diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f2849c6a2d..943d5ab95d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
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 hf = ["huggingface-hub>=0.24.0"]
 pyiceberg-core = ["pyiceberg-core>=0.5.1,<0.8.0"]
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diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index f00870f296..e4305aaa60 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
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