diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/Deprecated/Deprecated-1.2.14-foss-2023a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/Deprecated/Deprecated-1.2.14-gfbf-2023b.eb
index 803a1996c3..c80cc41c6d 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/Deprecated/Deprecated-1.2.14-foss-2023a.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/Deprecated/Deprecated-1.2.14-gfbf-2023b.eb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # author: Denis Kristak (INUITS)
 # update: Pavel Tománek (INUITS)
 
-easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
+easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
 
 name = 'Deprecated'
 version = '1.2.14'
@@ -9,21 +9,22 @@ version = '1.2.14'
 homepage = 'https://github.com/tantale/deprecated'
 description = "If you need to mark a function or a method as deprecated, you can use the @deprecated decorator."
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2023a'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['e5323eb936458dccc2582dc6f9c322c852a775a27065ff2b0c4970b9d53d01b3']
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Python', '3.11.3'),
-    ('wrapt', '1.15.0'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+    ('wrapt', '1.16.0'),
 ]
-
+builddependencies = [('binutils', '2.40')]
 
 use_pip = True
 sanity_pip_check = True
 
-exts_list = [
-    (name, version, {
-        'checksums': ['e5323eb936458dccc2582dc6f9c322c852a775a27065ff2b0c4970b9d53d01b3'],
-    }),
-]
+use_pip = True
+download_dep_fail = True
+sanity_pip_check = True
 
 moduleclass = 'tools'

diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/Deprecated/Deprecated-1.2.13-foss-2021a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/Deprecated/Deprecated-1.2.14-gfbf-2023b.eb
index 37b1d866da..c80cc41c6d 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/Deprecated/Deprecated-1.2.13-foss-2021a.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/Deprecated/Deprecated-1.2.14-gfbf-2023b.eb
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
 # author: Denis Kristak (INUITS)
-easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
+# update: Pavel Tománek (INUITS)
+
+easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
 
 name = 'Deprecated'
-version = '1.2.13'
+version = '1.2.14'
 
 homepage = 'https://github.com/tantale/deprecated'
 description = "If you need to mark a function or a method as deprecated, you can use the @deprecated decorator."
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2021a'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['e5323eb936458dccc2582dc6f9c322c852a775a27065ff2b0c4970b9d53d01b3']
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Python', '3.9.5'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+    ('wrapt', '1.16.0'),
 ]
+builddependencies = [('binutils', '2.40')]
 
 use_pip = True
+sanity_pip_check = True
 
-exts_list = [
-    ('wrapt', '1.15.0', {
-        'checksums': ['d06730c6aed78cee4126234cf2d071e01b44b915e725a6cb439a879ec9754a3a'],
-    }),
-    (name, version, {
-        'checksums': ['43ac5335da90c31c24ba028af536a91d41d53f9e6901ddb021bcc572ce44e38d'],
-    }),
-]
-
+use_pip = True
+download_dep_fail = True
 sanity_pip_check = True
 
 moduleclass = 'tools'

diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PyQt-builder/PyQt-builder-1.15.4-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PyQt-builder/PyQt-builder-1.16.4-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
index dfef8b1802..ce86a241e3 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PyQt-builder/PyQt-builder-1.15.4-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PyQt-builder/PyQt-builder-1.16.4-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -2,27 +2,27 @@
 easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
 
 name = 'PyQt-builder'
-version = '1.15.4'
+version = '1.16.4'
 
-homepage = 'http://www.example.com'
+homepage = 'https://github.com/Python-PyQt/PyQt-builder'
 description = """PyQt-builder is the PEP 517 compliant build system for PyQt and projects that   
-extend PyQt. It extends the SIP build system and uses Qt’s qmake to perform the 
+extend PyQt. It extends the SIP build system and uses Qt's qmake to perform the 
 actual compilation and installation of extension modules.
 """
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '12.3.0'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
 
 builddependencies = [('binutils', '2.40')]
 dependencies = [
-    ('Python', '3.11.3'),
-    ('SIP', '6.8.1'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+    ('SIP', '6.8.3'),
 ]
 
 
 exts_list = [
-    (name, version, {
+    ('pyqt_builder', version, {
         'modulename': 'pyqtbuild',
-        'checksums': ['39f8c75db17d9ce17cb6bbf3df1650b5cebc1ea4e5bd73843d21cc96612b2ae1'],
+        'checksums': ['4515e41ae379be2e54f88a89ecf47cd6e4cac43e862c4abfde18389c2666afdf'],
     }),
 ]
 

diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PyQt5/PyQt5-5.15.10-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PyQt5/PyQt5-5.15.10-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
index 531882e6f5..30cbfa784c 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PyQt5/PyQt5-5.15.10-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PyQt5/PyQt5-5.15.10-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# update 5.15.10, sip6: THEMBL
 easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
 
 name = 'PyQt5'
@@ -8,16 +7,16 @@ homepage = 'https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt'
 description = """PyQt5 is a set of Python bindings for v5 of the Qt application framework from The Qt Company.
 This bundle includes PyQtWebEngine, a set of Python bindings for The Qt Company’s Qt WebEngine framework."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '12.3.0'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
 toolchainopts = {'cstd': 'c++11'}
 
 builddependencies = [
     ('binutils', '2.40'),
-    ('PyQt-builder', '1.15.4'),
+    ('PyQt-builder', '1.16.4'),
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    ('Python', '3.11.3'),
-    ('Qt5', '5.15.10'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+    ('Qt5', '5.15.13'),
 ]
 local_sipdir = '%(installdir)s/share/sip'
 
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ components = [
         'preinstallopts': "cd build && ",
         'checksums': ['d46b7804b1b10a4ff91753f8113e5b5580d2b4462f3226288e2d84497334898a'],
     }),
-    ('PyQtWebEngine', '5.15.6', {
+    ('PyQtWebEngine', '5.15.7', {
         'source_urls': [PYPI_SOURCE],
         'sources': [SOURCE_TAR_GZ],
         'easyblock': 'ConfigureMake',
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ components = [
         'configopts': ' '.join(local_pyqtwebengine_configopts),
         'prebuildopts': local_setup_env + "cd build && ",
         'preinstallopts': "cd build && ",
-        'checksums': ['ae241ef2a61c782939c58b52c2aea53ad99b30f3934c8358d5e0a6ebb3fd0721'],
+        'checksums': ['f121ac6e4a2f96ac289619bcfc37f64e68362f24a346553f5d6c42efa4228a4d'],
     })
 ]
 

diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PyQt5/PyQt5-5.15.7-GCCcore-12.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PyQt5/PyQt5-5.15.10-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
index 97be3ae2aa..30cbfa784c 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PyQt5/PyQt5-5.15.7-GCCcore-12.2.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PyQt5/PyQt5-5.15.10-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -1,118 +1,111 @@
-easyblock = 'Bundle'
+easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
 
 name = 'PyQt5'
-version = '5.15.7'
+version = '5.15.10'
 
 homepage = 'https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt'
 description = """PyQt5 is a set of Python bindings for v5 of the Qt application framework from The Qt Company.
 This bundle includes PyQtWebEngine, a set of Python bindings for The Qt Company’s Qt WebEngine framework."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '12.2.0'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
 toolchainopts = {'cstd': 'c++11'}
 
 builddependencies = [
-    ('binutils', '2.39'),
-    ('flex', '2.6.4'),   # req. for PyQt5-5.15.7_sip-5.5.0_add_py_ssize_t_clean.patch
-    ('Bison', '3.8.2'),  # req. for PyQt5-5.15.7_sip-5.5.0_add_py_ssize_t_clean.patch
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+    ('PyQt-builder', '1.16.4'),
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    ('Python', '3.10.8'),
-    ('Qt5', '5.15.7'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+    ('Qt5', '5.15.13'),
 ]
-
-default_easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
-
 local_sipdir = '%(installdir)s/share/sip'
 
 local_pylibdir = '%(installdir)s/lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages'
 
