diff --git a/.github/workflows/benching.yml b/.github/workflows/benching.yml
index d45a7b54a..4f0308d5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benching.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benching.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
 
-      - name: Update ndarray to 0.16.1 (temporary workaround to avoid pulling ndarray 0.17.1)
-        run: cargo update -p ndarray:0.17.1 --precise 0.16.1
-
       - name: Run cargo bench iai
         run: cargo bench iai --all
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checking.yml b/.github/workflows/checking.yml
index e8e72b2aa..7e807b084 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checking.yml
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Log active toolchain
         run: rustup show
 
-      - name: Update ndarray to 0.16.1 (temporary workaround to avoid pulling ndarray 0.17.1)
-        run: cargo update -p ndarray:0.17.1 --precise 0.16.1
-
       # Check if linfa compiles by itself without uniting dependency features with other crates
       - name: Run cargo check on linfa
         run: cargo check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codequality.yml b/.github/workflows/codequality.yml
index 0fbf60548..805f1fe4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codequality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codequality.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           toolchain: ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
           components: rustfmt, clippy
 
-      - name: Update ndarray to 0.16.1 (temporary workaround to avoid pulling ndarray 0.17.1)
-        run: cargo update -p ndarray:0.17.1 --precise 0.16.1
+
 
       - name: Run cargo fmt
         run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
@@ -44,8 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
 
-      - name: Update ndarray to 0.16.1 (temporary workaround to avoid pulling ndarray 0.17.1)
-        run: cargo update -p ndarray:0.17.1 --precise 0.16.1
+
 
       - name: Get rustc version
         id: rustc-version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index a6fef15ea..3ff991e12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Checkout'
         uses: actions/checkout@master
 
-      - name: Update ndarray to 0.16.1 (temporary workaround to avoid pulling ndarray 0.17.1)
-        run: cargo update -p ndarray:0.17.1 --precise 0.16.1
+
 
       - name: 'Build only' 
         uses: shalzz/zola-deploy-action@master
@@ -42,8 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           components: rustfmt, rust-src
 
-      - name: Update ndarray to 0.16.1 (temporary workaround to avoid pulling ndarray 0.17.1)
-        run: cargo update -p ndarray:0.17.1 --precise 0.16.1
+
 
       - name: Build Documentation
         run: cargo doc --workspace --no-deps
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index 1b808ef12..6892dbab3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           toolchain: ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
 
-      - name: Update ndarray to 0.16.1 (temporary workaround to avoid pulling ndarray 0.17.1)
-        run: cargo update -p ndarray:0.17.1 --precise 0.16.1
+
 
       - name: Run cargo test
         run: cargo test --release --workspace
@@ -53,8 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           toolchain: ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
 
-      - name: Update ndarray to 0.16.1 (temporary workaround to avoid pulling ndarray 0.17.1)
-        run: cargo update -p ndarray:0.17.1 --precise 0.16.1
+
 
       - name: Run cargo test with BLAS enabled
         run: cargo test --release --workspace --features intel-mkl-static,linfa-ica/blas,linfa-reduction/blas,linfa-linear/blas,linfa-preprocessing/blas,linfa-pls/blas,linfa-elasticnet/blas
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e6efcfd48..097a202dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ approx = "0.5"
 
 ndarray = { version = "0.16", features = ["approx"] }
 ndarray-linalg = { version = "0.17", optional = true }
-sprs = { version = "0.11", default-features = false }
+sprs = { version = "=0.11.2", default-features = false }
 
 thiserror = "2.0"
 
diff --git a/algorithms/linfa-clustering/Cargo.toml b/algorithms/linfa-clustering/Cargo.toml
index 6ba9fccd4..56e442398 100644
--- a/algorithms/linfa-clustering/Cargo.toml
+++ b/algorithms/linfa-clustering/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ linfa-datasets = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../../datasets", features = [
 criterion = "0.5"
 serde_json = "1"
 approx = "0.5"
-lax = "0.17.0"
+lax = "=0.17.0"
 linfa = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../..", features = ["benchmarks"] }
 
 [[bench]]
diff --git a/algorithms/linfa-kernel/Cargo.toml b/algorithms/linfa-kernel/Cargo.toml
index 7ea18ba20..dc4f112aa 100644
--- a/algorithms/linfa-kernel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/algorithms/linfa-kernel/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ features = ["std", "derive"]
 [dependencies]
 ndarray = "0.16"
 num-traits = "0.2"
-sprs = { version = "0.11", default-features = false }
+sprs = { version = "=0.11.2", default-features = false }
 
 linfa = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../.." }
 linfa-nn = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../linfa-nn" }
diff --git a/algorithms/linfa-preprocessing/Cargo.toml b/algorithms/linfa-preprocessing/Cargo.toml
index 3d21363ff..05ec1ba4d 100644
--- a/algorithms/linfa-preprocessing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/algorithms/linfa-preprocessing/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ndarray-rand = "0.15"
 unicode-normalization = "0.1.8"
 regex = "1.4.5"
 encoding = "0.2"
-sprs = { version = "0.11", default-features = false }
+sprs = { version = "=0.11.2", default-features = false }
 
 serde_regex = { version = "1.1", optional = true }
 itertools = "0.14.0"
diff --git a/algorithms/linfa-reduction/Cargo.toml b/algorithms/linfa-reduction/Cargo.toml
index df33a82af..dbee2308f 100644
--- a/algorithms/linfa-reduction/Cargo.toml
+++ b/algorithms/linfa-reduction/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ rand = { version = "0.8", features = ["small_rng"] }
 
 linfa = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../.." }
 linfa-kernel = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../linfa-kernel" }
-sprs = { version = "0.11" }
+sprs = { version = "=0.11.2" }
 rand_xoshiro = "0.6.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/datasets/Cargo.toml b/datasets/Cargo.toml
index 15e62c5bd..92faca4fa 100644
--- a/datasets/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datasets/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/rust-ml/linfa"
 [dependencies]
 linfa = { version = "0.8.0", path = ".." }
 ndarray = { version = "0.16" }
-ndarray-csv = "0.5"
+ndarray-csv = "=0.5.3"
 csv = "1.1"
 flate2 = "1.0"
 ndarray-rand = { version = "0.15", optional = true }