diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 5dbfd31c7eb..1b8f54b27b7 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,24 @@ updates:
     labels:
       - "Maintenance"
       - "Dependencies"
+    ignore:
+      # Exclude main project dependencies and optional dependencies (like reader)
+      - dependency-name: "ansys-api-fluent"
+      - dependency-name: "ansys-platform-instancemanagement"
+      - dependency-name: "ansys-tools-filetransfer"
+      - dependency-name: "ansys-units"
+      - dependency-name: "defusedxml"
+      - dependency-name: "deprecated"
+      - dependency-name: "docker"
+      - dependency-name: "grpcio"
+      - dependency-name: "grpcio-health-checking"
+      - dependency-name: "grpcio-status"
+      - dependency-name: "nltk"
+      - dependency-name: "numpy"
+      - dependency-name: "pandas"
+      - dependency-name: "pyansys-tools-report"
+      - dependency-name: "pyyaml"
+      - dependency-name: "h5py"
     groups:
       dependencies:
         patterns:
diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/4762.fixed.md b/doc/changelog.d/4762.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b94ec5e06a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/4762.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updated the dependabot.yml file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 76dbec2b9d0..7a251d7023d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 include = ["src/ansys/fluent/core/generated/"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-reader = ["h5py==3.15.1"]
-ui-jupyter = ["ipywidgets"]
-ui = ["panel"]
+reader = ["h5py>=3.15.1"]
+ui-jupyter = ["ipywidgets>=8.1.8"]
+ui = ["panel>=1.8.1"]
 tests = [
     "pytest==8.4.2",
     "pytest-cov==7.0.0",