diff --git a/.coverage b/.coverage
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e0cd5a1
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index feb11d93..3359cfca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ source env/bin/activate
 # go out of old venv
 deactivate
 # delete old venv
-rm -r env
+rm -r .venv
 # create new venv
-python3 -m venv env
+python3 -m venv .venv
 # activate new venv
-source env/bin/activate
+source .venv/bin/activate
 ```
 
 ### Install dependencies
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index b3bd0382..e1376e8c 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [mypy]
-plugins = numpy.typing.mypy_plugin, pydantic.mypy
+plugins = pydantic.mypy
 
 [mypy-geopandas.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6c86b5f7..206c57d8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,23 +16,23 @@ readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
-    "geoengine-openapi-client == 0.0.26",
+    "geoengine-openapi-client == 0.0.27",
     "geopandas >=1.0,<2.0",
     "matplotlib >=3.5,<3.11",
     "numpy >=1.21,<2.4",
-    "owslib >=0.27,<0.35",
-    "pillow >=10.0,<12",
-    "pyarrow >=17.0,<21",
-    "python-dotenv >=0.19,<1.2",
+    "owslib >=0.27,<0.36",
+    "pillow >=10.0,<13",
+    "pyarrow >=17.0,<23",
+    "python-dotenv >=0.19,<1.3",
     "rasterio >=1.3,<2",
     "requests >= 2.26,<3",
-    "rioxarray >=0.9.1, <0.20",
+    "rioxarray >=0.9.1, <0.21",
     "StrEnum >=0.4.6,<0.5",               # TODO: use from stdlib when `python_requires = >=3.11`
     "vega >= 3.5,<4.2",
     "websockets >= 14.2,<16",
-    "xarray >=0.19,<2025.8",
+    "xarray >=0.19,<2025.10",
     "urllib3 >= 2.1, < 2.6",
-    "pydantic >= 2.10.6, < 2.12",
+    "pydantic >= 2.10.6, < 2.13",
     'skl2onnx >=1.19.1,<1.20',
 ]
 
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ Repository = "https://github.com/geo-engine/geoengine-python"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies] # TODO: use [dependency-groups] in the future
 dev = [
-    "build >=0.7,<1.3",
+    "build >=0.7,<1.4",
     "mypy >=1.14,<2.0",
     "pdoc3 >=0.10,<0.12",
     "ruff >=0.12.3,<0.13",         # formatter & linter
     "setuptools >=62,<81",
-    "twine >=3.4,<6.2",            # PyPI
+    "twine >=3.4,<6.3",            # PyPI
     "types-requests >=2.26,<3",    # mypy type hints
     "types-setuptools >=71.1,<81", # mypy type hints
     "wheel >=0.37,<0.46",
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ dev = [
 test = [
     "psycopg >=3.2,<4",
     "pytest >=6.3,<9",
-    "pytest-cov >=6.0,<7",
+    "pytest-cov >=6.0,<7.1",
     "requests_mock >=1.9,<2",
     "scikit-learn >=1.5,<1.8",
 ]
 examples = [
-    "cartopy >=0.22,<0.25",    # for WMS example
+    "cartopy >=0.22,<0.26",    # for WMS example
     "ipympl >=0.9.4,<0.10",    # for ML example
     "ipyvuetify >=1.10,<1.12", # for ML app
     "ipywidgets >=8.1.5,<9",   # for ML example
diff --git a/tests/test_ml.py b/tests/test_ml.py
index ad8e6597..f10ddb18 100644
--- a/tests/test_ml.py
+++ b/tests/test_ml.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class MlModelTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self) -> None:
         ge.reset(False)
 
-    def test_model_dim_to_tensorshape(self):
+    def test_model_dim_to_tensorshape(self) -> None:
         """Test model_dim_to_tensorshape"""
 
         dim_1d: list[TSP.Dimension] = [TSP.Dimension(dim_value=7)]