-local_pyqt5_sip_install = "sip-install --verbose --target-dir " + local_pylibdir + " "
-local_pyqt5_sip_install += "--confirm-license --no-designer-plugin --no-qml-plugin "
+local_setup_env = "export PATH=%(installdir)s/bin:$PATH && "
+local_setup_env += "export PYTHONPATH=%s:$PYTHONPATH && " % local_pylibdir
 
-local_pyqtweb_configopts = "configure.py --verbose --destdir=%s/PyQt5 " % local_pylibdir
-local_pyqtweb_configopts += "--apidir=%(installdir)s/qsci "
-local_pyqtweb_configopts += "--pyqt-sipdir=%s " % local_sipdir
-local_pyqtweb_configopts += "--sipdir=%s " % local_sipdir
-local_pyqtweb_configopts += "--no-stubs --no-dist-info"
 
-local_pyqt_configopts = "configure.py --verbose --destdir=%s " % local_pylibdir
-local_pyqt_configopts += "--no-stubs  "
-local_pyqt_configopts += "--confirm-license --no-designer-plugin --no-qml-plugin "
-# prevent installing pyrcc5 and other tools into $EBROOTPYTHON/bin:
-local_pyqt_configopts += "--bindir=%(installdir)s/bin "
-local_pyqt_configopts += "--sipdir=%s " % local_sipdir
+local_sip_configopts_common = [
+    "--no-make",
+    "--jobs %(parallel)s",
+    "--qmake-setting 'QMAKE_CXXFLAGS+=$$(CFLAGS)'",
+    "--qmake-setting 'QMAKE_CFLAGS+=$$(CFLAGS)'",
+    "--qmake-setting 'QMAKE_LFLAGS+=$$(LDFLAGS)'",
+    "--api-dir %(installdir)s/qsci",
+    "--scripts-dir %(installdir)s/bin",
+    "--target-dir %s" % local_pylibdir,
+]
+
+local_pyqt5_configopts = [
+    "--confirm-license",
+    "--no-designer-plugin",
+    "--no-qml-plugin",
+] + local_sip_configopts_common
+
+local_pyqtwebengine_configopts = local_sip_configopts_common
+default_easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
 
-local_setup_env = "export PATH=%(installdir)s/bin:$PATH && "
-local_setup_env += "export PYTHONPATH=%(installdir)s/lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH && "
-local_sipver = '5.5.0'
-local_sip_rebuildparser = 'flex -o code_generator/lexer.c code_generator/metasrc/lexer.l &&'
-local_sip_rebuildparser += 'bison -y -d -o code_generator/parser.c code_generator/metasrc/parser.y &&'
 components = [
-    ('SIP', local_sipver, {
-        'source_urls': [PYPI_SOURCE],
-        'sources': [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ],
-        'start_dir': 'sip-%s' % local_sipver,
-        'use_pip': True,
-        'options': {'modulename': 'PyQt5.sip'},
-        'patches': ['PyQt5-5.15.7_sip-5.5.0_add_py_ssize_t_clean.patch'],
-        'preinstallopts': local_sip_rebuildparser,  # req. for PyQt5-5.15.7_sip-5.5.0_add_py_ssize_t_clean.patch
-        'checksums': [
-            '5d024c419b30fea8a6de8c71a560c7ab0bc3c221fbfb14d55a5b865bd58eaac5',
-            'f828b1cf81e8bfea676f7aa1e428102aade5acf520aedd85e7de08b0b2226a5d'
-        ],
-    }),
-    ('PyQt-builder', '1.11.0', {
-        'source_urls': [PYPI_SOURCE],
-        'sources': [SOURCE_TAR_GZ],
-        'start_dir': 'PyQt-builder-%(version)s',
-        'use_pip': True,
-        'checksums': ['40f6df88c00e6aa9ac9a8bc5688f9fe2a4bd56c06cdb0a0b00ce8955ec34ffe5'],
-    }),
-    ('PyQt5_sip', '12.11.0', {
+    ('%s_sip' % name, '12.13.0', {
         'source_urls': [PYPI_SOURCE],
         'sources': [SOURCE_TAR_GZ],
-        'start_dir': 'PyQt5_sip-%(version)s',
+        'start_dir': '%(name)s-%(version)s',
         'use_pip': True,
-        'checksums': ['b4710fd85b57edef716cc55fae45bfd5bfac6fc7ba91036f1dcc3f331ca0eb39'],
+        'checksums': ['7f321daf84b9c9dbca61b80e1ef37bdaffc0e93312edae2cd7da25b953971d91'],
     }),
     (name, version, {
         'source_urls': [PYPI_SOURCE],
         'sources': [SOURCE_TAR_GZ],
-        'easyblock': 'ConfigureMakePythonPackage',
+        'easyblock': 'ConfigureMake',
+        'configure_cmd': 'sip-build',
         'start_dir': '%(name)s-%(version)s',
+        'configure_without_installdir': True,
         'preconfigopts': local_setup_env,
-        'configopts': local_pyqt_configopts,
-        'checksums': ['755121a52b3a08cb07275c10ebb96576d36e320e572591db16cfdbc558101594'],
+        'configopts': ' '.join(local_pyqt5_configopts),
+        'prebuildopts': local_setup_env + "cd build && ",
+        'preinstallopts': "cd build && ",
+        'checksums': ['d46b7804b1b10a4ff91753f8113e5b5580d2b4462f3226288e2d84497334898a'],
     }),
-    ('PyQtWebEngine', '5.15.6', {
+    ('PyQtWebEngine', '5.15.7', {
         'source_urls': [PYPI_SOURCE],
         'sources': [SOURCE_TAR_GZ],
-        'easyblock': 'ConfigureMakePythonPackage',
+        'easyblock': 'ConfigureMake',
+        'configure_cmd': 'sip-build',
         'start_dir': '%(name)s-%(version)s',
+        'configure_without_installdir': True,
         'preconfigopts': local_setup_env,
-        'configopts': local_pyqtweb_configopts,
-        'options': {'modulename': 'PyQt5.QtWebEngine'},
-        'checksums': ['ae241ef2a61c782939c58b52c2aea53ad99b30f3934c8358d5e0a6ebb3fd0721'],
-    }),
+        'configopts': ' '.join(local_pyqtwebengine_configopts),
+        'prebuildopts': local_setup_env + "cd build && ",
+        'preinstallopts': "cd build && ",
+        'checksums': ['f121ac6e4a2f96ac289619bcfc37f64e68362f24a346553f5d6c42efa4228a4d'],
+    })
+]
+
+postinstallcmds = [
+    'mkdir %(installdir)s/share',
+    'ln -s --relative %s/%%(name)s/bindings %s' % (local_pylibdir, local_sipdir)
 ]
 
 sanity_check_paths = {
     'files': ['bin/%s' % x for x in [
-        'pyrcc5', 'pyuic5', 'pylupdate5', 'pyqt-bundle', 'sip-build', 'sip-install', 'sip5']],
-    'dirs': ['lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages'],
+        'pyrcc5', 'pyuic5', 'pylupdate5']],
+    'dirs': ['lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages', 'qsci'],
 }
 
