diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 3139f1f38e..597192a004 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Base Setup
         uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+        with:
+          dependency_type: minimum
+
+      - name: debug
+        run: |
+          pip install -ve ".[dev,test]"
 
       - name: Test the package
         run: hatch run cov:test
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index df42cf7308..50c5332632 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
     "jupyter_server>=2.4.0,<3",
     "jupyterlab>=4.2.0a2,<4.3",
-    "jupyterlab_server>=2.22.1,<3",
+    "jupyterlab_server>=2.25.4,<3",
     "notebook_shim>=0.2,<0.3",
     "tornado>=6.2.0",
 ]
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ test = [
     "pytest-tornasync",
     "pytest-timeout",
     "pytest-console-scripts",
-    "ipykernel",
+    "ipykernel>=6.5.0",
     "jupyter_server[test]>=2.4.0,<3",
-    "jupyterlab_server[test]>=2.22.1,<3",
+    "jupyterlab_server[test]>=2.25.4,<3",
     "importlib-resources>=5.0;python_version<\"3.10\"",
 ]
 docs = [
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ version-cmd = "jlpm run release:bump --force --skip-commit"
 
 [tool.jupyter-releaser.hooks]
 before-bump-version = [
-    "python -m pip install -U jupyterlab~=4.1.1",
+    "python -m pip install -U \"jupyterlab>=4.2.0a2,<4.3\"",
     "jlpm",
     "jlpm run build:utils",
     "python -m pip install hatch"