diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c81c2b9..b9505a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ You can have a local uv or docker-interpeter based setup. The repository is also
 configured to seamlessly working within a GitHub Codespace. See the instructions
 for the various setup scenarios below.
 
-Independently of how the setup was done, the virtual environment can be activated with
-`source .venv/bin/activate` (after creating it with uv) and the various tasks like formatting, testing, and documentation building
+Independently of how the setup was done, the virtual environment can be 
+created with `uv venv` and
+activated with
+`source .venv/bin/activate` and the various tasks like formatting, testing, and documentation building
 can be executed using `poe`. For example, `poe format` will format the code, including the 
 notebooks. Just run `poe` to see the available commands.
 
@@ -49,5 +51,6 @@ The fastest way to get started is to use a GitHub Codespace. Just click on the
 button in the repository's main page.
 
 ## Contributing
+
 Please open new issues for bugs, feature requests and extensions. See more details about the structure and
 workflow in the [contributing page](docs/04_contributing/04_contributing.rst).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3f38ef5..24c93af 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ dev = [
   "docutils>=0.20.1",
   "jinja2",
   "jupyter>=1.0.0",
-  "jupyter-book>=1.0.0",
+  # In version 1.0.4 we get a NoneType error related to some config conversion (yml_analytics is None and should be a list)
+  "jupyter-book==1.0.0",
   "mypy>=1.4.1",
   "nbqa>=1.7.1",
   "nbstripout>=0.6.1",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 4bd589b..6303454 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -442,11 +442,11 @@ wheels = [
 
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+version = "0.20.1"
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@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ wheels = [
 
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-version = "1.0.4.post1"
+version = "1.0.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "click" },
@@ -821,9 +821,9 @@ dependencies = [
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     { name = "sphinxcontrib-bibtex" },
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+version = "2.0.0"
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     { name = "jinja2", marker = "extra == 'dev'" },
     { name = "jupyter", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=1.0.0" },
-    { name = "jupyter-book", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=1.0.0" },
+    { name = "jupyter-book", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = "==1.0.0" },
     { name = "mypy", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=1.4.1" },
     { name = "nbqa", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=1.7.1" },
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