+use_pip = True
+
+sanity_pip_check = True
+
 sanity_check_commands = [
-    "python -s -c 'import PyQt5.QtCore'",
-    "sip5 --help",
+    "python -c 'import %(name)s.QtCore'",
+    "python -c 'import %(name)s.QtWebEngineWidgets'",
     "pyuic5 --help",
     "pylupdate5 -version 2>&1 | grep 'pylupdate5 v%(version)s'",
     "pyrcc5 -version 2>&1 | grep 'pyrcc5 v%(version)s'",
-    "PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=true python -s -m pip check",
 ]
 
 modextrapaths = {
-    'PYTHONPATH': 'lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages',
     'QT_INSTALL_DATA': 'qsci',
 }
 

diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/QtPy/QtPy-2.4.1-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/QtPy/QtPy-2.4.1-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
index 91aea4a371..ef825aea14 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/QtPy/QtPy-2.4.1-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/QtPy/QtPy-2.4.1-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ homepage = "https://github.com/spyder-ide/qtpy"
 description = """QtPy is a small abstraction layer that lets you write applications using a single API call to
  either PyQt or PySide. It provides support for PyQt5, PyQt4, PySide2 and PySide."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '12.3.0'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
 
 sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
 checksums = ['a5a15ffd519550a1361bdc56ffc07fda56a6af7292f17c7b395d4083af632987']
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ builddependencies = [
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Python', '3.11.3'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
     ('PyQt5', '5.15.10'),
-    ('Python-bundle-PyPI', '2023.06'),
+    ('Python-bundle-PyPI', '2023.10'),
 ]
 
 use_pip = True

diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/QtPy/QtPy-2.3.0-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/QtPy/QtPy-2.4.1-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
index 79b8aeb2b4..ef825aea14 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/QtPy/QtPy-2.3.0-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/QtPy/QtPy-2.4.1-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
 easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
 
 name = 'QtPy'
-version = '2.3.0'
+version = '2.4.1'
 
 homepage = "https://github.com/spyder-ide/qtpy"
 description = """QtPy is a small abstraction layer that lets you write applications using a single API call to
  either PyQt or PySide. It provides support for PyQt5, PyQt4, PySide2 and PySide."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '11.3.0'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
 
 sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
-checksums = ['0603c9c83ccc035a4717a12908bf6bc6cb22509827ea2ec0e94c2da7c9ed57c5']
+checksums = ['a5a15ffd519550a1361bdc56ffc07fda56a6af7292f17c7b395d4083af632987']
 
-builddependencies = [('binutils', '2.38')]
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Python', '3.10.4'),
-    ('PyQt5', '5.15.5')
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+    ('PyQt5', '5.15.10'),
+    ('Python-bundle-PyPI', '2023.10'),
 ]
 
 use_pip = True

diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/Qtconsole/Qtconsole-5.5.1-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/Qtconsole/Qtconsole-5.6.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
index 61694a5b19..632269b483 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/Qtconsole/Qtconsole-5.5.1-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/Qtconsole/Qtconsole-5.6.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
 
 name = 'Qtconsole'
-version = '5.5.1'
+version = '5.6.0'
 
 homepage = 'https://jupyter.org/'
 description = """A rich Qt-based console for working with Jupyter kernels, supporting rich media 
@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@ terminal, but provides a number of enhancements only possible in a GUI, such as
 inline figures, proper multiline editing with syntax highlighting, graphical    
 calltips, and more."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '12.3.0'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
 
 sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
-checksums = ['a0e806c6951db9490628e4df80caec9669b65149c7ba40f9bf033c025a5b56bc']
+checksums = ['4c82120a3b53a3d36e3f76e6a1a26ffddf4e1ce2359d56a19889c55e1d73a436']
 
 builddependencies = [('binutils', '2.40')]
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Python', '3.11.3'),
-    ('IPython', '8.14.0'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+    ('IPython', '8.17.2'),
     ('QtPy', '2.4.1'),
-    ('Jupyter-bundle', '20230823'),
+    ('Jupyter-bundle', '20240522'),
 ]
 
 use_pip = True

diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/Qtconsole/Qtconsole-5.4.0-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/Qtconsole/Qtconsole-5.6.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
index 4ca3e9f8a2..632269b483 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/Qtconsole/Qtconsole-5.4.0-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/Qtconsole/Qtconsole-5.6.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
 
 name = 'Qtconsole'
-version = '5.4.0'
+version = '5.6.0'
 
 homepage = 'https://jupyter.org/'
 description = """A rich Qt-based console for working with Jupyter kernels, supporting rich media 
@@ -11,17 +11,18 @@ terminal, but provides a number of enhancements only possible in a GUI, such as
 inline figures, proper multiline editing with syntax highlighting, graphical    
 calltips, and more."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '11.3.0'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
 
 sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
-checksums = ['57748ea2fd26320a0b77adba20131cfbb13818c7c96d83fafcb110ff55f58b35']
+checksums = ['4c82120a3b53a3d36e3f76e6a1a26ffddf4e1ce2359d56a19889c55e1d73a436']
 
-builddependencies = [('binutils', '2.38')]
+builddependencies = [('binutils', '2.40')]
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Python', '3.10.4'),
-    ('IPython', '8.5.0'),
-    ('QtPy', '2.3.0'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+    ('IPython', '8.17.2'),
+    ('QtPy', '2.4.1'),
+    ('Jupyter-bundle', '20240522'),
 ]
 
 use_pip = True

diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/Rtree/Rtree-1.2.0-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/Rtree/Rtree-1.2.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
index e3bb235138..b0d0844989 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/Rtree/Rtree-1.2.0-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/Rtree/Rtree-1.2.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ homepage = 'https://toblerity.org/rtree/'
 description = """Rtree is a ctypes Python wrapper of libspatialindex that provides a number of advanced spatial
  indexing features for the spatially curious Python user."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '12.3.0'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
 
 sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
 checksums = ['f5145f7852bf7f95c126fb16bf1a4c2ca9300ae151b07f8a0f7083ea47912675']
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ builddependencies = [
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Python', '3.11.3'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
     ('libspatialindex', '1.9.3'),
 ]
 

diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/Rtree/Rtree-1.0.1-GCCcore-12.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/Rtree/Rtree-1.2.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
index 5650717ef6..b0d0844989 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/Rtree/Rtree-1.0.1-GCCcore-12.2.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/Rtree/Rtree-1.2.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
 
 name = 'Rtree'
-version = '1.0.1'
+version = '1.2.0'
 
 homepage = 'https://toblerity.org/rtree/'
 description = """Rtree is a ctypes Python wrapper of libspatialindex that provides a number of advanced spatial
  indexing features for the spatially curious Python user."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '12.2.0'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
 
 sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
-checksums = ['222121699c303a64065d849bf7038b1ecabc37b65c7fa340bedb38ef0e805429']
+checksums = ['f5145f7852bf7f95c126fb16bf1a4c2ca9300ae151b07f8a0f7083ea47912675']
 
 builddependencies = [
-    ('binutils', '2.39'),
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Python', '3.10.8'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
     ('libspatialindex', '1.9.3'),
 ]
 

diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/Spyder/Spyder-4.1.5-foss-2020a-Python-3.8.2.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/Spyder/Spyder-6.0.1-gfbf-2023b.eb
index 83982c1baa..779cc908ec 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/Spyder/Spyder-4.1.5-foss-2020a-Python-3.8.2.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/Spyder/Spyder-6.0.1-gfbf-2023b.eb
@@ -1,210 +1,110 @@
 easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
 
 name = 'Spyder'
-version = '4.1.5'
-versionsuffix = '-Python-%(pyver)s'
+version = '6.0.1'
 
 homepage = 'https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder'
 description = """Spyder is an interactive Python development environment providing MATLAB-like features in a simple
  and light-weighted software."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2020a'}
-toolchainopts = {'cstd': 'c++11'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
 
