diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 4ceb8c69..2c7cfb9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
-      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v5"
         with:
           python-version: 3.8
       - name: "Install dependencies"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml b/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
index c3ad08f1..0bb570ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
-      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v5"
         with:
           python-version: "${{ matrix.python-version }}"
           allow-prereleases: true
diff --git a/httpx/_client.py b/httpx/_client.py
index 422bf0fa..a0b4209c 100644
--- a/httpx/_client.py
+++ b/httpx/_client.py
@@ -598,6 +598,8 @@ class Client(BaseClient):
     to authenticate the client. Either a path to an SSL certificate file, or
     two-tuple of (certificate file, key file), or a three-tuple of (certificate
     file, key file, password).
+    * **http2** - *(optional)* A boolean indicating if HTTP/2 support should be
+    enabled. Defaults to `False`.
     * **proxy** - *(optional)* A proxy URL where all the traffic should be routed.
     * **proxies** - *(optional)* A dictionary mapping proxy keys to proxy
     URLs.
@@ -1311,6 +1313,8 @@ class AsyncClient(BaseClient):
     An asynchronous HTTP client, with connection pooling, HTTP/2, redirects,
     cookie persistence, etc.
 
+    It can be shared between tasks.
+
     Usage:
 
     ```python
@@ -1544,6 +1548,15 @@ class AsyncClient(BaseClient):
 
         [0]: /advanced/#merging-of-configuration
         """
+
+        if cookies is not None:  # pragma: no cover
+            message = (
+                "Setting per-request cookies=<...> is being deprecated, because "
+                "the expected behaviour on cookie persistence is ambiguous. Set "
+                "cookies directly on the client instance instead."
+            )
+            warnings.warn(message, DeprecationWarning)
+
         request = self.build_request(
             method=method,
             url=url,
@@ -1656,7 +1669,7 @@ class AsyncClient(BaseClient):
 
             return response
 
-        except BaseException as exc:  # pragma: no cover
+        except BaseException as exc:
             await response.aclose()
             raise exc
 
diff --git a/httpx/_config.py b/httpx/_config.py
index 05c096df..0cfd552e 100644
--- a/httpx/_config.py
+++ b/httpx/_config.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class SSLConfig:
                 ssl_context.load_cert_chain(
                     certfile=self.cert[0],
                     keyfile=self.cert[1],
-                    password=self.cert[2],  # type: ignore
+                    password=self.cert[2],
                 )
 
 
diff --git a/httpx/_multipart.py b/httpx/_multipart.py
index 5122d511..1d451c38 100644
--- a/httpx/_multipart.py
+++ b/httpx/_multipart.py
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ class FileField:
             if len(value) == 2:
                 # neither the 3rd parameter (content_type) nor the 4th (headers)
                 # was included
-                filename, fileobj = value  # type: ignore
+                filename, fileobj = value
             elif len(value) == 3:
-                filename, fileobj, content_type = value  # type: ignore
+                filename, fileobj, content_type = value
             else:
                 # all 4 parameters included
                 filename, fileobj, content_type, headers = value  # type: ignore
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0718c137..31f05044 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@ chardet==5.2.0
 # Documentation
 mkdocs==1.5.3
 mkautodoc==0.2.0
-mkdocs-material==9.4.14
+mkdocs-material==9.5.3
 
 # Packaging
 build==1.0.3
 twine==4.0.2
 
 # Tests & Linting
-coverage[toml]==7.3.0
+coverage[toml]==7.4.0
 cryptography==41.0.7
-mypy==1.5.1
-pytest==7.4.3
-ruff==0.1.6
+mypy==1.8.0
+pytest==7.4.4
+ruff==0.1.9
 trio==0.22.2
 trustme==1.1.0
 uvicorn==0.24.0.post1