diff --git a/.cruft.json b/.cruft.json
index b3f28eea..c47860bb 100644
--- a/.cruft.json
+++ b/.cruft.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "template": "https://github.com/scverse/cookiecutter-scverse",
-    "commit": "586b1652162ff7994b0070a034023d64289ae416",
-    "checkout": "v0.3.1",
+    "commit": "87a407a65408d75a949c0b54b19fd287475a56f8",
+    "checkout": "v0.4.0",
     "context": {
         "cookiecutter": {
             "project_name": "squidpy",
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 27d1997b..84537a47 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ default_stages:
 minimum_pre_commit_version: 2.9.3
 repos:
     - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-      rev: v1.9.0
+      rev: v1.10.0
       hooks:
           - id: mypy
             additional_dependencies: [numpy, pandas, types-requests]
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ repos:
             name: Check executable files use .sh extension
             types: [shell, executable]
     - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-      rev: v0.4.1
+      rev: v0.4.5
       hooks:
           - id: ruff
             types_or: [python, pyi, jupyter]
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 661768ee..8275749e 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
-#
+
 # This file only contains a selection of the most common options. For a full
 # list see the documentation:
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html
diff --git a/docs/notebooks b/docs/notebooks
index 8b0ed602..08e914f1 160000
--- a/docs/notebooks
+++ b/docs/notebooks
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8b0ed6026d7cb9daddda5bcdb7c195ee0efb1cce
+Subproject commit 08e914f17acb0260c9e6b54d227f35072420f7a3
diff --git a/docs/release/notes-1.4.2.rst b/docs/release/notes-1.4.2.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8252e061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release/notes-1.4.2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Squidpy 1.4.1 (2024-02-06)
+==========================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Unpin ``scikit-image``.
+  `@giovp <https://github.com/giovp>`__
+  `#796 <https://github.com/scverse/squidpy/pull/796>`__
diff --git a/docs/release/notes-dev.rst b/docs/release/notes-dev.rst
index 76a5b52d..86ce6e4c 100644
--- a/docs/release/notes-dev.rst
+++ b/docs/release/notes-dev.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 Squidpy dev (the-future)
 ========================
-- Fixed the reading of 10x formatted mtx files `@LinearParadox <https://github.com/LinearParadox>`__
-  `#803 <https://github.com/scverse/squidpy/pull/803>`__