diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index e201057..408f77f 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -543,14 +543,14 @@ test = ["coverage", "ipykernel (>=6.14)", "mypy", "paramiko ; sys_platform == \"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jupyter-core"
-version = "5.7.1"
+version = "5.8.1"
 description = "Jupyter core package. A base package on which Jupyter projects rely."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
-    {file = "jupyter_core-5.7.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c65c82126453a723a2804aa52409930434598fd9d35091d63dfb919d2b765bb7"},
-    {file = "jupyter_core-5.7.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:de61a9d7fc71240f688b2fb5ab659fbb56979458dc66a71decd098e03c79e218"},
+    {file = "jupyter_core-5.8.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c28d268fc90fb53f1338ded2eb410704c5449a358406e8a948b75706e24863d0"},
+    {file = "jupyter_core-5.8.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0a5f9706f70e64786b75acba995988915ebd4601c8a52e534a40b51c95f59941"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ pywin32 = {version = ">=300", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\" and platform_
 traitlets = ">=5.3"
 
 [package.extras]
-docs = ["myst-parser", "pydata-sphinx-theme", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints", "sphinxcontrib-github-alt", "sphinxcontrib-spelling", "traitlets"]
-test = ["ipykernel", "pre-commit", "pytest", "pytest-cov", "pytest-timeout"]
+docs = ["intersphinx-registry", "myst-parser", "pydata-sphinx-theme", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints", "sphinxcontrib-spelling", "traitlets"]
+test = ["ipykernel", "pre-commit", "pytest (<9)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-timeout"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "matplotlib-inline"
@@ -1178,4 +1178,4 @@ test = ["big-O", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "jaraco.test", "more-it
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "54be9b0bc0f93f1afd5576769da18856b3dc2baf341e728a46e082dbf75fa625"
+content-hash = "27c8644d34e2958d2d6961b72cd4f68e500508e1dbb1a9efe1df9eeef987ebcc"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9e445b2..8d56b35 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ flake8 = "^7.1.1"
 black = ">=23.3,<25.0"
 ipykernel = "^6.30.1"
 
+# Forcing latest version to eliminate CVEs; transitive dependency of ipykernel.
+jupyter-core = "^5.8.1"
+
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"