diff --git a/code/Ch8/pyproject.toml b/code/Ch8/pyproject.toml
index 8c942a4..c5086ff 100644
--- a/code/Ch8/pyproject.toml
+++ b/code/Ch8/pyproject.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "mistune==3.1.4",
     "narwhals==2.7.0",
     "nbclient==0.10.2",
-    "nbconvert==7.16.6",
+    "nbconvert==7.17.0",
     "nbformat==5.10.4",
     "nest-asyncio==1.6.0",
     "notebook-shim==0.2.4",
diff --git a/code/Ch8/requirements.txt b/code/Ch8/requirements.txt
index dcc3062..bee20f5 100644
--- a/code/Ch8/requirements.txt
+++ b/code/Ch8/requirements.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ anyio==4.11.0
     # via
     #   httpx
     #   jupyter-server
-appnope==0.1.4
-    # via ipykernel
 argon2-cffi==25.1.0
     # via jupyter-server
 argon2-cffi-bindings==25.1.0
@@ -186,7 +184,7 @@ narwhals==2.7.0
     #   plotly
 nbclient==0.10.2
     # via nbconvert
-nbconvert==7.16.6
+nbconvert==7.17.0
     # via jupyter-server
 nbformat==5.10.4
     # via
diff --git a/code/Ch8/uv.lock b/code/Ch8/uv.lock
index 8125181..3d69ff9 100644
--- a/code/Ch8/uv.lock
+++ b/code/Ch8/uv.lock
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "mistune", specifier = "==3.1.4" },
     { name = "narwhals", specifier = "==2.7.0" },
     { name = "nbclient", specifier = "==0.10.2" },
-    { name = "nbconvert", specifier = "==7.16.6" },
+    { name = "nbconvert", specifier = "==7.17.0" },
     { name = "nbformat", specifier = "==5.10.4" },
     { name = "nest-asyncio", specifier = "==1.6.0" },
     { name = "notebook-shim", specifier = "==0.2.4" },
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nbconvert"
-version = "7.16.6"
+version = "7.17.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "beautifulsoup4" },
@@ -1397,9 +1397,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "pygments" },
     { name = "traitlets" },
 ]
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