diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index a3bebf3..e41cebd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install mkdocs dependencies
         run: uv venv && uv pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
 
-      - name: Install numcodecs-safeguards
+      - name: Install package
         run: uv pip install .
 
       - name: Build the documentation
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bcf818a..596e327 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "cftime~=1.6.0",
     "dask>=2024.12.0,<2025.4",
     "matplotlib~=3.8",
-    "netcdf4~=1.7.2",
+    "netcdf4==1.7.3",
     "numcodecs>=0.13.0,<0.17",
     "numcodecs-combinators[xarray]~=0.2.10",
     "numcodecs-observers~=0.1.2",