diff --git a/docs/source/release_notes.rst b/docs/source/release_notes.rst
index 2ab5424e10..124e3afcc4 100644
--- a/docs/source/release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/source/release_notes.rst
@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@
 Release Notes
 -------------
 
-.. Future Release
-  ==============
+Future Release
+==============
     * Enhancements
     * Fixes
     * Changes
     * Documentation Changes
     * Testing Changes
+        * Update ``make_ecommerce_entityset`` to work without Dask (:pr:`2677`)
 
-.. Thanks to the following people for contributing to this release:
+  Thanks to the following people for contributing to this release:
+  :user:`thehomebrewnerd`
 
 v1.29.0 Feb 16, 2024
 ====================
diff --git a/featuretools/tests/requirement_files/minimum_spark_requirements.txt b/featuretools/tests/requirement_files/minimum_spark_requirements.txt
index e191dec6c9..13283a7702 100644
--- a/featuretools/tests/requirement_files/minimum_spark_requirements.txt
+++ b/featuretools/tests/requirement_files/minimum_spark_requirements.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 cloudpickle==1.5.0
 holidays==0.17
-numpy==1.21.0
+numpy==1.25.0
 packaging==20.0
-pandas==1.5.0
+pandas==2.0.0
 psutil==5.6.6
 pyarrow==14.0.1
-pyspark==3.2.2
+pyspark==3.5.0
 scipy==1.10.0
 tqdm==4.32.0
-woodwork==0.23.0
-woodwork[spark]==0.23.0
+woodwork==0.28.0
+woodwork[spark]==0.28.0
diff --git a/featuretools/tests/testing_utils/mock_ds.py b/featuretools/tests/testing_utils/mock_ds.py
index 3fd8ba6dbe..8f0285cc2d 100644
--- a/featuretools/tests/testing_utils/mock_ds.py
+++ b/featuretools/tests/testing_utils/mock_ds.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
-import pytest
 from woodwork.logical_types import (
     URL,
     Boolean,
@@ -24,6 +23,9 @@
 )
 
 from featuretools.entityset import EntitySet
+from featuretools.utils.gen_utils import import_or_none
+
+dask = import_or_none("dask")
 
 
 def make_ecommerce_entityset(with_integer_time_index=False):
@@ -37,8 +39,8 @@ def make_ecommerce_entityset(with_integer_time_index=False):
          \\ /   .
           L     Log
     """
-    dask = pytest.importorskip("dask", reason="Dask not installed, skipping")
-    dask.config.set({"dataframe.convert-string": False})
+    if dask:
+        dask.config.set({"dataframe.convert-string": False})
 
     dataframes = make_ecommerce_dataframes(
         with_integer_time_index=with_integer_time_index,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ec823285a9..1d4dad6674 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ dask = [
     "woodwork[dask] >= 0.23.0",
 ]
 spark = [
-    "woodwork[spark] >= 0.23.0",
-    "pyspark >= 3.2.2",
+    "woodwork[spark] >= 0.28.0",
+    "pyspark >= 3.5.0",
     "pyarrow >= 14.0.1",
 ]
 updater = [
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ dev = [
     "featuretools[docs,dask,spark,test]",
 ]
 complete = [
-    "featuretools[autonormalize,sklearn,dask,spark,sql,tsfresh,updater]",
+    "featuretools[autonormalize,sklearn,dask,spark,sql,updater]",
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools]