diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 041a61af4c..1cad06d8a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 90
     steps:
       - uses: holoviz-dev/holoviz_tasks/pixi_install@pixi
-        if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
         with:
           environments: ${{ matrix.environment }}
           opengl: true
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "windows-latest"]
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-14", "windows-latest"]
         environment: ["test-ui"]
     timeout-minutes: 120
     env:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f398c5bee3..2e7496dae4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://panel.holoviz.org"
-Source = "http://github.com/holoviz/panel"
+Source = "https://github.com/holoviz/panel"
 HoloViz = "https://holoviz.org/"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ panel = "panel.command:main"
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
 source = "vcs"
+raw-options = { version_scheme = "no-guess-dev" }
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 include = ["panel"]
@@ -104,9 +105,6 @@ include = ["panel", "scripts"]
 [tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
 version-file = "panel/_version.py"
 
-[tool.hatch.version.raw-options]
-version_scheme = "no-guess-dev"
-
 [tool.hatch.build.hooks.custom]
 path = "scripts/hatch_build.py"
 
diff --git a/scripts/conda/recipe/meta.yaml b/scripts/conda/recipe/meta.yaml
index 909523d832..97bab6272a 100644
--- a/scripts/conda/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/scripts/conda/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ source:
 
 build:
   noarch: python
-  script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install -vv {{ project["name"] }}-{{ VERSION }}-py3-none-any.whl
+  script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install --no-deps -vv {{ project["name"] }}-{{ VERSION }}-py3-none-any.whl
   entry_points:
     {% for group,epoints in project.get("entry_points",{}).items() %}
     {% for entry_point in epoints %}