diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index ed63e3b30..32fa3e337 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 5
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
     # Skip `pull_request` runs on local PRs for which `push` runs are already triggered
     # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Conda environment
         uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
         with:
+          create-args: >-
+            python=${{ matrix.python-version }}
           micromamba-version: "latest"
           environment-file: conda-environment.yml
           cache-environment: true
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index da8833bcf..1a16da959 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 ---
-
-default_language_version:
-  python: python3.8  # This should be set to the lowest Python version that we support.
-
 repos:
 
   - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 06530eb00..0d819669e 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.2 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alabaster"
@@ -1749,13 +1749,13 @@ websockets = ">=10.4,<11.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mxcubecore"
-version = "1.154.0"
+version = "1.156.0"
 description = "Core libraries for the MXCuBE application"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "<3.12,>=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "mxcubecore-1.154.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9408a5f14dd4a66701a69c486197c5c450944871666d609725c61260cb839712"},
-    {file = "mxcubecore-1.154.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d4c99057d4b3f7e72536e7337f93a1d4275b37350ff61b7ae6afe8c71e304b38"},
+    {file = "mxcubecore-1.156.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:dce62033d9ec1137d3b971b27e743994b487ca816f03d6ff5d00d309d3f85eb8"},
+    {file = "mxcubecore-1.156.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:49d34b747a36aba0fd7deb4841c5d3e295ac075f4e35fea41f36c71178e57918"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -3505,4 +3505,4 @@ testing = ["coverage (>=5.0.3)", "zope.event", "zope.testing"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8,<3.12"
-content-hash = "a28b760f5faf62a637acc8097839f4791f732f677acc5cfaebcdb6b351b68b03"
+content-hash = "35fe6d1eab09b98829e2e42d97d88db2377c234cab961fb45173fc7bf045bc90"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0d04fdd81..6f1a5583c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pydantic = "^1.10.18"
 PyDispatcher = "^2.0.6"
 pytz = "^2022.6"
 tzlocal = "^4.2"
-mxcubecore = ">=1.154.0"
+mxcubecore = ">=1.156.0"
 mxcube-video-streamer = ">=1.4.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f3cddbf05..917874c9e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -793,9 +793,9 @@ mock==4.0.3 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12" \
 mxcube-video-streamer==1.4.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12" \
     --hash=sha256:78a8e5fd917c4407e50d9c92f4717854ec88b33ee5edb32426f1ec5d7f78d219 \
     --hash=sha256:905f78208224b890c5e0f442a5da661f8ec1e0b63f95a0e42a79f5f026d61c22
-mxcubecore==1.154.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12" \
-    --hash=sha256:9408a5f14dd4a66701a69c486197c5c450944871666d609725c61260cb839712 \
-    --hash=sha256:d4c99057d4b3f7e72536e7337f93a1d4275b37350ff61b7ae6afe8c71e304b38
+mxcubecore==1.156.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12" \
+    --hash=sha256:49d34b747a36aba0fd7deb4841c5d3e295ac075f4e35fea41f36c71178e57918 \
+    --hash=sha256:dce62033d9ec1137d3b971b27e743994b487ca816f03d6ff5d00d309d3f85eb8
 numpy==1.24.4 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12" \
     --hash=sha256:04640dab83f7c6c85abf9cd729c5b65f1ebd0ccf9de90b270cd61935eef0197f \
     --hash=sha256:1452241c290f3e2a312c137a9999cdbf63f78864d63c79039bda65ee86943f61 \