diff --git a/api/pdm.lock b/api/pdm.lock
index 1f52b31668b..83da7e3cb42 100644
--- a/api/pdm.lock
+++ b/api/pdm.lock
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 groups = ["default", "dev", "overrides", "test"]
 strategy = ["inherit_metadata"]
 lock_version = "4.5.0"
-content_hash = "sha256:ce6c87b39cf93a5e17ea0621b2bf957e309467080d7474788219f546ab135b38"
+content_hash = "sha256:b6787319aee45c1c5a23533f8eeea107cba30aad114f48ca9481d585176aa07b"
 
 [[metadata.targets]]
 requires_python = "==3.12.*"
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ name = "anyio"
 version = "3.7.1"
 requires_python = ">=3.7"
 summary = "High level compatibility layer for multiple asynchronous event loop implementations"
-groups = ["default", "test"]
+groups = ["default", "dev", "test"]
 dependencies = [
     "exceptiongroup; python_version < \"3.11\"",
     "idna>=2.8",
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ files = [
 name = "furl"
 version = "2.1.3"
 summary = "URL manipulation made simple."
-groups = ["default", "test"]
+groups = ["test"]
 dependencies = [
     "orderedmultidict>=1.0.1",
     "six>=1.8.0",
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ name = "idna"
 version = "3.7"
 requires_python = ">=3.5"
 summary = "Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)"
-groups = ["default", "test"]
+groups = ["default", "dev", "test"]
 files = [
     {file = "idna-3.7-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:82fee1fc78add43492d3a1898bfa6d8a904cc97d8427f683ed8e798d07761aa0"},
     {file = "idna-3.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:028ff3aadf0609c1fd278d8ea3089299412a7a8b9bd005dd08b9f8285bcb5cfc"},
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ files = [
 name = "orderedmultidict"
 version = "1.0.1"
 summary = "Ordered Multivalue Dictionary"
-groups = ["default", "test"]
+groups = ["test"]
 dependencies = [
     "six>=1.8.0",
 ]
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ name = "pook"
 version = "2.0.0"
 requires_python = ">=3.8"
 summary = "HTTP traffic mocking and expectations made easy"
-groups = ["default", "test"]
+groups = ["test"]
 dependencies = [
     "furl>=0.5.6",
     "jsonschema>=2.5.1",
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ name = "sniffio"
 version = "1.3.1"
 requires_python = ">=3.7"
 summary = "Sniff out which async library your code is running under"
-groups = ["default", "test"]
+groups = ["default", "dev", "test"]
 files = [
     {file = "sniffio-1.3.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2f6da418d1f1e0fddd844478f41680e794e6051915791a034ff65e5f100525a2"},
     {file = "sniffio-1.3.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f4324edc670a0f49750a81b895f35c3adb843cca46f0530f79fc1babb23789dc"},
@@ -2129,7 +2129,7 @@ name = "watchfiles"
 version = "0.24.0"
 requires_python = ">=3.8"
 summary = "Simple, modern and high performance file watching and code reload in python."
-groups = ["default"]
+groups = ["default", "dev"]
 dependencies = [
     "anyio>=3.0.0",
 ]
@@ -2230,7 +2230,7 @@ name = "xmltodict"
 version = "0.13.0"
 requires_python = ">=3.4"
 summary = "Makes working with XML feel like you are working with JSON"
-groups = ["default", "test"]
+groups = ["test"]
 files = [
     {file = "xmltodict-0.13.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:aa89e8fd76320154a40d19a0df04a4695fb9dc5ba977cbb68ab3e4eb225e7852"},
     {file = "xmltodict-0.13.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:341595a488e3e01a85a9d8911d8912fd922ede5fecc4dce437eb4b6c8d037e56"},
diff --git a/api/pyproject.toml b/api/pyproject.toml
index fd99d9d01b5..efdb0c2dc88 100644
--- a/api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/api/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "django-uuslug >=2.0.0, <3",
     "djangorestframework >=3.14.0, <4",
     "drf-spectacular >=0.27.1, <0.28",
-    "elasticsearch==8.13.0",
+    "elasticsearch >=8.13.0, <9",
     "elasticsearch-dsl >=8.12.0, <9",
     "future >=0.18.3, <0.19",
     "limit >=0.2.3, <0.3",
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "uvicorn[standard] >=0.30, <0.31",
     "openverse-attribution @ file:///${PROJECT_ROOT}/../packages/python/openverse-attribution",
     "structlog-sentry>=2.1.0",
-    "pook==2.0.0",
 ]
 
 [tool.pdm]
@@ -50,10 +49,11 @@ overrides = [
   "-e openverse-attribution @ file:///${PROJECT_ROOT}/../packages/python/openverse-attribution"
 ]
 dev = [
-  "ipython >=8.22.1, <9",
-  "pgcli >=4.1, <5",
-  "remote-pdb >=2.1.0, <3",
-  "setuptools >=75.2,<76",
+    "ipython >=8.22.1, <9",
+    "pgcli >=4.1, <5",
+    "remote-pdb >=2.1.0, <3",
+    "setuptools >=75.2,<76",
+    "watchfiles>=0.24.0",
 ]
 test = [
   "factory-boy >=3.3.0, <4",