diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index bace19ff..a045d192 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -4,16 +4,6 @@
 
 version: 2
 updates:
-- package-ecosystem: pip
-  directory: /requirements
-  target-branch: develop
-  schedule:
-    interval: monthly
-  groups:
-    actions:
-      patterns:
-      - '*'
-
 - package-ecosystem: github-actions
   directory: /.github/workflows
   target-branch: develop
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index fc06e9de..f4cef435 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    name: ${{ matrix.os }}, Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    name: ${{ matrix.os }}, Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} ${{ matrix.install-args }} ${{ matrix.viscm-flavor }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -29,29 +29,39 @@ jobs:
         - '3.11'
         - '3.12'
         - '3.13'
-        test-args: [viscm>=0.10]
-        venv-loc: [bin]
+        install-args: ['']
+        viscm-flavor: ['']
 
         include:
         - os: ubuntu-20.04
           python-version: '3.10'
-          venv-loc: bin
           install-args: --resolution=lowest-direct
         - os: windows-latest
           python-version: '3.10'
-          venv-loc: Scripts
         - os: windows-latest
           python-version: '3.11'
-          venv-loc: Scripts
         - os: windows-latest
           python-version: '3.12'
-          venv-loc: Scripts
+
+        # check with viscm + Python 3.12
+        # note that 3.13 is not usable at the time of writing because
+        # viscm 0.10.0 pin numpy<2, and numpy 1.x doesn't support Python 3.13
+        # see https://github.com/matplotlib/viscm/pull/82
+        - os: ubuntu-latest
+          python-version: '3.12'
+          viscm-flavor: PyQt
+        - os: ubuntu-latest
+          python-version: '3.12'
+          viscm-flavor: Pyside
+        - os: macos-latest
+          python-version: '3.12'
+          viscm-flavor: PyQt
         - os: windows-latest
-          python-version: '3.13'
-          venv-loc: Scripts
+          python-version: '3.12'
+          viscm-flavor: PyQt
 
     concurrency:
-      group: ${{ github.ref }}-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-build
+      group: ${{ github.ref }}-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.install-args }}-${{ matrix.viscm-flavor }}-build
       cancel-in-progress: true
 
     steps:
@@ -62,10 +72,13 @@ jobs:
         cache-dependency-glob: pyproject.toml
 
     - name: Build
+      shell: bash # for windows-compat
       run: |
-        uv venv --python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uv pip install -e . ${{ matrix.install-args }}
-        uv pip install -r requirements/dev.txt ${{ matrix.test-args }}
+        uv venv -p ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uv pip install ${{ matrix.install-args }} .
+    - name: Inject viscm
+      if: matrix.viscm-flavor != ''
+      run: uv pip install "viscm[ ${{ matrix.viscm-flavor }} ]"
 
     - run: uv pip list
 
@@ -73,14 +86,14 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ !startsWith( matrix.os , 'ubuntu' ) }}
       shell: bash # for windows-compat
       run: |
-        source .venv/${{matrix.venv-loc}}/activate
-        pytest --color=yes --mpl
+        uv run --verbose --group dev \
+          pytest --color=yes --mpl
 
     - name: Test package (with coverage)
       if: startsWith( matrix.os , 'ubuntu' )
       run: |
-        source .venv/${{matrix.venv-loc}}/activate
-        coverage run --parallel-mode -m pytest --color=yes --mpl
+        uv run --verbose --group dev \
+          coverage run -m pytest --color=yes --mpl
 
     - name: Upload coverage data
       # only using reports from ubuntu because
@@ -88,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
       if: startsWith( matrix.os , 'ubuntu' )
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # v4.4.3
       with:
-        name: cmasher_coverage_data-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        name: cmasher_coverage_data-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.install-args }}-${{ matrix.viscm-flavor }}
         path: .coverage.*
         if-no-files-found: ignore
         include-hidden-files: true
@@ -128,6 +141,7 @@ jobs:
     name: type check w/ Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version:
         - '3.10'
@@ -147,10 +161,7 @@ jobs:
         cache-dependency-glob: pyproject.toml
 
     - name: Run mypy
-      run: |
-        uvx --python ${{ matrix.python-version }} \
-          --with-requirements=requirements/typecheck.txt --with . \
-          mypy src/cmasher
+      run: uv run -p ${{ matrix.python-version }} --group dev mypy src/cmasher
 
   docs:
     name: Build docs
@@ -169,8 +180,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Build
       run: |
-        uvx --python 3.12 --with-requirements=requirements/docs.txt --from sphinx \
-          sphinx-build -M html docs/source site -W
+        uvx -p 3.13 --with-requirements=docs/requirements.txt --compile-bytecode \
+          --from sphinx sphinx-build -M html docs/source site -W
     - name: Upload artifacts
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # v4.4.3
       with:
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index e84d96c3..94b5a391 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ sphinx:
 
