diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e13eae5705d..992bc56e5bb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ loop = ["qcodes_loop>=0.1.2"]
 test = [
     "coverage[toml]>=6.0.0",
     "deepdiff>=5.0.2",
-    "hypothesis>=5.49.0",
+    "hypothesis>=6.85.0",
     "lxml>=4.6.0",
     "lxml-stubs>=0.4.0",
     "mypy>=0.971",
diff --git a/qcodes/dataset/sqlite/queries.py b/qcodes/dataset/sqlite/queries.py
index 68c192c000d..4c858f215eb 100644
--- a/qcodes/dataset/sqlite/queries.py
+++ b/qcodes/dataset/sqlite/queries.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import warnings
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Mapping, Sequence
 from itertools import zip_longest
-from typing import Any, cast
+from typing import Any, Literal, cast
 
 import numpy as np
 import numpy.typing as npt
@@ -52,7 +52,17 @@
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-_unicode_categories = ('Lu', 'Ll', 'Lt', 'Lm', 'Lo', 'Nd', 'Pc', 'Pd', 'Zs')
+_unicode_categories: tuple[
+    Literal["Lu"],
+    Literal["Ll"],
+    Literal["Lt"],
+    Literal["Lm"],
+    Literal["Lo"],
+    Literal["Nd"],
+    Literal["Pc"],
+    Literal["Pd"],
+    Literal["Zs"],
+] = ("Lu", "Ll", "Lt", "Lm", "Lo", "Nd", "Pc", "Pd", "Zs")
 
 
 # in the current version, these are the standard columns of the "runs" table
diff --git a/qcodes/tests/dataset/test_dataset_basic.py b/qcodes/tests/dataset/test_dataset_basic.py
index 62ecb2fff99..8ab6fdf5dba 100644
--- a/qcodes/tests/dataset/test_dataset_basic.py
+++ b/qcodes/tests/dataset/test_dataset_basic.py
@@ -276,10 +276,14 @@ def test_load_by_id_for_none() -> None:
 
 
 @settings(deadline=None, max_examples=6)
-@given(experiment_name=hst.text(min_size=1),
-       sample_name=hst.text(min_size=1),
-       dataset_name=hst.text(hst.characters(whitelist_categories=_unicode_categories),
-                             min_size=1))
+@given(
+    experiment_name=hst.text(min_size=1),
+    sample_name=hst.text(min_size=1),
+    dataset_name=hst.text(
+        hst.characters(categories=_unicode_categories),  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        min_size=1,
+    ),
+)
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("empty_temp_db")
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("reset_config_on_exit")
 def test_add_experiments(experiment_name, sample_name, dataset_name) -> None:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4c8ea0f30d6..64f8ce4112f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ google-auth~=2.23.0
 googleapis-common-protos~=1.60.0
 h5netcdf~=1.2.0
 h5py~=3.9.0
-hypothesis~=6.84.0
+hypothesis~=6.86.2
 idna==3.4
 imagesize~=1.4.1
 importlib-metadata~=6.8.0