diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 29833ea..e93465c 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -5,26 +5,24 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
   - geopandas=0.12.2
   - leidenalg=0.9.1
-  - matplotlib=3.5.2
   - napari=0.4.16
-  - numpy=1.24.4
   - opencv=4.5.5
   - pip=22.2.2
   - python=3.10.8
   - pytorch=1.12.1
   - rasterio=1.3.2
-  - scanpy=1.9.1
+  - scanpy=1.9.4
   - scipy=1.8.0
   - seaborn=0.11.2
   - fsspec=2023.6.0
   - pip:
-    - anndata==0.9.1
+    - anndata==0.9.2
     - basicpy==1.0.0
     - cellpose==2.0.5
     - jax==0.4.6
     - jaxlib==0.4.6
     - shapely==2.0.1
-    - spatialdata==0.0.9
+    - spatialdata==0.0.12
     - squidpy==1.2.0
     - voronoi-diagram-for-polygons==0.1.6
     - xarray==2022.12.0
@@ -32,4 +30,4 @@ dependencies:
     - xarray-datatree==0.0.12
     - xarray-schema==0.0.3
     - xarray-spatial==0.3.5
-    - pandas==1.4.2
\ No newline at end of file
+    - pandas==1.4.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 215f470..0c9a45f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ project_urls =
 [options]
 packages = find:
 install_requires =
-    pandas==1.4.2
-    spatialdata==0.0.9
+    pandas==1.4.3,
+    spatialdata>=0.0.9
     cellpose==2.0.5
     squidpy==1.2.0
-    matplotlib<3.7 # scanpy not compatible with matplotlib>=3.7
-    scanpy==1.9.1
+    #matplotlib<3.7 # scanpy not compatible with matplotlib>=3.7
+    scanpy>=1.9.1
     jax==0.4.6
     jaxlib==0.4.6
     basicpy==1.0.0
diff --git a/src/napari_sparrow/image/_transcripts.py b/src/napari_sparrow/image/_transcripts.py
index 08f984d..47192dc 100644
--- a/src/napari_sparrow/image/_transcripts.py
+++ b/src/napari_sparrow/image/_transcripts.py
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ def chunked_gaussian_filter(chunk):
     )
 
     blurred_transcripts = blurred_transcripts.T
+    # rechunk, otherwise possible issues when saving to zarr
+    blurred_transcripts=blurred_transcripts.rechunk( blurred_transcripts.chunksize )
 
     spatial_image = spatialdata.models.Image2DModel.parse(
         blurred_transcripts[None,], dims=("c", "y", "x")