diff --git a/qcodes/instrument/instrument_base.py b/qcodes/instrument/instrument_base.py
index 67d04576083..ba5c17e1a72 100644
--- a/qcodes/instrument/instrument_base.py
+++ b/qcodes/instrument/instrument_base.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def snapshot_base(
                 update_par = update
             try:
                 snap["parameters"][name] = param.snapshot(update=update_par)
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 # really log this twice. Once verbose for the UI and once
                 # at lower level with more info for file based loggers
                 self.log.warning("Snapshot: Could not update parameter: %s", name)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7a824e8097a..825e5c61d6b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -147,12 +147,12 @@ stack-data~=0.5.1
 stringparser~=0.5
 tabulate~=0.9.0
 terminado~=0.16.0
-tinycss2~=1.2.0
+tinycss2~=1.2.1
 tomli~=2.0.1
 tornado~=6.2
 towncrier~=22.8.0
 tqdm~=4.64.1
-traitlets~=5.4.0
+traitlets~=5.5.0
 types-requests~=2.28.11
 types-setuptools~=65.5.0
 types-tabulate~=0.9.0