diff --git a/docs/requirements-docs.txt b/docs/requirements-docs.txt
index 2b9e9e8fe..715f1793d 100644
--- a/docs/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 mkdocs==1.2.3
-mkdocs-material==8.1.0
+mkdocs-material==8.1.3
 mdx_truly_sane_lists==1.2
 pymdown-extensions==9.1
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_backtest.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_backtest.py
index edbc39772..d110134d7 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_backtest.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_backtest.py
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ async def api_start_backtest(bt_settings: BacktestRequest, background_tasks: Bac
         if settings[setting] is not None:
             btconfig[setting] = settings[setting]
 
+    # Force dry-run for backtesting
+    btconfig['dry_run'] = True
+
     # Start backtesting
     # Initialize backtesting object
     def run_backtest():
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 055a2a35d..aa8dbfba6 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 coveralls==3.3.1
 flake8==4.0.1
 flake8-tidy-imports==4.5.0
-mypy==0.910
+mypy==0.920
 pytest==6.2.5
 pytest-asyncio==0.16.0
 pytest-cov==3.0.0
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pytest-mock==3.6.1
 pytest-random-order==1.0.4
 isort==5.10.1
 # For datetime mocking
-time-machine==2.4.1
+time-machine==2.5.0
 
 # Convert jupyter notebooks to markdown documents
 nbconvert==6.3.0
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ nbconvert==6.3.0
 # mypy types
 types-cachetools==4.2.6
 types-filelock==3.2.1
-types-requests==2.26.1
+types-requests==2.26.2
 types-tabulate==0.8.3
 
 # Extensions to datetime library
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e0b7a9ee7..2568d7be0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-numpy==1.21.4
+numpy==1.21.5
 pandas==1.3.5
 pandas-ta==0.3.14b
 
-ccxt==1.63.65
+ccxt==1.64.44
 # Pin cryptography for now due to rust build errors with piwheels
-cryptography==36.0.0
+cryptography==36.0.1
 aiohttp==3.8.1
 SQLAlchemy==1.4.28
 python-telegram-bot==13.9
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ arrow==1.2.1
 cachetools==4.2.2
 requests==2.26.0
 urllib3==1.26.7
-jsonschema==4.2.1
+jsonschema==4.3.1
 TA-Lib==0.4.22
 technical==1.3.0
 tabulate==0.8.9