diff --git a/tests/agent_features/test_lambda_handler.py b/tests/agent_features/test_lambda_handler.py
index 40b6944072..69b05fbf8d 100644
--- a/tests/agent_features/test_lambda_handler.py
+++ b/tests/agent_features/test_lambda_handler.py
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ class Context(object):
     memory_limit_in_mb = 128
 
 
+# The lambda_hander has been deprecated for 3+ years
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="The lambda_handler has been deprecated")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("is_cold", (False, True))
 def test_lambda_transaction_attributes(is_cold, monkeypatch):
     # setup copies of the attribute lists for this test only
@@ -139,6 +141,8 @@ def _test():
     _test()
 
 
+# The lambda_hander has been deprecated for 3+ years
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="The lambda_handler has been deprecated")
 @validate_transaction_trace_attributes(_expected_attributes)
 @validate_transaction_event_attributes(_expected_attributes)
 @override_application_settings(_override_settings)
@@ -193,6 +197,8 @@ def test_lambda_malformed_request_headers():
 }
 
 
+# The lambda_hander has been deprecated for 3+ years
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="The lambda_handler has been deprecated")
 @validate_transaction_trace_attributes(_malformed_response_attributes)
 @validate_transaction_event_attributes(_malformed_response_attributes)
 @override_application_settings(_override_settings)
@@ -229,6 +235,8 @@ def handler(event, context):
 }
 
 
+# The lambda_hander has been deprecated for 3+ years
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="The lambda_handler has been deprecated")
 @validate_transaction_trace_attributes(_no_status_code_response)
 @validate_transaction_event_attributes(_no_status_code_response)
 @override_application_settings(_override_settings)
@@ -253,6 +261,8 @@ def handler(event, context):
     )
 
 
+# The lambda_hander has been deprecated for 3+ years
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="The lambda_handler has been deprecated")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("event,arn", ((empty_event, None), (firehose_event, "arn:aws:kinesis:EXAMPLE")))
 def test_lambda_event_source_arn_attribute(event, arn):
     if arn is None:
@@ -285,6 +295,8 @@ def _test():
     _test()
 
 
+# The lambda_hander has been deprecated for 3+ years
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="The lambda_handler has been deprecated")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "api",
     (
diff --git a/tests/agent_features/test_serverless_mode.py b/tests/agent_features/test_serverless_mode.py
index 189481f705..6114102bf6 100644
--- a/tests/agent_features/test_serverless_mode.py
+++ b/tests/agent_features/test_serverless_mode.py
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ def _test_inbound_dt_payload_acceptance():
     _test_inbound_dt_payload_acceptance()
 
 
+# The lambda_hander has been deprecated for 3+ years
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="The lambda_handler has been deprecated")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("arn_set", (True, False))
 def test_payload_metadata_arn(serverless_application, arn_set):
     # If the session object gathers the arn from the settings object before the
diff --git a/tests/cross_agent/test_lambda_event_source.py b/tests/cross_agent/test_lambda_event_source.py
index 511294cf6f..de796a6b0f 100644
--- a/tests/cross_agent/test_lambda_event_source.py
+++ b/tests/cross_agent/test_lambda_event_source.py
@@ -14,27 +14,30 @@
 
 import json
 import os
+
 import pytest
+from testing_support.fixtures import override_application_settings
+from testing_support.validators.validate_transaction_event_attributes import (
+    validate_transaction_event_attributes,
+)
 
 from newrelic.api.lambda_handler import lambda_handler
-from testing_support.fixtures import override_application_settings
-from testing_support.validators.validate_transaction_event_attributes import validate_transaction_event_attributes
 
 CURRENT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-FIXTURE_DIR = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(CURRENT_DIR, 'fixtures'))
-FIXTURE = os.path.join(FIXTURE_DIR, 'lambda_event_source.json')
+FIXTURE_DIR = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(CURRENT_DIR, "fixtures"))
+FIXTURE = os.path.join(FIXTURE_DIR, "lambda_event_source.json")
 tests = {}
 events = {}
 
 
 def _load_tests():
-    with open(FIXTURE, 'r') as fh:
+    with open(FIXTURE, "r") as fh:
         for test in json.loads(fh.read()):
-            test_name = test.pop('name')
+            test_name = test.pop("name")
 
