diff --git a/.github/workflows/bleeding-edge.yaml b/.github/workflows/bleeding-edge.yaml
index ab39e778..cb1899d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bleeding-edge.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bleeding-edge.yaml
@@ -36,15 +36,11 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: 3.11-dev
 
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel
-        python -m pip install git+https://github.com/yt-project/yt.git
-
     - name: Build
       run: |
-        python -m pip install  ".[test]"
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install ".[experimental]"
+        python -m pip install -r tests/requirements.txt
 
     - name: Run Tests
       run: pytest --color=yes
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4f258155..cacebbef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -29,10 +29,13 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
     - name: Build
       run: |
-        python3 -m pip install -U pip
-        python3 -m pip install ".[test]"
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install .
+        python -m pip install -r tests/requirements.txt
+
     - name: run tests
       run: pytest --color=yes
 
@@ -55,8 +58,9 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Build
       run: |
-        python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python3 -m pip install .[typecheck]
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install .
+        python -m pip install mypy==0.971
 
     - name: Run mypy
       run: mypy yt_idefix
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d7150cbc..6e424691 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,13 +11,21 @@
 [![Imports: isort](https://img.shields.io/badge/%20imports-isort-%231674b1?style=flat&labelColor=ef8336)](https://pycqa.github.io/isort/)
 
 A maturing yt frontend for Idefix and Pluto (vtk), packaged as an extension for yt.
-This frontend is a candidate for integration in the core yt code base.
 
 ## Installation
 
 ```shell
-pip install yt_idefix
+python -m pip install yt_idefix
 ```
+
+Alternatively, use
+```shell
+python -m pip install "yt_idefix[experimental]"
+```
+to require the bleeding-edge version of `yt`, enabling all experimental
+features, including unreleased ones. Note that this route takes longer (a couple
+minutes) to install because it will compile yt from source. See [Experimental features](#experimental-features).
+
 ## Usage
 
 After importing `yt` itself, make sure to activate the extension
@@ -26,23 +34,31 @@ import yt
 import yt_idefix
 ```
 
-Now `yt.load` will be able to read Pluto/Idefix `.vtk` output files, as well as Idefix `.dmp` dump files.
+Now `yt.load` will be able to read Pluto/Idefix `.vtk` output files, as well as
+Idefix `.dmp` dump files.
+
 
+## Experimental features
 
-## Strecthed grids support
+### Seamless plugin support
+*new in yt 4.2 (unreleased) + yt_idefix 0.16*
 
-### yt_idefix 0.12.0 and newer
+`yt>=4.2` supports automatic
+loading for external frontends, i.e., the extra import line (`import yt_idefix`)
+will not be needed with this version.
 
-version 0.12.0 brings experimental *native* support for streched grids, which is under
-active development upstream, in yt itself.
+This feature is marked as experimental until yt 4.2.0 is released.
 
-Slices should now work seamlessly even with older versions of yt, however
-yt 4.1 will be required to perform projections correctly.
+### Strecthed grids support
+*new in yt 4.1 + yt_idefix 0.12*
+- `yt_idefix>=0.12.0` natively supports `yt.SlicePlot` for streched grids
+- `yt>=4.1.0` is required from `yt.ProjectionPlot`
 
-**update**: yt_idefix 0.13.3 is the last release allowing yt 4.0.x, yt_idefix 0.14.0 requires yt 4.1
+Streched grids support is considered experimental as of yt 4.1
 
 
-### yt_idefix 0.11 and older (deprecated)
+## Deprecated features
+*will be removed in yt_idefix 1.0*
 
 yt_idefix ships a specialized loader function for datasets with streched grids
 `yt_idefix.load_stretched`. This function is only provided as a workaround 4.0.x limitations, but it's highly limited itself:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 31ecb911..47b3a1a3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "yt_idefix"
-version = "0.15.0"
+version = "0.16.0"
 description = "An extension module for yt, adding a frontend for Idefix"
 authors = [
     { name = "C.M.T. Robert" },
@@ -37,19 +37,21 @@ dependencies = [
     "yt>=4.1.0",
 ]
 
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+experimental = [
+  "yt@git+https://github.com/yt-project/yt.git#egg=main",
+]
+
+[project.entry-points."yt.frontends"]
+# these entry points require yt 4.2 (unreleased at the time of writing)
+# they are included early for testing purposes
+IdefixDmpkDataset = "yt_idefix.api:IdefixDmpDataset"
+IdefixVtkDataset = "yt_idefix.api:IdefixVtkDataset"
+PlutoVtkDataset = "yt_idefix.api:PlutoVtkDataset"
+
 [project.license]
 text = "GPL-3.0"
 
-[project.optional-dependencies]
-test = [
-    "more-itertools>=8.4",
-    "pyaml>=17.10.0",
-    "pytest>=7.0",
-    "unyt>=2.9.2",
-]
-typecheck = [
-    "mypy==0.971",
-]
 
 [project.readme]
 file = "README.md"
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ed88937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+more-itertools>=8.4
+pyaml>=17.10.0
+pytest>=7.0
+unyt>=2.9.2
diff --git a/yt_idefix/__init__.py b/yt_idefix/__init__.py
index 11e2bcb4..63ad8e62 100644
--- a/yt_idefix/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_idefix/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # immediately after `import yt.extensions.idefix`
 from yt_idefix.api import *
 
-__version__ = "0.15.0"
+__version__ = "0.16.0"