 builddependencies = [
-    ('CMake', '3.16.4'),
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+    ('poetry', '1.6.1'),
+    ('maturin', '1.3.1'),
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    ('Python', '3.8.2'),
-    ('ZeroMQ', '4.3.2'),
-    ('PyQt5', '5.15.1', versionsuffix),
-    ('IPython', '7.15.0', versionsuffix),
-    ('geopandas', '0.8.1', versionsuffix),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+    ('Python-bundle-PyPI', '2023.10'),
+    ('aiohttp', '3.9.5'),
+    ('IPython', '8.17.2'),
+    ('jupyter-server', '2.14.0'),
+    ('Pylint', '3.2.5'),
+    ('PyZMQ', '25.1.2'),
+    ('PyQt5', '5.15.10'),
+    ('Qtconsole', '5.6.0'),
+    ('Rtree', '1.2.0'),
+    ('Deprecated', '1.2.14'),
+    ('tornado', '6.4'),
+    ('numpydoc', '1.8.0'),
+    ('cookiecutter', '2.6.0'),
+    ('wurlitzer', '3.1.1'),
+    ('python-lsp-server', '1.12.0'),
 ]
 
 use_pip = True
 
-# strip out (too strict version) requirements for pyqt5 and pyqtwebengine,
-# because they are not installed with pip, but are provided via the PyQt5 dependency
-local_spyder_preinstallopts = (
-    """sed -i "s/'pyqt5.*,//g" setup.py && """
-    """sed -i "s/'pyqtwebengine.*,//g" setup.py && """
-)
+# fix deleting of PYTHONPATH
+local_preinstallopts = "sed -i '13,19d' spyder/app/start.py && "
+local_preinstallopts += "sed -i '171,173d' spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/utils/kernelspec.py && "
 
