diff --git a/azure-pipeline.yml b/azure-pipeline.yml
index fae48b0..25c2336 100644
--- a/azure-pipeline.yml
+++ b/azure-pipeline.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - task: UsePythonVersion@0
         inputs:
-          versionSpec: 3.11
+          versionSpec: 3.12
       - bash: |
           set -ev
 
diff --git a/knack/help.py b/knack/help.py
index 9d2740d..ead4bfb 100644
--- a/knack/help.py
+++ b/knack/help.py
@@ -464,8 +464,7 @@ def _layout_items(items):
                     'line_len': line_len
                 }
                 layout['summary'] = layout['summary'].replace('\n', ' ')
-                if line_len > self.max_line_len:
-                    self.max_line_len = line_len
+                self.max_line_len = max(line_len, self.max_line_len)
                 layouts.append(layout)
             return layouts
 
@@ -586,8 +585,7 @@ def _layout_items(items):
                     'group_name': c.group_name,
                     'line_len': line_len
                 }
-                if line_len > self.max_line_len:
-                    self.max_line_len = line_len
+                self.max_line_len = max(line_len, self.max_line_len)
                 layouts.append(layout)
             return layouts
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8861184..1ee0682 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-argcomplete==3.1.1
-flake8==6.0.0
+argcomplete==3.4.0
+flake8==7.1.0
 jmespath==1.0.1
-packaging==23.1
-Pygments==2.15.1
-pylint==2.17.4
-pytest==7.4.0
+packaging==24.1
+Pygments==2.18.0
+pylint==3.2.5
+pytest==8.2.2
 PyYAML
 tabulate==0.9.0
-vcrpy==5.0.0
+vcrpy==6.0.1