diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 7bee1f3c6..e37a7b443 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 #
 #    pip-compile --extra=dev --extra=docs --output-file=dev-requirements.txt pyproject.toml
 #
+appnope==0.1.3
+    # via
+    #   ipykernel
+    #   ipython
 asciitree==0.3.3
     # via zarr
 ase==3.22.1
@@ -14,14 +18,20 @@ asteval==0.9.31
     # via lmfit
 asttokens==2.4.1
     # via stack-data
+attrs==23.1.0
+    # via
+    #   cattrs
+    #   requests-cache
 babel==2.14.0
     # via mkdocs-material
 backcall==0.2.0
     # via ipython
-blosc2==2.5.1
+blosc2==2.0.0
     # via tables
 build==1.0.3
     # via pip-tools
+cattrs==23.2.2
+    # via requests-cache
 certifi==2023.11.17
     # via requests
 cfgv==3.4.0
@@ -43,11 +53,16 @@ comm==0.2.0
 contourpy==1.1.1
     # via matplotlib
 coverage[toml]==7.3.2
-    # via pytest-cov
+    # via
+    #   coverage
+    #   pytest-cov
 cycler==0.12.1
     # via matplotlib
+cython==3.0.6
+    # via tables
 dask[array]==2023.5.0
     # via
+    #   dask
     #   hyperspy
     #   kikuchipy
     #   orix
@@ -74,7 +89,9 @@ distlib==0.3.7
 entrypoints==0.4
     # via ipyparallel
 exceptiongroup==1.2.0
-    # via pytest
+    # via
+    #   cattrs
+    #   pytest
 executing==2.0.1
     # via stack-data
 fabio==2023.10.0
@@ -173,6 +190,8 @@ kikuchipy==0.9.0
     # via pynxtools (pyproject.toml)
 kiwisolver==1.4.5
     # via matplotlib
+lark==1.1.8
+    # via pynxtools (pyproject.toml)
 lazy-loader==0.3
     # via scikit-image
 llvmlite==0.41.1
@@ -236,8 +255,6 @@ mypy-extensions==1.0.0
     # via mypy
 natsort==8.4.0
     # via hyperspy
-ndindex==1.8
-    # via blosc2
 nest-asyncio==1.5.8
     # via ipykernel
 networkx==3.1
@@ -281,7 +298,6 @@ numexpr==2.8.5
 numpy==1.24.4
     # via
     #   ase
-    #   blosc2
     #   contourpy
     #   dask
     #   diffsims
@@ -372,6 +388,7 @@ platformdirs==4.0.0
     #   jupyter-core
     #   mkdocs
     #   pooch
+    #   requests-cache
     #   virtualenv
 pluggy==1.3.0
     # via pytest
@@ -398,9 +415,7 @@ ptyprocess==0.7.0
 pure-eval==0.2.2
     # via stack-data
 py-cpuinfo==9.0.0
-    # via
-    #   blosc2
-    #   tables
+    # via tables
 pycifrw==4.4.6
     # via diffpy-structure
 pyfai==2023.9.0
@@ -471,6 +486,10 @@ requests==2.31.0
     #   hyperspy
     #   mkdocs-material
     #   pooch
+    #   pynxtools (pyproject.toml)
+    #   requests-cache
+requests-cache==1.1.1
+    # via pynxtools (pyproject.toml)
 ruff==0.1.7
     # via pynxtools (pyproject.toml)
 scikit-image==0.20.0
@@ -506,6 +525,7 @@ six==1.16.0
     #   asttokens
     #   diffpy-structure
     #   python-dateutil
+    #   url-normalize
 smmap==5.0.1
     # via gitdb
 sparse==0.14.0
@@ -518,7 +538,7 @@ sympy==1.12
     # via
     #   hyperspy
     #   radioactivedecay
-tables==3.9.2
+tables==3.8.0
     # via ifes-apt-tc-data-modeling
 termcolor==2.4.0
     # via mkdocs-macros-plugin
@@ -578,7 +598,9 @@ types-pyyaml==6.0.12.12
 types-requests==2.31.0.10
     # via pynxtools (pyproject.toml)
 typing-extensions==4.8.0
-    # via mypy
+    # via
+    #   cattrs
+    #   mypy
 tzdata==2023.3
     # via
     #   pandas
@@ -589,9 +611,12 @@ tzlocal==4.3
     #   pynxtools (pyproject.toml)
 uncertainties==3.1.7
     # via lmfit
+url-normalize==1.4.3
+    # via requests-cache
 urllib3==2.1.0
     # via
     #   requests
+    #   requests-cache
     #   types-requests
 virtualenv==20.25.0
     # via pre-commit
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3ead709f3..2e7029b37 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ dependencies = [
     "PyYAML>=6.0",
     "numpy>=1.21.2",
     "pandas>=1.3.2",
-    "ase>=3.22.1",
+    "ase>=3.19.0",
     "flatdict>=4.0.1",
     "hyperspy>=1.7.4",
-    "ifes_apt_tc_data_modeling==0.1",
+    "ifes_apt_tc_data_modeling<0.2,>=0.0.9",
     "gitpython>=3.1.24",
     "pytz>=2021.1",
     "kikuchipy>=0.8.2",