 exts_list = [
-    ('astroid', '2.4.2', {
-        'checksums': ['2f4078c2a41bf377eea06d71c9d2ba4eb8f6b1af2135bec27bbbb7d8f12bb703'],
+    ('asyncssh', '2.17.0', {
+        'checksums': ['3b159c105aa388c1e2245c4faf483f540ada8cad99402281119100166e5edb3c'],
     }),
-    ('async_generator', '1.10', {
-        'checksums': ['6ebb3d106c12920aaae42ccb6f787ef5eefdcdd166ea3d628fa8476abe712144'],
+    ('diff-match-patch', '20230430', {
+        'checksums': ['953019cdb9c9d2c9e47b5b12bcff3cf4746fc4598eb406076fa1fc27e6a1f15c'],
     }),
-    ('autopep8', '1.5.4', {
-        'checksums': ['d21d3901cb0da6ebd1e83fc9b0dfbde8b46afc2ede4fe32fbda0c7c6118ca094'],
+    ('PyGithub', '2.4.0', {
+        'source_tmpl': SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ,
+        'modulename': 'github',
+        'checksums': ['6601e22627e87bac192f1e2e39c6e6f69a43152cfb8f307cee575879320b3051'],
     }),
-    ('binaryornot', '0.4.4', {
-        'checksums': ['359501dfc9d40632edc9fac890e19542db1a287bbcfa58175b66658392018061'],
+    ('pylint_venv', '3.0.3', {
+        'checksums': ['df12a17fca39a94acc1c9a0f1dcf68141e90fe685569d78c046695c67c4e55fa'],
     }),
-    ('bleach', '3.2.1', {
-        'checksums': ['52b5919b81842b1854196eaae5ca29679a2f2e378905c346d3ca8227c2c66080'],
+    ('pyls-spyder', '0.4.0', {
+        'checksums': ['45a321c83f64267d82907492c55199fccabda45bc872dd23bf1efd08edac1b0b'],
     }),
-    ('cloudpickle', '1.6.0', {
-        'checksums': ['9bc994f9e9447593bd0a45371f0e7ac7333710fcf64a4eb9834bf149f4ef2f32'],
+    ('pyuca', '1.2', {
+        'checksums': ['8a382fe74627f08c0d18908c0713ca4a20aad5385f077579e56208beea2893b2'],
     }),
-    ('cookiecutter', '1.7.2', {
-        'checksums': ['efb6b2d4780feda8908a873e38f0e61778c23f6a2ea58215723bcceb5b515dac'],
-    }),
-    ('decorator', '4.4.2', {
-        'checksums': ['e3a62f0520172440ca0dcc823749319382e377f37f140a0b99ef45fecb84bfe7'],
-    }),
-    ('diff-match-patch', '20200713', {
-        'checksums': ['da6f5a01aa586df23dfc89f3827e1cafbb5420be9d87769eeb079ddfd9477a18'],
-    }),
-    ('flake8', '3.8.4', {
-        'checksums': ['aadae8761ec651813c24be05c6f7b4680857ef6afaae4651a4eccaef97ce6c3b'],
-    }),
-    ('helpdev', '0.7.1', {
-        'checksums': ['bb62a79acbac141dadf42cadeb92bb7450dd18b9824a62043b6a0b149190db3d'],
-    }),
-    ('isort', '5.6.3', {
-        'use_pip': False,
-        'checksums': ['3820dd92c3214290cda6351f2ae2cedd5170759bc434af600eaad4f7a82a6ade'],
-    }),
-    ('jedi', '0.17.1', {
-        'checksums': ['807d5d4f96711a2bcfdd5dfa3b1ae6d09aa53832b182090b222b5efb81f52f63'],
-    }),
-    ('jeepney', '0.4.3', {
-        'use_pip': False,
-        'checksums': ['3479b861cc2b6407de5188695fa1a8d57e5072d7059322469b62628869b8e36e'],
-    }),
-    ('arrow', '0.17.0', {
-        'checksums': ['ff08d10cda1d36c68657d6ad20d74fbea493d980f8b2d45344e00d6ed2bf6ed4'],
-    }),
-    ('jinja2-time', '0.2.0', {
-        'checksums': ['d14eaa4d315e7688daa4969f616f226614350c48730bfa1692d2caebd8c90d40'],
-    }),
-    ('jupyterlab_pygments', '0.1.2', {
-        'checksums': ['cfcda0873626150932f438eccf0f8bf22bfa92345b814890ab360d666b254146'],
-    }),
-    ('keyring', '21.4.0', {
-        'checksums': ['9aeadd006a852b78f4b4ef7c7556c2774d2432bbef8ee538a3e9089ac8b11466'],
-    }),
-    ('keyrings.alt', '4.0.0', {
-        'checksums': ['f70ef01a8f2b968b83643db370a1e85bc0e4bc8b358f9661504279afb019d21d'],
-    }),
-    ('lazy-object-proxy', '1.4.3', {
-        'checksums': ['f3900e8a5de27447acbf900b4750b0ddfd7ec1ea7fbaf11dfa911141bc522af0'],
-    }),
-    ('mccabe', '0.6.1', {
-        'checksums': ['dd8d182285a0fe56bace7f45b5e7d1a6ebcbf524e8f3bd87eb0f125271b8831f'],
-    }),
-    ('jupyter_client', '6.1.7', {
-        'checksums': ['49e390b36fe4b4226724704ea28d9fb903f1a3601b6882ce3105221cd09377a1'],
-    }),
-    ('nbclient', '0.5.1', {
-        'checksums': ['01e2d726d16eaf2cde6db74a87e2451453547e8832d142f73f72fddcd4fe0250'],
-    }),
-    ('nest_asyncio', '1.4.1', {
-        'checksums': ['b86c3193abda5b2eeccf8c79894bc71c680369a178f4b068514ac00720b14e01'],
-    }),
-    ('numpydoc', '1.1.0', {
-        'checksums': ['c36fd6cb7ffdc9b4e165a43f67bf6271a7b024d0bb6b00ac468c9e2bfc76448e'],
-    }),
-    ('pathtools', '0.1.2', {
-        'checksums': ['7c35c5421a39bb82e58018febd90e3b6e5db34c5443aaaf742b3f33d4655f1c0'],
-    }),
-    ('poyo', '0.5.0', {
-        'checksums': ['e26956aa780c45f011ca9886f044590e2d8fd8b61db7b1c1cf4e0869f48ed4dd'],
-    }),
-    ('pycodestyle', '2.6.0', {
-        'checksums': ['c58a7d2815e0e8d7972bf1803331fb0152f867bd89adf8a01dfd55085434192e'],
-    }),
-    ('pydocstyle', '5.1.1', {
-        'checksums': ['19b86fa8617ed916776a11cd8bc0197e5b9856d5433b777f51a3defe13075325'],
-    }),
-    ('pyflakes', '2.2.0', {
-        'checksums': ['35b2d75ee967ea93b55750aa9edbbf72813e06a66ba54438df2cfac9e3c27fc8'],
-    }),
-    ('pylint', '2.6.0', {
-        'checksums': ['bb4a908c9dadbc3aac18860550e870f58e1a02c9f2c204fdf5693d73be061210'],
-    }),
-    ('ujson', '4.0.1', {
-        'checksums': ['26cf6241b36ff5ce4539ae687b6b02673109c5e3efc96148806a7873eaa229d3'],
-    }),
-    ('python-language-server', '0.35.1', {
-        'checksums': ['6e0c9a3b2ae98e0eb22e98ed6b3c4e190a6bf9e27af53efd2396da60cd92b221'],
-        'modulename': 'pyls',
-    }),
-    ('pyrsistent', '0.17.3', {
-        'checksums': ['2e636185d9eb976a18a8a8e96efce62f2905fea90041958d8cc2a189756ebf3e'],
-    }),
-    ('python-jsonrpc-server', '0.4.0', {
-        'checksums': ['62c543e541f101ec5b57dc654efc212d2c2e3ea47ff6f54b2e7dcb36ecf20595'],
-        'modulename': 'pyls_jsonrpc',
-    }),
-    ('python-slugify', '4.0.1', {
-        'checksums': ['69a517766e00c1268e5bbfc0d010a0a8508de0b18d30ad5a1ff357f8ae724270'],
-        'modulename': 'slugify',
-    }),
-    ('pyxdg', '0.26', {
-        'checksums': ['fe2928d3f532ed32b39c32a482b54136fe766d19936afc96c8f00645f9da1a06'],
+    ('pyxdg', '0.28', {
         'modulename': 'xdg',
+        'checksums': ['3267bb3074e934df202af2ee0868575484108581e6f3cb006af1da35395e88b4'],
     }),
-    ('rope', '0.18.0', {
-        'checksums': ['786b5c38c530d4846aa68a42604f61b4e69a493390e3ca11b88df0fbfdc3ed04'],
-    }),
-    ('QDarkStyle', '2.8.1', {
-        'checksums': ['d53b0120bddd9e3efba9801731e22ef86ed798bb5fc6a802f5f7bb32dedf0321'],
-    }),
-    ('QtAwesome', '1.0.1', {
-        'checksums': ['d612a313e531966d17f5a8fb7604faba961cf7ce3c77a9168c6f60e60140b767'],
-    }),
-    ('qtconsole', '4.7.7', {
-        'checksums': ['f236ead8711dba0702507dd8fad473c7216a86eefa6098eff8ec4b54f57d7804'],
-    }),
-    ('QtPy', '1.9.0', {
-        'checksums': ['2db72c44b55d0fe1407be8fba35c838ad0d6d3bb81f23007886dc1fc0f459c8d'],
+    ('QDarkStyle', '3.2.3', {
+        'checksums': ['0c0b7f74a6e92121008992b369bab60468157db1c02cd30d64a5e9a3b402f1ae'],
     }),
-    ('SecretStorage', '3.1.2', {
-        'checksums': ['15da8a989b65498e29be338b3b279965f1b8f09b9668bd8010da183024c8bff6'],
-        'modulename': 'secretstorage',
+    ('inflection', '0.5.1', {
+        'checksums': ['1a29730d366e996aaacffb2f1f1cb9593dc38e2ddd30c91250c6dde09ea9b417'],
     }),
-    ('spyder', version, {
-        'checksums': ['d467f020b694193873a237ce6744ae36bd5a59f4d2b7ffbeb15dda68b03f5aa1'],
-        'preinstallopts': local_spyder_preinstallopts,
+    ('qstylizer', '0.2.3', {
+        'checksums': ['5f2f5eb2c65c6c45e950462b565fcaa5107a91d1cfc1a85b8e0d831d727ee8f6'],
     }),
-    ('spyder-kernels', '1.9.4', {
-        'checksums': ['ca9d997c475b714b54d2fd67aa140837ec3630e91cbbc2e0cd190f1b0bd9fe9d'],
-        'modulename': 'spyder_kernels',
+    ('QtAwesome', '1.3.1', {
+        'checksums': ['075b2c9ee01cbaf5e3a4bebed0e5529ee8605981355f21dea051b15c1b869e1b'],
     }),
-    ('text-unidecode', '1.3', {
-        'checksums': ['bad6603bb14d279193107714b288be206cac565dfa49aa5b105294dd5c4aab93'],
+    ('spyder_kernels', '3.0.0', {
+        'checksums': ['3d316ea04802ed1feb366405cca03df2349dc9e35ad8653538d2fe48c0e9417f'],
     }),
-    ('traitlets', '5.0.4', {
-        'checksums': ['86c9351f94f95de9db8a04ad8e892da299a088a64fd283f9f6f18770ae5eae1b'],
+    ('superqt', '0.6.6', {
+        'checksums': ['792e09165c8a788ee245bdb784e018f9077fb309253354d86793cdf1d092f99f'],
     }),
-    ('typed_ast', '1.4.1', {
-        'checksums': ['8c8aaad94455178e3187ab22c8b01a3837f8ee50e09cf31f1ba129eb293ec30b'],
+    ('textdistance', '4.6.3', {
+        'checksums': ['d6dabc50b4ea832cdcf0e1e6021bd0c7fcd9ade155888d79bb6a3c31fce2dc6f'],
     }),
-    ('watchdog', '0.10.3', {
-        'checksums': ['4214e1379d128b0588021880ccaf40317ee156d4603ac388b9adcf29165e0c04'],
+    ('three-merge', '0.1.1', {
+        'checksums': ['60f6afe144595560d63ae32625351bcef3b94733b54eb97800a9feb0f3d9d970'],
     }),
-    ('wurlitzer', '2.0.1', {
-        'checksums': ['d08f0728a998441aac3d7a0f8cd6dfed2ba2525144878fb49599b719085b7543'],
+    ('watchdog', '5.0.3', {
+        'checksums': ['108f42a7f0345042a854d4d0ad0834b741d421330d5f575b81cb27b883500176'],
     }),
-    ('wrapt', '1.12.1', {
-        'checksums': ['b62ffa81fb85f4332a4f609cab4ac40709470da05643a082ec1eb88e6d9b97d7'],
+    ('jellyfish', '1.1.0', {
+        'checksums': ['2a2eec494c81dc1eb23dfef543110dad1873538eccaffabea8520bdac8aecbc1'],
     }),
-    ('yapf', '0.30.0', {
-        'checksums': ['3000abee4c28daebad55da6c85f3cd07b8062ce48e2e9943c8da1b9667d48427'],
+    (name, version, {
+        'source_tmpl': '%(namelower)s-%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        'preinstallopts': local_preinstallopts,
+        'checksums': ['709782e88091588bbe614de6ebbde7b47544a4d6c225e199de5ad22b77d8b130'],
     }),
 ]
 
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': ['bin/spyder3'],
-    'dirs': ['lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages'],
-}
+enhance_sanity_check = True
+sanity_check_paths = {'files': ['bin/spyder']}
 