-            test_file = test_name + '.json'
-            path = os.path.join(FIXTURE_DIR, 'lambda_event_source', test_file)
-            with open(path, 'r') as fh:
+            test_file = test_name + ".json"
+            path = os.path.join(FIXTURE_DIR, "lambda_event_source", test_file)
+            with open(path, "r") as fh:
                 events[test_name] = json.loads(fh.read())
 
             tests[test_name] = test
@@ -42,37 +45,39 @@ def _load_tests():
 
 
 class Context(object):
-    aws_request_id = 'cookies'
-    invoked_function_arn = 'arn'
-    function_name = 'cats'
-    function_version = '$LATEST'
+    aws_request_id = "cookies"
+    invoked_function_arn = "arn"
+    function_name = "cats"
+    function_version = "$LATEST"
     memory_limit_in_mb = 128
 
 
 @lambda_handler()
 def handler(event, context):
     return {
-        'statusCode': '200',
-        'body': '{}',
-        'headers': {
-            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-            'Content-Length': 2,
+        "statusCode": "200",
+        "body": "{}",
+        "headers": {
+            "Content-Type": "application/json",
+            "Content-Length": 2,
         },
     }
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('test_name', _load_tests())
+# The lambda_hander has been deprecated for 3+ years
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="The lambda_handler has been deprecated")
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("test_name", _load_tests())
 def test_lambda_event_source(test_name):
-    _exact = {'user': {}, 'intrinsic': {}, 'agent': {}}
+    _exact = {"user": {}, "intrinsic": {}, "agent": {}}
 
-    expected_arn = tests[test_name].get('aws.lambda.eventSource.arn', None)
+    expected_arn = tests[test_name].get("aws.lambda.eventSource.arn", None)
     if expected_arn:
-        _exact['agent']['aws.lambda.eventSource.arn'] = expected_arn
+        _exact["agent"]["aws.lambda.eventSource.arn"] = expected_arn
     else:
         pytest.skip("Nothing to test!")
         return
 
-    @override_application_settings({'attributes.include': ['aws.*']})
+    @override_application_settings({"attributes.include": ["aws.*"]})
     @validate_transaction_event_attributes({}, exact_attrs=_exact)
     def _test():
         handler(events[test_name], Context)
diff --git a/tests/external_boto3/test_boto3_iam.py b/tests/external_boto3/test_boto3_iam.py
index a2237dc936..7bfab09496 100644
--- a/tests/external_boto3/test_boto3_iam.py
+++ b/tests/external_boto3/test_boto3_iam.py
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
 )
 
 from newrelic.api.background_task import background_task
+from newrelic.common.package_version_utils import get_package_version_tuple
 
-MOTO_VERSION = tuple(int(v) for v in moto.__version__.split(".")[:3])
+MOTO_VERSION = get_package_version_tuple("moto")
 
 # patch earlier versions of moto to support py37
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 7) and MOTO_VERSION <= (1, 3, 1):
diff --git a/tests/external_boto3/test_boto3_s3.py b/tests/external_boto3/test_boto3_s3.py
index a7ecf034ab..bb95b60d37 100644
--- a/tests/external_boto3/test_boto3_s3.py
+++ b/tests/external_boto3/test_boto3_s3.py
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@
 )
 
 from newrelic.api.background_task import background_task
+from newrelic.common.package_version_utils import get_package_version_tuple
 
-MOTO_VERSION = tuple(int(v) for v in moto.__version__.split(".")[:3])
+MOTO_VERSION = get_package_version_tuple("moto")
 
