diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 9685dc88a00..ba23d92367d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ jobs:
             mamba
             nomkl
         if: ${{ !startswith(matrix.kind, 'pip') }}
+      # unknown error on macOS conda
+      - run: conda remove -y openmeeg
+        if: startswith(matrix.os, 'macos') && matrix.kind == 'mamba'
       - run: ./tools/github_actions_dependencies.sh
       # Minimal commands on Linux (macOS stalls)
       - run: ./tools/get_minimal_commands.sh
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 7dd6ec90d4f..96028fb9045 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -666,6 +666,10 @@ def fix_sklearn_inherited_docstrings(app, what, name, obj, options, lines):
     r"https://scholar.google.com/scholar\?cites=12188330066413208874&as_ylo=2014",
     r"https://scholar.google.com/scholar\?cites=1521584321377182930&as_ylo=2013",
     "https://www.research.chop.edu/imaging",
+    "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/optipng/optipng-0.7.8-win64.zip?download",
+    "https://sourceforge.net/projects/aespa/files/",
+    "https://sourceforge.net/projects/ezwinports/files/",
+    "https://www.mathworks.com/products/compiler/matlab-runtime.html",
     # 500 server error
     "https://openwetware.org/wiki/Beauchamp:FreeSurfer",
     # 503 Server error
@@ -688,6 +692,7 @@ def fix_sklearn_inherited_docstrings(app, what, name, obj, options, lines):
     # SSL problems sometimes
     "http://ilabs.washington.edu",
     "https://psychophysiology.cpmc.columbia.edu",
+    "https://erc.easme-web.eu",
 ]
 linkcheck_anchors = False  # saves a bit of time
 linkcheck_timeout = 15  # some can be quite slow
diff --git a/doc/development/contributing.rst b/doc/development/contributing.rst
index 07c28f55d3d..011fd3c11f4 100644
--- a/doc/development/contributing.rst
+++ b/doc/development/contributing.rst
@@ -1114,6 +1114,6 @@ it can serve as a useful example of what to expect from the PR review process.
 .. optipng
 
 .. _optipng: http://optipng.sourceforge.net/
-.. _optipng for Windows: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/optipng/optipng-0.7.7-win32.zip?download
+.. _optipng for Windows: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/optipng/optipng-0.7.8-win64.zip?download
 
 .. include:: ../links.inc
diff --git a/doc/install/installers.rst b/doc/install/installers.rst
index 5b7eeba5203..533c0207963 100644
--- a/doc/install/installers.rst
+++ b/doc/install/installers.rst
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Platform-specific installers
 
     .. We have to use a button-link here because button-ref doesn't properly nested parse the inline code
 
-    .. button-link:: ./ides.html
+    .. button-link:: ides.html
         :ref-type: ref
         :color: success
         :shadow:
diff --git a/mne/conftest.py b/mne/conftest.py
index fc3bc3b7a53..6eea624467a 100644
--- a/mne/conftest.py
+++ b/mne/conftest.py
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
     ignore:The (non_)?interactive_bk attribute was deprecated.*:
     # SWIG (via OpenMEEG)
     ignore:.*builtin type swigvarlink has no.*:DeprecationWarning
+    # eeglabio
+    ignore:numpy\.core\.records is deprecated.*:DeprecationWarning
+    # joblib
+    ignore:process .* is multi-threaded, use of fork/exec.*:DeprecationWarning
     """  # noqa: E501
     for warning_line in warning_lines.split("\n"):
         warning_line = warning_line.strip()
diff --git a/mne/datasets/sleep_physionet/_utils.py b/mne/datasets/sleep_physionet/_utils.py
index b97d0611591..7fbcca3a2d7 100644
--- a/mne/datasets/sleep_physionet/_utils.py
+++ b/mne/datasets/sleep_physionet/_utils.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # License: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright the MNE-Python contributors.
 
+import inspect
 import os
 import os.path as op
 
@@ -114,12 +115,16 @@ def _update_sleep_temazepam_records(fname=TEMAZEPAM_SLEEP_RECORDS):
     data = data.set_index(("Subject - age - sex", "Nr"))
     data.index.name = "subject"
     data.columns.names = [None, None]
+    kwargs = dict()
+    # TODO VERSION can be removed once we require Pandas 2.1
+    if "future_stack" in inspect.getfullargspec(pd.DataFrame.stack).args:
+        kwargs["future_stack"] = True
     data = (
         data.set_index(
             [("Subject - age - sex", "Age"), ("Subject - age - sex", "M1/F2")],
             append=True,
         )
-        .stack(level=0)
+        .stack(level=0, **kwargs)
         .reset_index()
     )
 
diff --git a/mne/export/tests/test_export.py b/mne/export/tests/test_export.py
index 706a83476e4..bb3787be8b9 100644
--- a/mne/export/tests/test_export.py
+++ b/mne/export/tests/test_export.py
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ def test_export_epochs_eeglab(tmp_path, preload):
     with ctx():
         epochs.export(temp_fname)
     epochs.drop_channels([ch for ch in ["epoc", "STI 014"] if ch in epochs.ch_names])
-    epochs_read = read_epochs_eeglab(temp_fname)
+    epochs_read = read_epochs_eeglab(temp_fname, verbose="error")  # head radius
     assert epochs.ch_names == epochs_read.ch_names
     cart_coords = np.array([d["loc"][:3] for d in epochs.info["chs"]])  # just xyz
     cart_coords_read = np.array([d["loc"][:3] for d in epochs_read.info["chs"]])