diff --git a/.github/workflows/full_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/full_tests.yml
index 15cda73e..b2d5b9c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/full_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/full_tests.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install package
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install .[test]
+        pip install .
+        pip install --group test
     - name: Pytest
       run: |
         pytest -m "not library" -v
diff --git a/.github/workflows/full_tests_codecov.yml b/.github/workflows/full_tests_codecov.yml
index c48715ab..44614bd2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/full_tests_codecov.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/full_tests_codecov.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install package
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install .[test]
+        pip install .
+        pip install --group test
     - name: Pytest
       run: |
         pytest --cov=probeinterface --cov-report xml:./coverage.xml
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index ea08c7d7..dd57770c 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 version: 2
 
 build:
-  os: ubuntu-20.04
+  os: ubuntu-24.04
   tools:
     python: "3.10"
+  jobs:
+    install:
+      - pip install -U pip
+      - pip install .
+      - pip install --group docs
 
 sphinx:
   configuration: doc/conf.py
-
-python:
-  install:
-    - method: pip
-      path: .
-      extra_requirements:
-        - docs
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0474a124..fa605272 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 [tool.hatch.build]
 sources = ["src"]
 
-[project.optional-dependencies]
+[dependency-groups]
 
 test = [
     "jsonschema",
@@ -47,18 +47,26 @@ test = [
     "scipy",
     "pandas",
     "h5py",
-    "zarr>=2.16.0,<3.0.0"
+    "zarr>=2.16.0,<3.0.0",
 ]
 
 docs = [
     "pillow",
     "sphinx-gallery",
     "sphinx_rtd_theme",
-    "matplotlib==3.2.2",
+    "matplotlib",
     "scipy",
     "pandas",
 ]
 
+dev = [
+    {include-group = "test"},
+    {include-group = "docs"},
+    "pre-commit",
+    "tqdm",  # used in resources/generate_cambridgeneurotech_library.py
+    "shapely",  # used in resources/generate_cambridgeneurotech_library.py
+]
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 markers = [
     "library",