diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 472cb790ec..1744e0881d 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ HTTP = "^1.5.2"
 HypertextLiteral = "0.7, 0.8, 0.9"
 LoggingExtras = "0.4, 1"
 MIMEs = "0.1"
-Malt = "1.0.2"
+Malt = "1.0.3"
 MsgPack = "1.1"
 PrecompileSignatures = "3"
 PrecompileTools = "1"
diff --git a/test/Configuration.jl b/test/Configuration.jl
index 7a6a3a0f08..4d2d6c2f54 100644
--- a/test/Configuration.jl
+++ b/test/Configuration.jl
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ end
 
 @testset "Authentication" begin
     port = 1238
-    options = Pluto.Configuration.from_flat_kwargs(; port, launch_browser=false)
+    options = Pluto.Configuration.from_flat_kwargs(; port, launch_browser=false, workspace_use_distributed=false)
     🍭 = Pluto.ServerSession(; options)
     host = 🍭.options.server.host
     secret = 🍭.secret
diff --git a/test/DependencyCache.jl b/test/DependencyCache.jl
index 2de1884771..77b2c0b660 100644
--- a/test/DependencyCache.jl
+++ b/test/DependencyCache.jl
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using Pluto: update_run!, ServerSession, ClientSession, Cell, Notebook
 
 @testset "CellDepencencyVisualization" begin
     🍭 = ServerSession()
+    🍭.options.evaluation.workspace_use_distributed = false
 
     notebook = Notebook([
                 Cell("x = 1"), # prerequisite of test cell