diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
index 081b673..42d7c6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ name: visualCaseGen CI
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ "main", "ci" ]
+    branches: [ "main", "ci"]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ "main", "ci" ]
 
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index a310f6a..d36554f 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ channels:
   - anaconda
   
 dependencies:
-  - python>=3.11.10,<3.12
+  - python>=3.12.7,<3.13.0
   #- xesmf
   - pip
   - pip:
diff --git a/external/ipyfilechooser b/external/ipyfilechooser
index 4c4f94a..67edea7 160000
--- a/external/ipyfilechooser
+++ b/external/ipyfilechooser
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4c4f94a8d99c4cd63cb039b75b128f6c550051ad
+Subproject commit 67edea7fd41e4c8c31101a27fdcaa924dd2b8a21
diff --git a/external/mom6_bathy b/external/mom6_bathy
index c8156d7..7b66666 160000
--- a/external/mom6_bathy
+++ b/external/mom6_bathy
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c8156d7852a970e94769e3549ac97ec168cddd33
+Subproject commit 7b666663f8971264aba3b2b98588bc0a8d718e20
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 48ff9d7..31c57dc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python",
   "Framework :: Jupyter"
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.11.10,<3.12"
+requires-python = ">=3.12.7,<3.13.0"
 dependencies = [
   "ipykernel>=6.29,<6.30",
   "ipython>=8.2,<8.3",