdicom"
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dev = [
     "pyfakefs >=5.3",
     "pytest >=7.4",
     "pytest-cov >=4.1",
-    "ruff >=0.1.5",
+    "ruff >=0.1",
     "sqlalchemy >=2.0",
 ]
 docs = [