 # patch earlier versions of moto to support py37
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 7) and MOTO_VERSION <= (1, 3, 1):
diff --git a/tests/external_boto3/test_boto3_sns.py b/tests/external_boto3/test_boto3_sns.py
index bafe68611d..8a7c456fb8 100644
--- a/tests/external_boto3/test_boto3_sns.py
+++ b/tests/external_boto3/test_boto3_sns.py
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
 )
 
 from newrelic.api.background_task import background_task
+from newrelic.common.package_version_utils import get_package_version_tuple
 
-MOTO_VERSION = tuple(int(v) for v in moto.__version__.split(".")[:3])
+MOTO_VERSION = get_package_version_tuple("moto")
 
 # patch earlier versions of moto to support py37
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 7) and MOTO_VERSION <= (1, 3, 1):
diff --git a/tests/external_botocore/test_botocore_dynamodb.py b/tests/external_botocore/test_botocore_dynamodb.py
index 30114d53b1..c818b87ebd 100644
--- a/tests/external_botocore/test_botocore_dynamodb.py
+++ b/tests/external_botocore/test_botocore_dynamodb.py
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
 )
 
 from newrelic.api.background_task import background_task
+from newrelic.common.package_version_utils import get_package_version_tuple
 
-MOTO_VERSION = tuple(int(v) for v in moto.__version__.split(".")[:3])
+MOTO_VERSION = get_package_version_tuple("moto")
 
 # patch earlier versions of moto to support py37
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 7) and MOTO_VERSION <= (1, 3, 1):
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@
     background_task=True,
 )
 @background_task()
-@moto.mock_dynamodb2
+@moto.mock_dynamodb
 def test_dynamodb():
     session = botocore.session.get_session()
     client = session.create_client(
diff --git a/tests/external_botocore/test_botocore_ec2.py b/tests/external_botocore/test_botocore_ec2.py
index 28a8ff63ae..e3f17fb063 100644
--- a/tests/external_botocore/test_botocore_ec2.py
+++ b/tests/external_botocore/test_botocore_ec2.py
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
 )
 
 from newrelic.api.background_task import background_task
+from newrelic.common.package_version_utils import get_package_version_tuple
 
-MOTO_VERSION = tuple(int(v) for v in moto.__version__.split(".")[:3])
+MOTO_VERSION = get_package_version_tuple("moto")
 
 # patch earlier versions of moto to support py37
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 7) and MOTO_VERSION <= (1, 3, 1):
diff --git a/tests/external_botocore/test_botocore_s3.py b/tests/external_botocore/test_botocore_s3.py
index 1984d8103e..e6f9550c6a 100644
--- a/tests/external_botocore/test_botocore_s3.py
+++ b/tests/external_botocore/test_botocore_s3.py
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@
 )
 
 from newrelic.api.background_task import background_task
+from newrelic.common.package_version_utils import get_package_version_tuple
 
-MOTO_VERSION = tuple(int(v) for v in moto.__version__.split(".")[:3])
-BOTOCORE_VERSION = tuple(int(v) for v in botocore.__version__.split(".")[:3])
+MOTO_VERSION = MOTO_VERSION = get_package_version_tuple("moto")
+BOTOCORE_VERSION = get_package_version_tuple("botocore")
 
 
 # patch earlier versions of moto to support py37
diff --git a/tests/external_botocore/test_botocore_sqs.py b/tests/external_botocore/test_botocore_sqs.py
index 3f7d8c0220..0b85297482 100644
--- a/tests/external_botocore/test_botocore_sqs.py
+++ b/tests/external_botocore/test_botocore_sqs.py
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@
 )
 
 from newrelic.api.background_task import background_task
-from newrelic.common.package_version_utils import get_package_version
+from newrelic.common.package_version_utils import get_package_version_tuple
 
-MOTO_VERSION = tuple(int(v) for v in moto.__version__.split(".")[:3])
+MOTO_VERSION = get_package_version_tuple("moto")
+BOTOCORE_VERSION = get_package_version_tuple("botocore")
 
