diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3528b1b..a6779d6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ dependencies = [
   'pandas>=1.1.2',
   'black>=21.11b1',
   'numpy>=1.21.2',
-  'zarr>=2.5.0,<3',
+  'zarr>=3.0.0',
   'numcodecs>=0.5.7,<0.16.0',
-  'vitessce[all]>=3.7.9',
+  'vitessce[all] @ git+https://github.com/LucaMarconato/vitessce-python.git@zarr3',
   'scanpy>=1.11.3',
   'anndata>=0.11.4',
   'spatialdata>=0.3.0',
-  "xarray>=2024.10.0,<=2025.3.0",
+  "xarray>=2024.10.0",
   'spatialdata-plot>=0.2.7',
-  'dask[dataframe]==2024.11.1',
-  'distributed<=2024.11.2',
+  'dask[dataframe]>=2025.2.0',
+  'distributed>=2025.2.0',
   'donfig>=0.3.1',
 ]
 
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ dev = [
 packages = ["easy_vitessce"]
 package-dir = {"" = "src"}
 
+[tool.hatch.metadata]
+allow-direct-references = true
+
 [project.urls]
 repository = "https://github.com/vitessce/easy_vitessce"