diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index dcf347e..3d2fbe2 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ channels:
   - anaconda
   
 dependencies:
-  - python>=3.11.10,<3.12
+  - python>=3.12
   - libxml2>=2.13,<2.14
-  - xesmf>=0.8.10,<0.9
+  - xesmf>=0.8.10
   - pip
   - pip:
     - -e ./external/mom6_bathy/
diff --git a/external/ipyfilechooser b/external/ipyfilechooser
index 67edea7..4c4f94a 160000
--- a/external/ipyfilechooser
+++ b/external/ipyfilechooser
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 67edea7fd41e4c8c31101a27fdcaa924dd2b8a21
+Subproject commit 4c4f94a8d99c4cd63cb039b75b128f6c550051ad
diff --git a/external/mom6_bathy b/external/mom6_bathy
index cc9c76f..0b74164 160000
--- a/external/mom6_bathy
+++ b/external/mom6_bathy
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit cc9c76fce21404af910a5c8980354353be346366
+Subproject commit 0b7416488225b381373303bc19e64fba50456114
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4d0c3f9..6a7523e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,21 +13,21 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python",
   "Framework :: Jupyter"
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.11.10,<3.12"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
-  "ipykernel>=6.29,<6.30",
-  "ipython>=8.2,<8.3",
-  "jupyterlab>=4.0,<4.1",
-  "jupyterlab_server>=2.25,<2.26",
-  "ipywidgets>=8.1.1,<8.2",
-  "PyYAML>=6.0,<6.1",
-  "z3-solver>=4.12.3,<4.13",
-  "networkx>=3.3,<3.4",
-  "netcdf4>=1.6,<1.7",
-  "xarray>=2023.12,<2024",
-  "black>=24.1,<24.2",
-  "pytest>=8.0,<8.1",
-  "hypothesis>=6.125.1,<6.126"
+  "ipykernel>=6.29",
+  "ipython>=8.2",
+  "jupyterlab>=4.0",
+  "jupyterlab_server>=2.25",
+  "ipywidgets>=8.1.1",
+  "PyYAML>=6.0",
+  "z3-solver>=4.12.3",
+  "networkx>=3.3",
+  "netcdf4>=1.6",
+  "xarray>=2023.12",
+  "black>=24.1",
+  "pytest>=8.0",
+  "hypothesis>=6.125.1"
 ]
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/visualCaseGen/custom_widget_types/clm_modifier_launcher.py b/visualCaseGen/custom_widget_types/clm_modifier_launcher.py
index 920be86..1ff8a68 100644
--- a/visualCaseGen/custom_widget_types/clm_modifier_launcher.py
+++ b/visualCaseGen/custom_widget_types/clm_modifier_launcher.py
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ def _write_config(self, config_file_path, modified_file_path):
             f.write(
                 f"lat_dimname = UNSET\n"
                 f"lon_dimname = UNSET\n"
+                f"lon_type = 360\n"
                 f'dom_pft = {set_val(cvars["LND_DOM_PFT"].value)}\n'
                 f"evenly_split_cropland = False\n"
                 f"lai = {lai}\n"