diff --git a/dissect/target/containers/qcow2.py b/dissect/target/containers/qcow2.py
index e2eb1a1171..10f8079463 100644
--- a/dissect/target/containers/qcow2.py
+++ b/dissect/target/containers/qcow2.py
@@ -18,14 +18,12 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         fh: BinaryIO | Path,
         data_file: BinaryIO | None = None,
-        backing_file: BinaryIO | int | None = None,
+        backing_file: BinaryIO | None = None,
         *args,
         **kwargs,
     ):
-        f = fh
-        if not hasattr(fh, "read"):
-            f = fh.open("rb")
-        self.qcow2 = qcow2.QCow2(f, data_file, backing_file)
+        self.qcow2 = qcow2.QCow2(fh, data_file, backing_file)
+        self.stream = self.qcow2.open()
 
         super().__init__(fh, self.qcow2.size, *args, **kwargs)
 
@@ -38,13 +36,13 @@ def detect_path(path: Path, original: list | BinaryIO) -> bool:
         return path.suffix.lower() == ".qcow2"
 
     def read(self, length: int) -> bytes:
-        return self.qcow2.read(length)
+        return self.stream.read(length)
 
     def seek(self, offset: int, whence: int = io.SEEK_SET) -> int:
-        return self.qcow2.seek(offset, whence)
+        return self.stream.seek(offset, whence)
 
     def tell(self) -> int:
-        return self.qcow2.tell()
+        return self.stream.tell()
 
     def close(self) -> None:
-        pass
+        self.stream.close()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fe34cf87b3..bfd74f2fc3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "dissect.cstruct>=4,<5",
     "dissect.eventlog>=3,<4",
     "dissect.evidence>=3,<4",
-    "dissect.hypervisor>=3,<4",
+    "dissect.hypervisor>=3.19.dev2,<4",  # TODO: update on release!
     "dissect.ntfs>=3.4,<4",
     "dissect.regf>=3.13,<4",
     "dissect.util>=3,<4",
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ dev = [
     "dissect.fat[dev]>=3.0.dev,<4.0.dev",
     "dissect.ffs[dev]>=3.0.dev,<4.0.dev",
     "dissect.fve[dev]>=4.2.dev,<5.0.dev; platform_system != 'Windows' or platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
-    "dissect.hypervisor[dev]>=3.0.dev,<4.0.dev",
+    "dissect.hypervisor[dev]>=3.19.dev,<4.0.dev",
     "dissect.jffs[dev]>=1.5.dev,<2.0.dev",
     "dissect.ntfs[dev]>=3.4.dev,<4.0.dev",
     "dissect.qnxfs[dev]>=1.0.dev,<2.0.dev",
     "dissect.regf[dev]>=3.13.dev,<4.0.dev",
     "dissect.shellitem[dev]>=3.0.dev,<4.0.dev",
-    "dissect.sql[dev]>=3.0.dev,<4.0.dev",
+    "dissect.sql[dev]>=3.12.dev,<4.0.dev",
     "dissect.squashfs[dev]>=1.0.dev,<2.0.dev",
     "dissect.thumbcache[dev]>=1.0.dev,<2.0.dev",
     "dissect.util>=3.0.dev,<4.0.dev",