diff --git a/applications/jupyterlab/requirements.txt b/applications/jupyterlab/requirements.txt
index 9f0bb0c5..9c93abdc 100644
--- a/applications/jupyterlab/requirements.txt
+++ b/applications/jupyterlab/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pyelectro
 git+https://github.com/NeuralEnsemble/neurotune.git
 
 ####  NEURON & NetPyNE
-neuron==8.1
+neuron==8.2.4
 
 # Install specific version of NetPyNE
 git+https://github.com/Neurosim-lab/netpyne.git@osbv2#egg=netpyne
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ seaborn
 
 # Note: this just installs pytorch for cpu, the default install adds a v large cuda lib
 -f https://download.pytorch.org/whl/torch_stable.html
-torch==2.1.2+cpu
+torch==2.2.0+cpu
 
 # For MDF
-modeci_mdf==0.4.8 # big jump in size of image...
+#########modeci_mdf==0.4.8 # big jump in size of image...
 
 scikit-learn # Required for some Neuromatch Academy material
-fasttext # Required for some Neuromatch Academy material
+#########fasttext # Required for some Neuromatch Academy material
 
 
 ####  TVB etc.