 python:
   install:
-  - requirements: requirements/docs.txt
+  - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 35fe7ad4..5bacba50 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ include LICENSE
 include CITATION
 include README.rst
 include MANIFEST.in
-include requirements/*.txt
 include conftest.py
 recursive-include cmasher data/*
 recursive-exclude cmasher/colormaps *
diff --git a/docs/requirements.in b/docs/requirements.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..020407e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.
+sphinx>=7.2.6
+sphinx-autobuild>=2021.3.14
+sphinx_rtd_theme>=2.0.0
+jinja2>=3.1.2
+markupsafe>=2.1.3
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff84b7ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+# This file was autogenerated by uv via the following command:
+#    uv pip compile docs/requirements.in
+alabaster==1.0.0
+    # via sphinx
+anyio==4.6.2.post1
+    # via
+    #   starlette
+    #   watchfiles
+babel==2.16.0
+    # via sphinx
+certifi==2024.8.30
+    # via requests
+charset-normalizer==3.4.0
+    # via requests
+click==8.1.7
+    # via uvicorn
+.
+    # via -r docs/requirements.in
+colorama==0.4.6
+    # via sphinx-autobuild
+colorspacious==1.1.2
+    # via cmasher
+contourpy==1.3.0
+    # via matplotlib
+cycler==0.12.1
+    # via matplotlib
+docutils==0.21.2
+    # via
+    #   sphinx
+    #   sphinx-rtd-theme
+fonttools==4.54.1
+    # via matplotlib
+h11==0.14.0
+    # via uvicorn
+idna==3.10
+    # via
+    #   anyio
+    #   requests
+imagesize==1.4.1
+    # via sphinx
+jinja2==3.1.4
+    # via
+    #   -r docs/requirements.in
+    #   sphinx
+kiwisolver==1.4.7
+    # via matplotlib
+markupsafe==3.0.2
+    # via
+    #   -r docs/requirements.in
+    #   jinja2
+matplotlib==3.9.2
+    # via cmasher
+numpy==2.1.2
+    # via
+    #   cmasher
+    #   colorspacious
+    #   contourpy
+    #   matplotlib
+packaging==24.1
+    # via
+    #   matplotlib
+    #   sphinx
+pillow==11.0.0
+    # via matplotlib
+pygments==2.18.0
+    # via sphinx
+pyparsing==3.2.0
+    # via matplotlib
+python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
+    # via matplotlib
+requests==2.32.3
+    # via sphinx
+six==1.16.0
+    # via python-dateutil
+sniffio==1.3.1
+    # via anyio
+snowballstemmer==2.2.0
+    # via sphinx
+sphinx==8.1.3
+    # via
+    #   -r docs/requirements.in
+    #   sphinx-autobuild
+    #   sphinx-rtd-theme
+    #   sphinxcontrib-jquery
+sphinx-autobuild==2024.10.3
+    # via -r docs/requirements.in
+sphinx-rtd-theme==3.0.1
+    # via -r docs/requirements.in
+sphinxcontrib-applehelp==2.0.0
+    # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-devhelp==2.0.0
+    # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.1.0
+    # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-jquery==4.1
+    # via sphinx-rtd-theme
+sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
+    # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-qthelp==2.0.0
+    # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==2.0.0
+    # via sphinx
+starlette==0.41.0
+    # via sphinx-autobuild
+urllib3==2.2.3
+    # via requests
+uvicorn==0.32.0
+    # via sphinx-autobuild
+watchfiles==0.24.0
+    # via sphinx-autobuild
+websockets==13.1
+    # via sphinx-autobuild
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index fa4a87b7..4e81bd3f 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@
     "sticky_navigation": False,
     "includehidden": False,
     "titles_only": False,
-    "display_version": False,
 }
 
 # Title formatting
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 90dccd6c..92a2ae63 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,13 +45,32 @@ Documentation = "https://cmasher.readthedocs.io"
 [project.scripts]
 cmr = "cmasher.cli_tools:main"
 
+[dependency-groups]
+dev = [
+    "coverage[toml]>=7.6.4",
+    "mypy>=1.7.1",
+    "pytest>=4.6.0",
+    "pytest-mpl>=0.13.0",
+]
+
 [tool.hatch.build]
 exclude = [
   "scripts",
 ]
 
+[tool.setuptools]
+package-dir = {cmasher = "cmasher"}
+include-package-data = true
+zip-safe = false
+platforms = [
+    "Windows",
+    "Mac OS-X",
+    "Linux",
+    "Unix",
+]
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
-addopts = "-v"
+addopts = "-v -ra"
 filterwarnings = [
   "error",
   "ignore:FigureCanvasAgg is non-interactive:UserWarning",
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index bae83511..00000000
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-coverage[toml]>=7.6.4
-pyqt5>=5.15.6
-pytest>=4.6.0
-pytest-mpl>=0.13.0
diff --git a/requirements/docs.txt b/requirements/docs.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index d6476998..00000000
--- a/requirements/docs.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
--e .
-sphinx==7.2.6
-sphinx-autobuild==2021.3.14
-sphinx_rtd_theme==2.0.0
-jinja2==3.1.2
-markupsafe==2.1.3
diff --git a/requirements/typecheck.txt b/requirements/typecheck.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0aef747d..00000000
--- a/requirements/typecheck.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-mypy==1.7.1
-pytest==7.4.3
diff --git a/src/cmasher/utils.py b/src/cmasher/utils.py
index a245991c..76a7ec94 100644
--- a/src/cmasher/utils.py
+++ b/src/cmasher/utils.py
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ def take_cmap_colors(
 
     # Convert colors to proper format
     if return_fmt in ("float", "norm", "int", "8bit"):
-        colors = np.apply_along_axis(to_rgb, 1, colors)  # type: ignore [arg-type]
+        colors = np.apply_along_axis(to_rgb, 1, colors)  # type: ignore [call-overload]
         if return_fmt in ("int", "8bit"):
             colors = np.array(np.rint(colors * 255), dtype=int)
         colors = list(map(tuple, colors))