diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c72f2e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: Bot auto-merge
+on: pull_request  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  autobot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: (github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' || github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'pre-commit-ci[bot]') && github.repository == 'mne-tools/mne-installers'
+    steps:
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for bot PRs
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/outdated.yml b/.github/workflows/outdated.yml
index 6a5386cb..69b5d41d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/outdated.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/outdated.yml
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.12"
       - run: pip install packaging requests pyyaml
       - run: python tests/test_outdated.py  # can update the file in place
-      - uses: autofix-ci/action@dd55f44df8f7cdb7a6bf74c78677eb8acd40cd0a
+      - uses: autofix-ci/action@ff86a557419858bb967097bfc916833f5647fa8c
         if: failure()
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index e0ca68e5..a69d24b4 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.8.0
+    rev: v0.8.1
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
       - id: ruff-format
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 61d55505..523f110e 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ channels:
 
 dependencies:
   - constructor >=3.6.0
+  - conda-libmamba-solver <=24.9
   - conda-standalone >=23.11.0
   - menuinst
   - conda >=23.11.0
diff --git a/recipes/mne-python/construct.yaml b/recipes/mne-python/construct.yaml
index 4c85930c..de25a00d 100644
--- a/recipes/mne-python/construct.yaml
+++ b/recipes/mne-python/construct.yaml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ specs:
   - mne-ari =0.1.2
   - mne-icalabel =0.7.0
   - mne-gui-addons =0.1=*_1
-  - mne-lsl =1.7.1
+  - mne-lsl =1.8.0
   - mne-kit-gui =1.3.0
   - autoreject =0.4.3
   - antio =0.4.0
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ specs:
   - pyface =8.0.0=*_1
   - imageio-ffmpeg =0.5.1
   - pandas =2.2.3
-  - polars =1.14.0
+  - polars =1.16.0
   - scipy =1.14.1
   - openblas =0.3.27  # allow_outdated, scipy / numpy not updated yet
   - libblas =3.9.0=*openblas
@@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ specs:
   # NeuroSpin needs the following
   - questionary =2.0.1
   - pqdm =0.2.0
-  - astropy =6.1.6
+  - astropy =7.0.0
   # Viz
   # matplotilb is just matplotlib-base, tornado, and pyqt
   # https://github.com/conda-forge/matplotlib-feedstock/blob/main/recipe/meta.yaml
-  - matplotlib-base =3.9.2
-  - tornado =6.4.1
+  - matplotlib-base =3.9.2  # allow_outdated
+  - tornado =6.4.2
   - pyside6 =6.7.3=*_1  # allow_outdated, 6.8.0.1 has a star-import bug
   - qt6-main =6.7.3  # allow_outdated
   - ipympl =0.9.4
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ specs:
   - plotly =5.24.1
   - vtk =9.3.1=qt*
   - ipywidgets =8.1.5
-  - pyvista =0.44.1
+  - pyvista =0.44.2
   - pyvistaqt =0.11.1
   - trame =3.7.0
   - trame-vtk =2.8.12
@@ -177,21 +177,21 @@ specs:
   - termcolor =2.5.0
   - defusedxml =0.7.1
   # Development
-  - gh =2.62.0
+  - gh =2.63.0
   - setuptools_scm =8.1.0
-  - pytest =8.3.3
+  - pytest =8.3.4
   - pytest-cov =6.0.0
   - pytest-qt =4.4.0
   - pytest-timeout =2.3.1
   - pre-commit =4.0.1
-  - ruff =0.8.0
-  - uv =0.5.4
+  - ruff =0.8.1
+  - uv =0.5.5
   - check-manifest =0.50
   - codespell =2.3.0
   - py-spy =0.4.0
   - line_profiler =4.1.3
   - memory_profiler =0.61.0
-  - twine =5.1.1
+  - twine =6.0.1
   - hatchling =1.26.3
   - hatch-vcs =0.4.0
   - mypy =1.13.0
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ specs:
   - pydata-sphinx-theme =0.16.0
   - graphviz =12.0.0
   - python-graphviz =0.20.3
-  - selenium =4.26.1
+  - selenium =4.27.1
   - sphinx =7.4.7  # allow_outdated, sphinx-design not 8.0 compatible
   - sphinx-design =0.6.1
   - sphinx-gallery =0.18.0
@@ -211,11 +211,11 @@ specs:
   - sphinxcontrib-youtube =1.4.1
   - intersphinx-registry =0.2411.25
   # OS-specific
-  - git =2.47.0  # [win]
+  - git =2.47.1  # [win]
   - make =4.4.1  # [win]
-  - pyobjc-core =10.3.1  # [osx]
-  - pyobjc-framework-Cocoa =10.3.1  # [osx]
-  - pyobjc-framework-FSEvents =10.3.1  # [osx]
+  - pyobjc-core =10.3.1  # allow_outdated  # [osx]
+  - pyobjc-framework-Cocoa =10.3.1  # allow_outdated  # [osx]
+  - pyobjc-framework-FSEvents =10.3.1  # allow_outdated  # [osx]
 condarc:
   channels:
     - conda-forge