diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd_release.yml b/.github/workflows/cd_release.yml
index 202ab14..7e498c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd_release.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release:
     name: External
-    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/cd_release.yml@v2.7.4
+    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/cd_release.yml@v2.8.0
     if: github.repository == 'SINTEF/entities-service' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     with:
       # General
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_dependencies.yml
index 473a751..a45d1dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_dependencies.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   update-dependencies-branch:
     name: External
-    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_prs.yml@v2.7.4
+    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_prs.yml@v2.8.0
     if: github.repository_owner == 'SINTEF' && ( ( startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'dependabot/') && github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' ) || ( github.event.pull_request.head.ref == 'ci/update-pyproject' && github.actor == 'TEAM4-0' ) || ( github.event.pull_request.head.ref == 'pre-commit-ci-update-config' && github.actor == 'pre-commit-ci[bot]' ) )
     secrets:
       PAT: ${{ secrets.TEAM40_PAT }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd_updated_main.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd_updated_main.yml
index af10b9a..99edf98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd_updated_main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd_updated_main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   update-deps-branch-and-docs:
     name: External
-    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_cd_updated_default_branch.yml@v2.7.4
+    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_cd_updated_default_branch.yml@v2.8.0
     if: github.repository_owner == 'SINTEF'
     with:
       # General
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_check_dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_check_dependencies.yml
index 7294d27..8ecd0dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_check_dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_check_dependencies.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   check-dependencies:
     name: External
-    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_check_pyproject_dependencies.yml@v2.7.4
+    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_check_pyproject_dependencies.yml@v2.8.0
     if: github.repository_owner == 'SINTEF'
     with:
       git_username: "TEAM 4.0[bot]"
@@ -18,5 +18,8 @@ jobs:
       python_version: "3.10"
       install_extras: "[dev]"
       pr_labels: "CI/CD,skip_changelog"
+      ignore: |
+        # Ignore all further major version updates for NumPy, i.e., keep it at 1.x.x
+        dependency-name=numpy...update-types=version-update:semver-major
     secrets:
       PAT: ${{ secrets.TEAM40_PAT }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yml
index 22a455a..263b573 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   basic-tests:
     name: External
-    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yml@v2.7.4
+    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yml@v2.8.0
     with:
       # General setup
       install_extras: "[dev]"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_update_dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_update_dependencies.yml
index d2aef1b..72248d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_update_dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_update_dependencies.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   create-collected-pr:
     name: External
-    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_update_dependencies.yml@v2.7.4
+    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_update_dependencies.yml@v2.8.0
     if: github.repository_owner == 'SINTEF'
     with:
       # General
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index bff94f6..d5179f2 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ repos:
   # The project's documentation can be found at:
   # https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.11.0
+    rev: v1.11.1
     hooks:
     - id: mypy
       exclude: ^(docs/example|tests)/.*$
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7f6a4e2..a7ea3df 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ requires-python = "~=3.10"
 dynamic = ["version", "description"]
 
 dependencies = [
-    "fastapi ~=0.111.0",
+    "fastapi ~=0.112.0",
     "httpx ~=0.27.0",
-    "pydantic-settings ~=2.3",
-    "pymongo ~=4.7",
+    "pydantic-settings ~=2.4",
+    "pymongo ~=4.8",
     "python-dotenv ~=1.0",
     "uvicorn >=0.24.0,<1",
 ]
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ cli = [
     "typer[all] >=0.9.0,<1",
 ]
 testing = [
-    "cryptography ~=42.0",
+    "cryptography ~=43.0",
     "dlite-python ~=0.5.16",
     "mongomock ~=4.1",
     "numpy <2",  # requirement for DLite v0.5.16, which does not support NumPy v2
-    "pytest ~=8.2",
-    "pytest-asyncio ~=0.23.7",
+    "pytest ~=8.3",
+    "pytest-asyncio ~=0.23.8",
     "pytest-cov ~=5.0",
     "pytest-httpx ~=0.30.0",
     "entities-service[cli]",
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ server = [
     "gunicorn >=21.2.0,<23",
 ]
 dev = [
-    "pre-commit ~=3.7",
+    "pre-commit ~=3.8",
     "entities-service[cli,testing]",
 ]
 
diff --git a/tests/cli/commands/test_validate.py b/tests/cli/commands/test_validate.py
index 484e3cb..a2407e1 100644
--- a/tests/cli/commands/test_validate.py
+++ b/tests/cli/commands/test_validate.py
@@ -1191,6 +1191,10 @@ def test_validate_strict(
         if index % 2 == 0:
             existing_entity_content = raw_entity.copy()
 
+            if id_key == "identity":
+                existing_entity_content["uri"] = existing_entity_content.pop("identity")
+                id_key = "uri"
+
             # And for half of those, let's say they exist with different content
             if index % 4 == 0:
                 if isinstance(existing_entity_content["properties"], dict):