-sanity_check_commands = ["spyder3 --help"]
+sanity_check_commands = ["spyder --help"]
 
 sanity_pip_check = True
 

diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/Spyder/Spyder-4.1.5-foss-2019a-Python-3.7.2.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/Spyder/Spyder-6.0.1-gfbf-2023b.eb
index 821d5fbb4f..779cc908ec 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/Spyder/Spyder-4.1.5-foss-2019a-Python-3.7.2.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/Spyder/Spyder-6.0.1-gfbf-2023b.eb
@@ -1,328 +1,111 @@
 easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
 
 name = 'Spyder'
-version = '4.1.5'
-versionsuffix = '-Python-%(pyver)s'
+version = '6.0.1'
 
 homepage = 'https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder'
 description = """Spyder is an interactive Python development environment providing MATLAB-like features in a simple
  and light-weighted software."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2019a'}
-toolchainopts = {'cstd': 'c++11'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
 
 builddependencies = [
-    ('CMake', '3.13.3'),
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+    ('poetry', '1.6.1'),
+    ('maturin', '1.3.1'),
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    ('Python', '3.7.2'),
-    ('ZeroMQ', '4.3.2'),
-    ('PyQt5', '5.12.1', versionsuffix),
-    ('IPython', '7.7.0', versionsuffix),
-    ('geopandas', '0.8.0', versionsuffix),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+    ('Python-bundle-PyPI', '2023.10'),
+    ('aiohttp', '3.9.5'),
+    ('IPython', '8.17.2'),
+    ('jupyter-server', '2.14.0'),
+    ('Pylint', '3.2.5'),
+    ('PyZMQ', '25.1.2'),
+    ('PyQt5', '5.15.10'),
+    ('Qtconsole', '5.6.0'),
+    ('Rtree', '1.2.0'),
+    ('Deprecated', '1.2.14'),
+    ('tornado', '6.4'),
+    ('numpydoc', '1.8.0'),
+    ('cookiecutter', '2.6.0'),
+    ('wurlitzer', '3.1.1'),
+    ('python-lsp-server', '1.12.0'),
 ]
 
 use_pip = True
 
-local_spyder_preinstallopts = (
-    "sed -i \"s/'pyqt5<5.13;python_version>=\\\"3\\\"',//g\" setup.py && "
-    "sed -i \"s/'pyqtwebengine<5.13;python_version>=\\\"3\\\"',//g\" setup.py && "
-    "sed -i 's/jedi==0.17.1/jedi==0.17.2/g' setup.py && "
-    "sed -i \"s/JEDI_REQVER = '=0.17.1'/JEDI_REQVER = '=0.17.2'/g\" spyder/dependencies.py && "
-)
+# fix deleting of PYTHONPATH
+local_preinstallopts = "sed -i '13,19d' spyder/app/start.py && "
+local_preinstallopts += "sed -i '171,173d' spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/utils/kernelspec.py && "
 
