diff --git a/test/MHD/Coarsening/python/testidefix.py b/test/MHD/Coarsening/python/testidefix.py
index d901d805..32b60711 100755
--- a/test/MHD/Coarsening/python/testidefix.py
+++ b/test/MHD/Coarsening/python/testidefix.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
             s = line.split()
             inputFile = s[5][:-1]
 
-input = inifix.load("../" + inputFile)
+input = inifix.load(f"../{inputFile}", sections="require")
 componentDir = input["Setup"]["direction"][0]
 spatialDir = input["Setup"]["direction"][1]
 
diff --git a/test/MHD/MTI/python/testidefix.py b/test/MHD/MTI/python/testidefix.py
index 28c72161..278366eb 100644
--- a/test/MHD/MTI/python/testidefix.py
+++ b/test/MHD/MTI/python/testidefix.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 n = 1  # fondamental mode
 
-conf = inifix.load("../idefix.ini")
+conf = inifix.load("../idefix.ini", sections="require")
 Pr = conf["Setup"]["pr"]
 ksi = conf["Setup"]["ksi"]
 
diff --git a/test/MHD/clessTDiffusion/python/testidefix.py b/test/MHD/clessTDiffusion/python/testidefix.py
index b68a52ba..fac2d084 100644
--- a/test/MHD/clessTDiffusion/python/testidefix.py
+++ b/test/MHD/clessTDiffusion/python/testidefix.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from pytools.vtk_io import readVTK
 
-conf = inifix.load("../idefix.ini")
+conf = inifix.load("../idefix.ini", sections="require")
 gamma = conf["Hydro"]["gamma"]
 kappa = conf["Hydro"]["bragTDiffusion"][-1]
 
diff --git a/test/MHD/sphBragTDiffusion/python/testidefix.py b/test/MHD/sphBragTDiffusion/python/testidefix.py
index f96cbe6a..2cd3655d 100644
--- a/test/MHD/sphBragTDiffusion/python/testidefix.py
+++ b/test/MHD/sphBragTDiffusion/python/testidefix.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from pytools.vtk_io import readVTK
 
-conf = inifix.load("../idefix.ini")
+conf = inifix.load("../idefix.ini", sections="require")
 amplitude = conf["Setup"]["amplitude"]
 gamma = conf["Hydro"]["gamma"]
 kappa = conf["Hydro"]["bragTDiffusion"][-1]
diff --git a/test/MHD/sphBragViscosity/python/testidefix.py b/test/MHD/sphBragViscosity/python/testidefix.py
index 84c60dfc..05ae619c 100644
--- a/test/MHD/sphBragViscosity/python/testidefix.py
+++ b/test/MHD/sphBragViscosity/python/testidefix.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from pytools.vtk_io import readVTK
 
-conf = inifix.load("../idefix.ini")
+conf = inifix.load("../idefix.ini", sections="require")
 amplitude = conf["Setup"]["amplitude"]
 time_step = conf["Output"]["vtk"]
 
diff --git a/test/python_requirements.txt b/test/python_requirements.txt
index 6419c74a..5b8c6ba7 100644
--- a/test/python_requirements.txt
+++ b/test/python_requirements.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-# note: version requirements are indicative and tests # should be able to run with
+# note: version requirements are indicative and tests should be able to run with
 # older versions of our dependencies, though it is not guaranteed.
 
-# minimally require last versions available for Python 2.7
-numpy>=1.16.6
-matplotlib>=2.2.5
-scipy>=1.2.3
+# minimally require earliest versions available for Python 3.10
+numpy>=1.21.1
+matplotlib>=3.5.0
+scipy>=1.7.2
+inifix>=5.1.0
 
-# note that no version of inifix supports Python older than 3.6
-inifix>=0.11.2
 pybind11 >= 3.0.4
 # To run the test suite, we can use pytest, mostly any version
 # 6.0 is the one available on system available on debian-11