diff --git a/docs/_scripts/macros.py b/docs/_scripts/macros.py
index ff87c71..f84712e 100644
--- a/docs/_scripts/macros.py
+++ b/docs/_scripts/macros.py
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ def _slugify(text: str) -> str:
     Returns:
         The slugified text.
     """
-    # The type of the return value is not defined for the markdown library.
-    # Also for some reason `mypy` thinks the `toc` module doesn't have a
-    # `slugify_unicode` function, but it definitely does.
-    return toc.slugify_unicode(text, "-")  # type: ignore[attr-defined,no-any-return]
+    return toc.slugify_unicode(text, "-")
 
 
 def _hook_macros_plugin(env: macros.MacrosPlugin) -> None:
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 0cd87a0..d339bef 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ plugins:
       alias_type: redirect
       canonical_version: latest
   - mkdocstrings:
-      custom_templates: templates
       default_handler: python
       handlers:
         python:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1f6e611..06e5d47 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 requires = [
   "setuptools == 68.1.0",
   "setuptools_scm[toml] == 7.1.0",
-  "frequenz-repo-config[lib] == 0.7.5",
+  "frequenz-repo-config[lib] == 0.8.0",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
@@ -42,41 +42,41 @@ dev-flake8 = [
   "flake8 == 6.1.0",
   "flake8-docstrings == 1.7.0",
   "flake8-pyproject == 1.2.3",  # For reading the flake8 config from pyproject.toml
-  "pydoclint == 0.3.2",
+  "pydoclint == 0.3.9",
   "pydocstyle == 6.3.0",
 ]
-dev-formatting = ["black == 23.9.1", "isort == 5.12.0"]
+dev-formatting = ["black == 23.9.1", "isort == 5.13.2"]
 dev-mkdocs = [
   "black == 23.9.1",
-  "Markdown==3.4.4",
+  "Markdown==3.5.2",
   "mike == 2.0.0",
   "mkdocs-gen-files == 0.5.0",
   "mkdocs-literate-nav == 0.6.1",
-  "mkdocs-macros-plugin == 1.0.4",
-  "mkdocs-material == 9.3.1",
-  "mkdocstrings[python] == 0.23.0",
-  "frequenz-repo-config[lib] == 0.7.5",
+  "mkdocs-macros-plugin == 1.0.5",
+  "mkdocs-material == 9.5.6",
+  "mkdocstrings[python] == 0.24.0",
+  "frequenz-repo-config[lib] == 0.8.0",
 ]
 dev-mypy = [
-  "mypy == 1.5.1",
-  "types-Markdown == 3.4.2.10",
+  "mypy == 1.8.0",
+  "types-Markdown == 3.5.0.20240129",
   # For checking the noxfile, docs/ script, and tests
   "frequenz-client-common[dev-mkdocs,dev-noxfile,dev-pytest]",
 ]
 dev-noxfile = [
   "nox == 2023.4.22",
-  "frequenz-repo-config[lib] == 0.7.5",
+  "frequenz-repo-config[lib] == 0.8.0",
 ]
 dev-pylint = [
-  "pylint == 3.0.2",
+  "pylint == 3.0.3",
   # For checking the noxfile, docs/ script, and tests
   "frequenz-client-common[dev-mkdocs,dev-noxfile,dev-pytest]",
 ]
 dev-pytest = [
   "pytest == 7.4.2",
-  "frequenz-repo-config[extra-lint-examples] == 0.7.5",
-  "pytest-mock == 3.11.1",
-  "pytest-asyncio == 0.21.1",
+  "frequenz-repo-config[extra-lint-examples] == 0.8.0",
+  "pytest-mock == 3.12.0",
+  "pytest-asyncio == 0.23.4",
   "async-solipsism == 0.5",
 ]
 dev = [