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-        'checksums': ['a661d72d58e6ea8a57f7a86e37d86716863ee5e92788398526d58b26a4e4dc02'],
+    ('asyncssh', '2.17.0', {
+        'checksums': ['3b159c105aa388c1e2245c4faf483f540ada8cad99402281119100166e5edb3c'],
     }),
-    ('arrow', '0.16.0', {
-        'checksums': ['92aac856ea5175c804f7ccb96aca4d714d936f1c867ba59d747a8096ec30e90a'],
+    ('diff-match-patch', '20230430', {
+        'checksums': ['953019cdb9c9d2c9e47b5b12bcff3cf4746fc4598eb406076fa1fc27e6a1f15c'],
     }),
-    ('astroid', '2.4.2', {
-        'checksums': ['2f4078c2a41bf377eea06d71c9d2ba4eb8f6b1af2135bec27bbbb7d8f12bb703'],
+    ('PyGithub', '2.4.0', {
+        'source_tmpl': SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ,
+        'modulename': 'github',
+        'checksums': ['6601e22627e87bac192f1e2e39c6e6f69a43152cfb8f307cee575879320b3051'],
     }),
-    ('async_generator', '1.10', {
-        'checksums': ['6ebb3d106c12920aaae42ccb6f787ef5eefdcdd166ea3d628fa8476abe712144'],
+    ('pylint_venv', '3.0.3', {
+        'checksums': ['df12a17fca39a94acc1c9a0f1dcf68141e90fe685569d78c046695c67c4e55fa'],
     }),
-    ('autopep8', '1.5.4', {
-        'checksums': ['d21d3901cb0da6ebd1e83fc9b0dfbde8b46afc2ede4fe32fbda0c7c6118ca094'],
+    ('pyls-spyder', '0.4.0', {
+        'checksums': ['45a321c83f64267d82907492c55199fccabda45bc872dd23bf1efd08edac1b0b'],
     }),
-    ('Babel', '2.8.0', {
-        'checksums': ['1aac2ae2d0d8ea368fa90906567f5c08463d98ade155c0c4bfedd6a0f7160e38'],
+    ('pyuca', '1.2', {
+        'checksums': ['8a382fe74627f08c0d18908c0713ca4a20aad5385f077579e56208beea2893b2'],
     }),
-    ('backcall', '0.2.0', {
-        'use_pip': False,
-        'checksums': ['5cbdbf27be5e7cfadb448baf0aa95508f91f2bbc6c6437cd9cd06e2a4c215e1e'],
-    }),
-    ('binaryornot', '0.4.4', {
-        'checksums': ['359501dfc9d40632edc9fac890e19542db1a287bbcfa58175b66658392018061'],
-    }),
-    ('bleach', '3.1.5', {
-        'checksums': ['3c4c520fdb9db59ef139915a5db79f8b51bc2a7257ea0389f30c846883430a4b'],
-    }),
-    ('certifi', '2020.6.20', {
-        'checksums': ['5930595817496dd21bb8dc35dad090f1c2cd0adfaf21204bf6732ca5d8ee34d3'],
-    }),
-    ('cloudpickle', '1.6.0', {
-        'checksums': ['9bc994f9e9447593bd0a45371f0e7ac7333710fcf64a4eb9834bf149f4ef2f32'],
-    }),
-    ('cookiecutter', '1.7.2', {
-        'checksums': ['efb6b2d4780feda8908a873e38f0e61778c23f6a2ea58215723bcceb5b515dac'],
-    }),
-    ('decorator', '4.4.2', {
-        'checksums': ['e3a62f0520172440ca0dcc823749319382e377f37f140a0b99ef45fecb84bfe7'],
-    }),
-    ('defusedxml', '0.6.0', {
-        'checksums': ['f684034d135af4c6cbb949b8a4d2ed61634515257a67299e5f940fbaa34377f5'],
-    }),
-    ('diff-match-patch', '20200713', {
-        'checksums': ['da6f5a01aa586df23dfc89f3827e1cafbb5420be9d87769eeb079ddfd9477a18'],
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-    ('docutils', '0.16', {
-        'checksums': ['c2de3a60e9e7d07be26b7f2b00ca0309c207e06c100f9cc2a94931fc75a478fc'],
-    }),
-    ('entrypoints', '0.3', {
-        'use_pip': False,
-        'checksums': ['c70dd71abe5a8c85e55e12c19bd91ccfeec11a6e99044204511f9ed547d48451'],
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-    ('flake8', '3.8.3', {
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-    }),
-    ('helpdev', '0.7.1', {
-        'checksums': ['bb62a79acbac141dadf42cadeb92bb7450dd18b9824a62043b6a0b149190db3d'],
-    }),
-    ('importlib_metadata', '1.7.0', {
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-    }),
-    ('imagesize', '1.2.0', {
-        'checksums': ['b1f6b5a4eab1f73479a50fb79fcf729514a900c341d8503d62a62dbc4127a2b1'],
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-    ('intervaltree', '3.1.0', {
-        'checksums': ['902b1b88936918f9b2a19e0e5eb7ccb430ae45cde4f39ea4b36932920d33952d'],
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-    ('ipykernel', '5.3.4', {
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-    }),
-    ('isort', '5.5.2', {
-        'use_pip': False,
-        'checksums': ['171c5f365791073426b5ed3a156c2081a47f88c329161fd28228ff2da4c97ddb'],
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-    ('jedi', '0.17.2', {
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-    ('jeepney', '0.4.3', {
-        'use_pip': False,
-        'checksums': ['3479b861cc2b6407de5188695fa1a8d57e5072d7059322469b62628869b8e36e'],
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-    ('Jinja2', '2.10', {
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-    ('jinja2-time', '0.2.0', {
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-    ('jsonschema', '3.2.0', {
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-    ('jupyter_client', '6.1.7', {
-        'checksums': ['49e390b36fe4b4226724704ea28d9fb903f1a3601b6882ce3105221cd09377a1'],
-    }),
-    ('jupyter_core', '4.6.3', {
-        'checksums': ['394fd5dd787e7c8861741880bdf8a00ce39f95de5d18e579c74b882522219e7e'],
-    }),
-    ('jupyter_contrib_core', '0.3.3', {
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-    }),
-    ('jupyterlab_pygments', '0.1.1', {
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-    }),
-    ('keyring', '21.4.0', {
-        'checksums': ['9aeadd006a852b78f4b4ef7c7556c2774d2432bbef8ee538a3e9089ac8b11466'],
-        'preinstallopts': """sed -i 's/setup()/setup(version="%(version)s")/g' setup.py && """
-    }),
-    ('keyrings.alt', '3.1', {
-        'checksums': ['b59c86b67b9027a86e841a49efc41025bcc3b1b0308629617b66b7011e52db5a'],
-        'preinstallopts': """sed -i 's/setup()/setup(version="%(version)s")/g' setup.py && """
-    }),
-    ('lazy-object-proxy', '1.4.3', {
-        'checksums': ['f3900e8a5de27447acbf900b4750b0ddfd7ec1ea7fbaf11dfa911141bc522af0'],
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-    ('MarkupSafe', '1.1.1', {
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-    ('mccabe', '0.6.1', {
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-    ('mistune', '0.8.4', {
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-    ('nbclient', '0.5.0', {
-        'checksums': ['8ad52d27ba144fca1402db014857e53c5a864a2f407be66ca9d74c3a56d6591d'],
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-    ('nbconvert', '6.0.2', {
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-    }),
-    ('nbformat', '5.0.7', {
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-    ('nest_asyncio', '1.4.0', {
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-    }),
-    ('numpydoc', '1.1.0', {
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-    }),
-    ('packaging', '20.4', {
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-    ('parso', '0.7.0', {
-        'checksums': ['908e9fae2144a076d72ae4e25539143d40b8e3eafbaeae03c1bfe226f4cdf12c'],
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-    ('pathtools', '0.1.2', {
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-    }),
-    ('poyo', '0.5.0', {
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-    ('psutil', '5.4.8', {
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-    ('pycodestyle', '2.6.0', {
-        'checksums': ['c58a7d2815e0e8d7972bf1803331fb0152f867bd89adf8a01dfd55085434192e'],
-    }),
-    ('pydocstyle', '5.1.1', {
-        'checksums': ['19b86fa8617ed916776a11cd8bc0197e5b9856d5433b777f51a3defe13075325'],
-    }),
-    ('pyflakes', '2.2.0', {
-        'checksums': ['35b2d75ee967ea93b55750aa9edbbf72813e06a66ba54438df2cfac9e3c27fc8'],
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-    ('Pygments', '2.7.0', {
-        'checksums': ['2594e8fdb06fef91552f86f4fd3a244d148ab24b66042036e64f29a291515048'],
-    }),
-    ('pylint', '2.6.0', {
-        'checksums': ['bb4a908c9dadbc3aac18860550e870f58e1a02c9f2c204fdf5693d73be061210'],
-    }),
-    ('python-language-server', '0.35.0', {
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-        'checksums': ['ac0bbc549b38565aa945b6335cc65c5e7230b8b60417af3bf9df5d1aacb03f90'],
-    }),
-    ('PyQt5_sip', '12.8.1', {
-        'modulename': False,
-        'checksums': ['30e944db9abee9cc757aea16906d4198129558533eb7fadbe48c5da2bd18e0bd'],
-    }),
-    ('pyrsistent', '0.17.3', {
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-    }),
-    ('python-jsonrpc-server', '0.4.0', {
-        'modulename': 'pyls_jsonrpc',
-        'checksums': ['62c543e541f101ec5b57dc654efc212d2c2e3ea47ff6f54b2e7dcb36ecf20595'],
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-    ('python-slugify', '4.0.1', {
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-        'checksums': ['69a517766e00c1268e5bbfc0d010a0a8508de0b18d30ad5a1ff357f8ae724270'],
-    }),
-    ('pyxdg', '0.26', {
+    ('pyxdg', '0.28', {
         'modulename': 'xdg',
-        'checksums': ['fe2928d3f532ed32b39c32a482b54136fe766d19936afc96c8f00645f9da1a06'],
-    }),
-    ('requests', '2.23.0', {
-        'checksums': ['b3f43d496c6daba4493e7c431722aeb7dbc6288f52a6e04e7b6023b0247817e6'],
+        'checksums': ['3267bb3074e934df202af2ee0868575484108581e6f3cb006af1da35395e88b4'],
     }),
-    ('rope', '0.17.0', {
-        'checksums': ['658ad6705f43dcf3d6df379da9486529cf30e02d9ea14c5682aa80eb33b649e1'],
+    ('QDarkStyle', '3.2.3', {
+        'checksums': ['0c0b7f74a6e92121008992b369bab60468157db1c02cd30d64a5e9a3b402f1ae'],
     }),
-    ('QDarkStyle', '2.8.1', {
-        'checksums': ['d53b0120bddd9e3efba9801731e22ef86ed798bb5fc6a802f5f7bb32dedf0321'],
+    ('inflection', '0.5.1', {
+        'checksums': ['1a29730d366e996aaacffb2f1f1cb9593dc38e2ddd30c91250c6dde09ea9b417'],
     }),
-    ('QtAwesome', '0.7.2', {
-        'checksums': ['ca9719c82d41707f62c340811b23bcab95336e73edd88b7eab7fd951d2e27fab'],
+    ('qstylizer', '0.2.3', {
+        'checksums': ['5f2f5eb2c65c6c45e950462b565fcaa5107a91d1cfc1a85b8e0d831d727ee8f6'],
     }),
-    ('qtconsole', '4.7.7', {
-        'checksums': ['f236ead8711dba0702507dd8fad473c7216a86eefa6098eff8ec4b54f57d7804'],
+    ('QtAwesome', '1.3.1', {
+        'checksums': ['075b2c9ee01cbaf5e3a4bebed0e5529ee8605981355f21dea051b15c1b869e1b'],
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-    ('QtPy', '1.9.0', {
-        'checksums': ['2db72c44b55d0fe1407be8fba35c838ad0d6d3bb81f23007886dc1fc0f459c8d'],
+    ('spyder_kernels', '3.0.0', {
+        'checksums': ['3d316ea04802ed1feb366405cca03df2349dc9e35ad8653538d2fe48c0e9417f'],
     }),
-    ('SecretStorage', '3.1.2', {
-        'modulename': 'secretstorage',
-        'checksums': ['15da8a989b65498e29be338b3b279965f1b8f09b9668bd8010da183024c8bff6'],
+    ('superqt', '0.6.6', {
+        'checksums': ['792e09165c8a788ee245bdb784e018f9077fb309253354d86793cdf1d092f99f'],
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-    ('snowballstemmer', '2.0.0', {
-        'checksums': ['df3bac3df4c2c01363f3dd2cfa78cce2840a79b9f1c2d2de9ce8d31683992f52'],
+    ('textdistance', '4.6.3', {
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     }),
-    ('sortedcontainers', '2.2.2', {
-        'checksums': ['4e73a757831fc3ca4de2859c422564239a31d8213d09a2a666e375807034d2ba'],
+    ('three-merge', '0.1.1', {
+        'checksums': ['60f6afe144595560d63ae32625351bcef3b94733b54eb97800a9feb0f3d9d970'],
     }),
-    ('Sphinx', '3.2.1', {
-        'checksums': ['321d6d9b16fa381a5306e5a0b76cd48ffbc588e6340059a729c6fdd66087e0e8'],
+    ('watchdog', '5.0.3', {
+        'checksums': ['108f42a7f0345042a854d4d0ad0834b741d421330d5f575b81cb27b883500176'],
     }),
-    ('sphinxcontrib-applehelp', '1.0.2', {
-        'modulename': 'sphinxcontrib.applehelp',
-        'checksums': ['a072735ec80e7675e3f432fcae8610ecf509c5f1869d17e2eecff44389cdbc58'],
+    ('jellyfish', '1.1.0', {
+        'checksums': ['2a2eec494c81dc1eb23dfef543110dad1873538eccaffabea8520bdac8aecbc1'],
     }),
-    ('sphinxcontrib-devhelp', '1.0.2', {
-        'modulename': 'sphinxcontrib.devhelp',
-        'checksums': ['ff7f1afa7b9642e7060379360a67e9c41e8f3121f2ce9164266f61b9f4b338e4'],
-    }),
-    ('sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp', '1.0.3', {
-        'modulename': 'sphinxcontrib.htmlhelp',
-        'checksums': ['e8f5bb7e31b2dbb25b9cc435c8ab7a79787ebf7f906155729338f3156d93659b'],
-    }),
-    ('sphinxcontrib-jsmath', '1.0.1', {
-        'modulename': 'sphinxcontrib.jsmath',
-        'checksums': ['a9925e4a4587247ed2191a22df5f6970656cb8ca2bd6284309578f2153e0c4b8'],
-    }),
-    ('sphinxcontrib-qthelp', '1.0.3', {
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-        'checksums': ['4c33767ee058b70dba89a6fc5c1892c0d57a54be67ddd3e7875a18d14cba5a72'],
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-    ('sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml', '1.1.4', {
-        'modulename': 'sphinxcontrib.serializinghtml',
-        'checksums': ['eaa0eccc86e982a9b939b2b82d12cc5d013385ba5eadcc7e4fed23f4405f77bc'],
-    }),
-    ('spyder', version, {
-        'preinstallopts': local_spyder_preinstallopts,
-        'checksums': ['d467f020b694193873a237ce6744ae36bd5a59f4d2b7ffbeb15dda68b03f5aa1'],
-    }),
-    ('spyder-kernels', '1.9.4', {
-        'modulename': 'spyder_kernels',
-        'checksums': ['ca9d997c475b714b54d2fd67aa140837ec3630e91cbbc2e0cd190f1b0bd9fe9d'],
-    }),
-    ('text-unidecode', '1.3', {
-        'checksums': ['bad6603bb14d279193107714b288be206cac565dfa49aa5b105294dd5c4aab93'],
-    }),
-    ('toml', '0.10.1', {
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-    }),
-    ('traitlets', '5.0.4', {
-        'checksums': ['86c9351f94f95de9db8a04ad8e892da299a088a64fd283f9f6f18770ae5eae1b'],
-    }),
-    ('typed_ast', '1.4.1', {
-        'checksums': ['8c8aaad94455178e3187ab22c8b01a3837f8ee50e09cf31f1ba129eb293ec30b'],
-    }),
-    ('ujson', '3.2.0', {
-        'checksums': ['abb1996ba1c1d2faf5b1e38efa97da7f64e5373a31f705b96fe0587f5f778db4'],
-    }),
-    ('watchdog', '0.10.3', {
-        'checksums': ['4214e1379d128b0588021880ccaf40317ee156d4603ac388b9adcf29165e0c04'],
-    }),
-    ('wurlitzer', '2.0.1', {
-        'checksums': ['d08f0728a998441aac3d7a0f8cd6dfed2ba2525144878fb49599b719085b7543'],
-    }),
-    ('wrapt', '1.12.1', {
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-    }),
-    ('yapf', '0.30.0', {
-        'checksums': ['3000abee4c28daebad55da6c85f3cd07b8062ce48e2e9943c8da1b9667d48427'],
-    }),
-    ('zipp', '1.2.0', {
-        'checksums': ['c70410551488251b0fee67b460fb9a536af8d6f9f008ad10ac51f615b6a521b1'],
+    (name, version, {
+        'source_tmpl': '%(namelower)s-%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        'preinstallopts': local_preinstallopts,
+        'checksums': ['709782e88091588bbe614de6ebbde7b47544a4d6c225e199de5ad22b77d8b130'],
     }),
 ]
 
