diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 943bfdca6b3..d0b02964e94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pytest -v --cov=./ --cov-report=xml
 
       - name: Upload code coverage to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4.4.1
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4.5.0
         with:
           file: ./coverage.xml
           flags: unittests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
index 82a73b12986..99fa8c414b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
            git fetch --prune --unshallow
 
       - name: Build wheels for CPython
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.18.1
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.19.1
         with:
           output-dir: dist
         env:
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
           merge-multiple: true
 
       - name: Publish to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.8.14
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.9.0
         with:
           user: __token__
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 482128e1a69..b5c0f5aa60b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 numpy
 scipy
-netCDF4
+netCDF4>=1.7.0
 matplotlib
 pooch
 cftime
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index b73bbebdf22..00000000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-
-[tool:pytest]
-norecursedirs = build doc