diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 13ed7daad..acb873923 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -362,8 +362,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: test output against known result (.npz/.json)
         run: |
           if [[ ${{ matrix.reco_algo }} == 'millipede_wilks' ]]; then
-            if [[ $(date +"%s") -gt 1694322000 ]]; then
-              echo "Date and time (GMT): Sunday, September 10, 2023 0:00:00"
+            if [[ $(date +"%s") -gt 1695235370 ]]; then
+              echo "Date and time (GMT): Wednesday, September 20, 2023 18:42:50"
               echo "tests should pass nowish, ping Tianlu about the ftp-v1 timing spline table fix"
               exit 1
             else
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 18fc5ca9f..bc598eb28 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ branch = main
 
 [options]  # generated by wipac:cicd_setup_builder: python_requires, packages
 install_requires =
-	ewms-pilot # the extras here are the same as 'oms-mqclient', so just define one place
+	ewms-pilot==0.12.0 # the extras here are the same as 'oms-mqclient', so just define one place
 	healpy
 	icecube-skyreader
 	iminuit
 	numpy
-	oms-mqclient
+	oms-mqclient==2.4.4
 	wipac-dev-tools[coloredlogs]
 	wipac-rest-tools
 python_requires = >=3.9, <3.12