+enhance_sanity_check = True
+sanity_check_paths = {'files': ['bin/spyder']}
+
+sanity_check_commands = ["spyder --help"]
+
 sanity_pip_check = True
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': ['bin/spyder3'],
-    'dirs': ['lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages'],
-}
-sanity_check_commands = ["spyder3 --help"]
 
 moduleclass = 'tools'

diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/wrapt/wrapt-1.16.0-gfbf-2024a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/wrapt/wrapt-1.16.0-gfbf-2023b.eb
index 10f6d8cf5c..8e5cb585bd 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/wrapt/wrapt-1.16.0-gfbf-2024a.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/wrapt/wrapt-1.16.0-gfbf-2023b.eb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
+easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
 
 name = 'wrapt'
 version = '1.16.0'
@@ -8,20 +8,16 @@ description = """The aim of the wrapt module is to provide a transparent object
 proxy for Python, which can be used as the basis for the construction of
 function wrappers and decorator functions."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'gfbf', 'version': '2024a'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
 
-dependencies = [
-    ('Python', '3.12.3'),
-    ('SciPy-bundle', '2024.05'),
-]
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['5f370f952971e7d17c7d1ead40e49f32345a7f7a5373571ef44d800d06b1899d']
+
+dependencies = [('Python', '3.11.5')]
+builddependencies = [('binutils', '2.40')]
 
 use_pip = True
+download_dep_fail = True
 sanity_pip_check = True
 
-exts_list = [
-    (name, version, {
-        'checksums': ['5f370f952971e7d17c7d1ead40e49f32345a7f7a5373571ef44d800d06b1899d'],
-    }),
-]
-
 moduleclass = 'tools'

diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/wrapt/wrapt-1.15.0-gfbf-2023a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/wrapt/wrapt-1.16.0-gfbf-2023b.eb
index d623ccbd56..8e5cb585bd 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/wrapt/wrapt-1.15.0-gfbf-2023a.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/wrapt/wrapt-1.16.0-gfbf-2023b.eb
@@ -1,27 +1,23 @@
-easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
+easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
 
 name = 'wrapt'
-version = '1.15.0'
+version = '1.16.0'
 
 homepage = 'https://pypi.org/project/wrapt/'
 description = """The aim of the wrapt module is to provide a transparent object
 proxy for Python, which can be used as the basis for the construction of
 function wrappers and decorator functions."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'gfbf', 'version': '2023a'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
 
-dependencies = [
-    ('Python', '3.11.3'),
-    ('SciPy-bundle', '2023.07'),
-]
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['5f370f952971e7d17c7d1ead40e49f32345a7f7a5373571ef44d800d06b1899d']
+
+dependencies = [('Python', '3.11.5')]
+builddependencies = [('binutils', '2.40')]
 
 use_pip = True
+download_dep_fail = True
 sanity_pip_check = True
 
-exts_list = [
-    (name, version, {
-        'checksums': ['d06730c6aed78cee4126234cf2d071e01b44b915e725a6cb439a879ec9754a3a'],
-    }),
-]
-
 moduleclass = 'tools'