 # patch earlier versions of moto to support py37
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 7) and MOTO_VERSION <= (1, 3, 1):
@@ -36,8 +37,8 @@
     moto.packages.responses.responses.re._pattern_type = re.Pattern
 
 url = "sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
-botocore_version = tuple([int(n) for n in get_package_version("botocore").split(".")])
-if botocore_version < (1, 29, 0):
+
+if BOTOCORE_VERSION < (1, 29, 0):
     url = "queue.amazonaws.com"
 
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = "AAAAAAAAAAAACCESSKEY"
diff --git a/tests/external_requests/test_requests.py b/tests/external_requests/test_requests.py
index f6f4506e51..d25d203c08 100644
--- a/tests/external_requests/test_requests.py
+++ b/tests/external_requests/test_requests.py
@@ -30,13 +30,19 @@
 from testing_support.validators.validate_external_node_params import (
     validate_external_node_params,
 )
-from testing_support.validators.validate_transaction_errors import validate_transaction_errors
-from testing_support.validators.validate_transaction_metrics import validate_transaction_metrics
+from testing_support.validators.validate_transaction_errors import (
+    validate_transaction_errors,
+)
+from testing_support.validators.validate_transaction_metrics import (
+    validate_transaction_metrics,
+)
+
 from newrelic.api.background_task import background_task
+from newrelic.common.package_version_utils import get_package_version_tuple
 
 
 def get_requests_version():
-    return tuple(map(int, requests.__version__.split(".")[:2]))
+    return get_package_version_tuple("requests")
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ def test_https_request_get(server, metrics):
     @background_task(name="test_requests:test_https_request_get")
     def _test():
         try:
-            requests.get("https://localhost:%d/" % server.port, verify=False)
+            requests.get("https://localhost:%d/" % server.port, verify=False)  # nosec
         except Exception:
             pass
 
diff --git a/tests/external_urllib3/test_urllib3.py b/tests/external_urllib3/test_urllib3.py
index 68e15d4634..92a2e93df0 100644
--- a/tests/external_urllib3/test_urllib3.py
+++ b/tests/external_urllib3/test_urllib3.py
@@ -25,20 +25,22 @@
     cache_outgoing_headers,
     insert_incoming_headers,
 )
-from testing_support.fixtures import (
-    cat_enabled,
-    override_application_settings,
-)
-from testing_support.util import version2tuple
+from testing_support.fixtures import cat_enabled, override_application_settings
 from testing_support.validators.validate_cross_process_headers import (
     validate_cross_process_headers,
 )
 from testing_support.validators.validate_external_node_params import (
     validate_external_node_params,
 )
-from testing_support.validators.validate_transaction_errors import validate_transaction_errors
-from testing_support.validators.validate_transaction_metrics import validate_transaction_metrics
+from testing_support.validators.validate_transaction_errors import (
+    validate_transaction_errors,
+)
+from testing_support.validators.validate_transaction_metrics import (
+    validate_transaction_metrics,
+)
+
 from newrelic.api.background_task import background_task
+from newrelic.common.package_version_utils import get_package_version_tuple
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ def _test():
 # HTTPConnection class. Previously the httplib/http.client HTTPConnection class
 # was used. We test httplib in a different test directory so we skip this test.
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
-    version2tuple(urllib3.__version__) < (1, 8), reason="urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection added in 1.8"
+    get_package_version_tuple("urllib3") < (1, 8), reason="urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection added in 1.8"
 )
 def test_HTTPConnection_port_included(server):
     scoped = [("External/localhost:%d/urllib3/" % server.port, 1)]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d46a0ea55d..a1490f6532 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ deps =
     external_botocore-botocorelatest: botocore
     external_botocore-botocore128: botocore<1.29
     external_botocore-botocore0125: botocore<1.26
-    external_botocore-{py37,py38,py39,py310,py311}: moto[awslambda,ec2,iam]<3.0
+    external_botocore-{py37,py38,py39,py310,py311}: moto[awslambda,ec2,iam]
     external_botocore-py27: rsa<4.7.1
     external_botocore-py27: moto[awslambda,ec2,iam]<2.0
     external_feedparser-feedparser05: feedparser<6