diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 36585a58..bb07c1d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    name: "Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}"
+    name: "Unit tests: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}"
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -VV
-          pip install -r mkdocs mkdocs-exclude-search
           # docs build requires a proper install
           pip install .
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 62dd8261..199d7f8f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pydantic<2.0.0",
     "python-baseconv",
     "requests",
+    "setuptools>=75.4.0",
 ]
 
 [dependency-groups]
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@ dev = [
     "pytest-vcr>=1.0.2",
     "responses>=0.23.1",
     "vcrpy>=6.0.2",
-    "setuptools>=75.3.0",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 9491b329..a9b18122 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "requests"
-version = "2.29.0"
+version = "2.32.3"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "certifi" },
@@ -807,9 +807,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "idna" },
     { name = "urllib3" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/4c/d2/70fc708727b62d55bc24e43cc85f073039023212d482553d853c44e57bdb/requests-2.29.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f2e34a75f4749019bb0e3effb66683630e4ffeaf75819fb51bebef1bf5aef059", size = 108279 }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/63/70/2bf7780ad2d390a8d301ad0b550f1581eadbd9a20f896afe06353c2a2913/requests-2.32.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:55365417734eb18255590a9ff9eb97e9e1da868d4ccd6402399eaf68af20a760", size = 131218 }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cf/e1/2aa539876d9ed0ddc95882451deb57cfd7aa8dbf0b8dbce68e045549ba56/requests-2.29.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e8f3c9be120d3333921d213eef078af392fba3933ab7ed2d1cba3b56f2568c3b", size = 62499 },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f9/9b/335f9764261e915ed497fcdeb11df5dfd6f7bf257d4a6a2a686d80da4d54/requests-2.32.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:70761cfe03c773ceb22aa2f671b4757976145175cdfca038c02654d061d6dcc6", size = 64928 },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -876,11 +876,11 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "setuptools"
-version = "75.3.0"
+version = "75.4.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ed/22/a438e0caa4576f8c383fa4d35f1cc01655a46c75be358960d815bfbb12bd/setuptools-75.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:fba5dd4d766e97be1b1681d98712680ae8f2f26d7881245f2ce9e40714f1a686", size = 1351577 }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e2/73/c1ccf3e057ef6331cc6861412905dc218203bde46dfe8262c1631aa7fb11/setuptools-75.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1dc484f5cf56fd3fe7216d7b8df820802e7246cfb534a1db2aa64f14fcb9cdcb", size = 1336593 }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/90/12/282ee9bce8b58130cb762fbc9beabd531549952cac11fc56add11dcb7ea0/setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f2504966861356aa38616760c0f66568e535562374995367b4e69c7143cf6bcd", size = 1251070 },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/21/df/7c6bb83dcb45b35dc35b310d752f254211cde0bcd2a35290ea6e2862b2a9/setuptools-75.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b3c5d862f98500b06ffdf7cc4499b48c46c317d8d56cb30b5c8bce4d88f5c216", size = 1223131 },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -908,6 +908,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "python-dateutil" },
     { name = "pyyaml" },
     { name = "requests" },
+    { name = "setuptools" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy" },
 ]
 
@@ -925,7 +926,6 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest-cov" },
     { name = "pytest-vcr" },
     { name = "responses" },
-    { name = "setuptools" },
     { name = "vcrpy" },
 ]
 
@@ -942,6 +942,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "python-dateutil" },
     { name = "pyyaml" },
     { name = "requests" },
+    { name = "setuptools", specifier = ">=75.4.0" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy", specifier = "<3" },
 ]
 
@@ -959,7 +960,6 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest-cov", specifier = ">=6.0.0" },
     { name = "pytest-vcr", specifier = ">=1.0.2" },
     { name = "responses", specifier = ">=0.23.1" },
-    { name = "setuptools", specifier = ">=75.3.0" },
     { name = "vcrpy", specifier = ">=6.0.2" },
 ]