moved some fixed dep versions from 2.2.* to ~2.2 (refs #8613)
merged branch fabpot/deps-versions (PR #8649)

This PR was merged into the 2.3 branch.

Discussion
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moved some fixed dep versions from 2.2.* to ~2.2

| Q             | A
| ------------- | ---
| Bug fix?      | yes
| New feature?  | no
| BC breaks?    | no
| Deprecations? | no
| Tests pass?   | yes
| Fixed tickets | #8613
| License       | MIT
| Doc PR        | -

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e18f3ed moved some fixed dep versions from 2.2.* to ~2.2 (refs #8613)