diff --git a/ci/azure/windows.yml b/ci/azure/windows.yml
index 6d4afccb57865..20cad1bb4af96 100644
--- a/ci/azure/windows.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/windows.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ jobs:
       displayName: 'Add conda to PATH'
     - script: conda update -q -n base conda
       displayName: Update conda
-    - script: conda env create -q --file ci\\deps\\azure-windows-$(CONDA_PY).yaml
+    - script: |
+        call activate
+        conda env create -q --file ci\\deps\\azure-windows-$(CONDA_PY).yaml
       displayName: 'Create anaconda environment'
     - script: |
         call activate pandas-dev
diff --git a/ci/deps/travis-36-locale.yaml b/ci/deps/travis-36-locale.yaml
index badf4e6932da8..75e3348adab7c 100644
--- a/ci/deps/travis-36-locale.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/travis-36-locale.yaml
@@ -8,24 +8,22 @@ dependencies:
   - python-blosc
   - cython>=0.28.2
   - fastparquet=0.2.1
-  - gcsfs=0.1.0
+  - gcsfs=0.2.2
   - html5lib
   - ipython
   - jinja2
-  - lxml=3.7.0
-  - matplotlib=3.0.0
+  - lxml=3.8.0
+  - matplotlib=3.0.*
   - nomkl
   - numexpr
   - numpy
   - openpyxl
   - pandas-gbq=0.8.0
   - psycopg2=2.6.2
-  - pymysql=0.7.9
+  - pymysql=0.7.11
   - pytables
   - python-dateutil
-  # cannot go past python=3.6.6 for matplotlib=3.0.0 due to
-  # https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/12626
-  - python=3.6.6
+  - python=3.6.*
   - pytz
   - s3fs=0.0.8
   - scipy
diff --git a/doc/source/install.rst b/doc/source/install.rst
index ee4b36f898e31..013a27c980e97 100644
--- a/doc/source/install.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install.rst
@@ -276,15 +276,15 @@ SciPy                     0.19.0             Miscellaneous statistical functions
 XLsxWriter                0.9.8              Excel writing
 blosc                                        Compression for msgpack
 fastparquet               0.2.1              Parquet reading / writing
-gcsfs                     0.1.0              Google Cloud Storage access
+gcsfs                     0.2.2              Google Cloud Storage access
 html5lib                                     HTML parser for read_html (see :ref:`note <optional_html>`)
-lxml                                         HTML parser for read_html (see :ref:`note <optional_html>`)
+lxml                      3.8.0              HTML parser for read_html (see :ref:`note <optional_html>`)
 matplotlib                2.2.2              Visualization
 openpyxl                  2.4.8              Reading / writing for xlsx files
 pandas-gbq                0.8.0              Google Big Query access
 psycopg2                                     PostgreSQL engine for sqlalchemy
 pyarrow                   0.9.0              Parquet and feather reading / writing
-pymysql                                      MySQL engine for sqlalchemy
+pymysql                   0.7.11             MySQL engine for sqlalchemy
 pyreadstat                                   SPSS files (.sav) reading
 pytables                  3.4.2              HDF5 reading / writing
 qtpy                                         Clipboard I/O
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.0.rst
index a58cdc8c93ab7..18a3785867714 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.0.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.0.rst
@@ -455,12 +455,18 @@ Optional libraries below the lowest tested version may still work, but are not c
 +-----------------+-----------------+
 | fastparquet     | 0.2.1           |
 +-----------------+-----------------+
+| gcsfs           | 0.2.2           |
++-----------------+-----------------+
+| lxml            | 3.8.0           |
++-----------------+-----------------+
 | matplotlib      | 2.2.2           |
 +-----------------+-----------------+
 | openpyxl        | 2.4.8           |
 +-----------------+-----------------+
 | pyarrow         | 0.9.0           |
 +-----------------+-----------------+
+| pymysql         | 0.7.1           |
++-----------------+-----------------+
 | pytables        | 3.4.2           |
 +-----------------+-----------------+
 | scipy           | 0.19.0          |
diff --git a/pandas/compat/_optional.py b/pandas/compat/_optional.py
index 875edb3d3f1dd..31746dc3d6c16 100644
--- a/pandas/compat/_optional.py
+++ b/pandas/compat/_optional.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
     "bs4": "4.6.0",
     "bottleneck": "1.2.1",
     "fastparquet": "0.2.1",
-    "gcsfs": "0.1.0",
+    "gcsfs": "0.2.2",
+    "lxml.etree": "3.8.0",
     "matplotlib": "2.2.2",
     "numexpr": "2.6.2",
     "openpyxl": "2.4.8",
diff --git a/pandas/io/html.py b/pandas/io/html.py
index 2e2327a35f2c7..15b9d25f6be6c 100644
--- a/pandas/io/html.py
+++ b/pandas/io/html.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def _importers():
                                      on_version="ignore")
     _HAS_BS4 = bs4 is not None
 
-    lxml = import_optional_dependency("lxml", raise_on_missing=False,
+    lxml = import_optional_dependency("lxml.etree", raise_on_missing=False,
                                       on_version="ignore")
     _HAS_LXML = lxml is not None