diff --git a/MultiServer.py b/MultiServer.py
index 0537fd9b95cb..02dabe9e232d 100644
--- a/MultiServer.py
+++ b/MultiServer.py
@@ -2254,12 +2254,15 @@ async def main(args: argparse.Namespace):
                 if not isinstance(e, ImportError):
                     logging.error(f"Failed to load tkinter ({e})")
                 logging.info("Pass a multidata filename on command line to run headless.")
-                exit(1)
+                # when cx_Freeze'd the built-in exit is not available, so we import sys.exit instead
+                import sys
+                sys.exit(1)
             raise
 
         if not data_filename:
             logging.info("No file selected. Exiting.")
-            exit(1)
+            import sys
+            sys.exit(1)
 
     try:
         ctx.load(data_filename, args.use_embedded_options)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 463a298d3931..6cabb8a96318 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 colorama>=0.4.5
 websockets>=11.0.3
 PyYAML>=6.0
-jellyfish>=0.11.2
+jellyfish>=1.0.0
 jinja2>=3.1.2
 schema>=0.7.5
 kivy>=2.2.0
 bsdiff4>=1.2.3
-platformdirs>=3.5.1
+platformdirs>=3.8.0
 certifi>=2023.5.7
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cea486fee15b..75d223eabf9a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # This is a bit jank. We need cx-Freeze to be able to run anything from this script, so install it
 try:
-    requirement = 'cx-Freeze==6.14.9'
+    requirement = 'cx-Freeze>=6.15.2'
     import pkg_resources
     try:
         pkg_resources.require(requirement)
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ def find_lib(lib, arch, libc):
     ext_modules=[],  # required to disable auto-discovery with setuptools>=61
     options={
         "build_exe": {
-            "packages": ["websockets", "worlds", "kivy"],
+            "packages": ["worlds", "kivy"],
             "includes": [],
             "excludes": ["numpy", "Cython", "PySide2", "PIL",
                          "pandas"],