diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bce128db7..f4b9cba5f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ "ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "macos-14", "windows-latest"]
-        python-version: [ "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: [ "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     steps:
       - name: Cancel previous runs
         uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.12.1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 743a96f5e..c29233059 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ is receptive to additional functionality requests.
 
 [Contributor’s Guide](https://uxarray.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html)
 
-[Installation](https://uxarray.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html)
+[Installation](https://uxarray.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting-started/installation.html)
 
 [Project Raijin Homepage](https://raijin.ucar.edu/)
 
diff --git a/ci/asv.yml b/ci/asv.yml
index 5fd70ebe2..f807b3df6 100644
--- a/ci/asv.yml
+++ b/ci/asv.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies:
   - netcdf4
   - numba
   - numpy
-  - pandas<2.1.0
+  - pandas
   - pathlib
   - pre_commit
   - pyarrow
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ dependencies:
   - shapely
   - spatialpandas
   - xarray
+  - asv
   - pip:
     - antimeridian
-    - pyfma
-    - git+https://github.com/airspeed-velocity/asv
+    - git+https://github.com/philipc2/pyfma.git # fix until https://github.com/nschloe/pyfma/pull/17 is merged
     - -e ../
diff --git a/ci/docs.yml b/ci/docs.yml
index 01df0ce5a..c6d7ec9cf 100644
--- a/ci/docs.yml
+++ b/ci/docs.yml
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ dependencies:
     - holoviews
     - geoviews
     - cartopy
-    - pandas<2.1.0
+    - pandas
     - geocat-datafiles
     - spatialpandas
     - pip:
       - antimeridian
-      - pyfma
+      - git+https://github.com/philipc2/pyfma.git # fix until https://github.com/nschloe/pyfma/pull/17 is merged
diff --git a/ci/environment.yml b/ci/environment.yml
index 88350b007..6ef0b278c 100644
--- a/ci/environment.yml
+++ b/ci/environment.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ dependencies:
   - matplotlib-inline
   - netcdf4
   - numba
-  - numpy<2
-  - pandas<2.1.0
+  - numpy
+  - pandas
   - pathlib
   - pre_commit
   - pyarrow
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ dependencies:
   - shapely
   - spatialpandas
   - xarray
+  - asv
   - pip:
-    - git+https://github.com/airspeed-velocity/asv
-    - pyfma
-    - git+https://github.com/airspeed-velocity/asv
+    - git+https://github.com/philipc2/pyfma.git # fix until https://github.com/nschloe/pyfma/pull/17 is merged
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 193b915c1..9c04be544 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ classifiers=[
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
   'Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows',
   'Operating System :: Unix',
   'Operating System :: MacOS',
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ classifiers=[
 ]
 
 dynamic = ["version"]
-keywords = ["unstructured grids"]
+keywords = ["unstructured grids", "xarray", "ugrid", "mpas", "exodus", "scrip", ]
 description = "Xarray-styled package for reading and directly operating on unstructured grid datasets following UGRID conventions"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 name = "uxarray"
@@ -33,8 +34,8 @@ dependencies = [
   "matplotlib-inline",
   "netcdf4",
   "numba",
-  "numpy<2.0.0",
-  "pandas<2.1.0",
+  "numpy",
+  "pandas",
   "pyarrow",
   "requests",
   "scikit-learn",
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 complete = ["uxarray[math, dev]"]
 math = ['gmpy2', 'pyfma']
-dev = ['pathlib', 'pre_commit', 'pytest', 'pytest-cov', 'ruff']
+dev = ['pathlib', 'pre_commit', 'pytest', 'pytest-cov', 'ruff', 'asv']
 
 [project.urls]
 Documentation = "https://uxarray.readthedocs.io/"
@@ -63,8 +64,8 @@ requires = [
   "setuptools-scm>=8",
 ]
 
-[tool.setuptools.packages]
-find = {}
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ["uxarray"]
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 fallback_version = "9999"
diff --git a/test/test_helpers.py b/test/test_helpers.py
index 202c51bfe..c5b923a26 100644
--- a/test/test_helpers.py
+++ b/test/test_helpers.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def test_replace_fill_values_invalid(self):
         """Tests _replace_fill_values() helper function attempting to use a
         fill value that is not representable by the current dtype."""
 
-        face_nodes = np.array([[1, 2, -1], [-1, -1, -1]], dtype=np.uint32)
+        face_nodes = np.array([[1, 2, -1], [-1, -1, -1]], dtype=np.int32)
         # invalid fill value with dtype should raise a valueError
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             # INT_FILL_VALUE (max(uint32) not representable by int16)