diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-release.yml b/.github/workflows/check-release.yml
index 26759db4..81708517 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-release.yml
@@ -14,18 +14,3 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Base Setup
-        uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
-
-      - name: Check Release
-        uses: jupyter-server/jupyter_releaser/.github/actions/check-release@v2
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Upload Distributions
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: jupyter-releaser-dist-${{ github.run_number }}
-          path: |
-            .jupyter_releaser_checkout/dist
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f7b3278e..cdda072d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "jupyter_server>=2.0.0,<3.0.0",
-    "jupyter_ydoc>=2.0.0,<3.0.0",
-    "pycrdt-websocket>=0.12.5,<0.13.0",
+    "jupyter_ydoc>=2.0.1,<3.0.0",
+    "pycrdt-websocket>=0.12.7,<0.13.0",
     "jupyter_events>=0.10.0",
     "jupyter_server_fileid>=0.7.0,<1",
     "jsonschema>=4.18.0"
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ dev = [
 ]
 test = [
     "coverage",
-    "jupyter_server[test]>=2.0.0",
+    "jupyter_server[test]>=2.13.0",
     "jupyter_server_fileid[test]",
-    "pytest>=7.0",
+    "pytest>=8.1.1",
     "pytest-cov",
     "websockets",
     "importlib_metadata >=3.6; python_version<'3.10'",