diff --git a/cluster_tools/cluster_tools/executors/dask.py b/cluster_tools/cluster_tools/executors/dask.py
index 604f4cf2c..e7695b251 100644
--- a/cluster_tools/cluster_tools/executors/dask.py
+++ b/cluster_tools/cluster_tools/executors/dask.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from cluster_tools.executors.multiprocessing_ import CFutDict, MultiprocessingExecutor
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from dask.distributed import Client
+    from distributed import Client
 
 _T = TypeVar("_T")
 _P = ParamSpec("_P")
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> None:
-        from dask.distributed import Client
+        from distributed import Client
 
         self.client = Client(**kwargs)
 
     @classmethod
     def as_completed(cls, futures: List["Future[_T]"]) -> Iterator["Future[_T]"]:
-        from dask.distributed import as_completed
+        from distributed import as_completed
 
         return as_completed(futures)
 
diff --git a/cluster_tools/poetry.lock b/cluster_tools/poetry.lock
index 435a08503..1476c9f91 100644
--- a/cluster_tools/poetry.lock
+++ b/cluster_tools/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.5.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.6.1 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "astroid"
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 click = ">=8.0"
 cloudpickle = ">=1.5.0"
-distributed = {version = "2023.9.2", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"distributed\""}
 fsspec = ">=2021.09.0"
 importlib-metadata = ">=4.13.0"
 packaging = ">=20.0"
@@ -361,27 +360,27 @@ tqdm = ["tqdm"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "google-auth"
-version = "2.17.3"
+version = "2.23.0"
 description = "Google Authentication Library"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=2.7,!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,!=3.5.*"
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
-    {file = "google-auth-2.17.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ce311e2bc58b130fddf316df57c9b3943c2a7b4f6ec31de9663a9333e4064efc"},
-    {file = "google_auth-2.17.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f586b274d3eb7bd932ea424b1c702a30e0393a2e2bc4ca3eae8263ffd8be229f"},
+    {file = "google-auth-2.23.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:753a26312e6f1eaeec20bc6f2644a10926697da93446e1f8e24d6d32d45a922a"},
+    {file = "google_auth-2.23.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2cec41407bd1e207f5b802638e32bb837df968bb5c05f413d0fa526fac4cf7a7"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
 cachetools = ">=2.0.0,<6.0"
 pyasn1-modules = ">=0.2.1"
-rsa = {version = ">=3.1.4,<5", markers = "python_version >= \"3.6\""}
-six = ">=1.9.0"
+rsa = ">=3.1.4,<5"
+urllib3 = "<2.0"
 
 [package.extras]
-aiohttp = ["aiohttp (>=3.6.2,<4.0.0dev)", "requests (>=2.20.0,<3.0.0dev)"]
+aiohttp = ["aiohttp (>=3.6.2,<4.0.0.dev0)", "requests (>=2.20.0,<3.0.0.dev0)"]
 enterprise-cert = ["cryptography (==36.0.2)", "pyopenssl (==22.0.0)"]
 pyopenssl = ["cryptography (>=38.0.3)", "pyopenssl (>=20.0.0)"]
 reauth = ["pyu2f (>=0.1.5)"]
-requests = ["requests (>=2.20.0,<3.0.0dev)"]
+requests = ["requests (>=2.20.0,<3.0.0.dev0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "icecream"
@@ -1165,20 +1164,19 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "urllib3"
-version = "2.0.5"
+version = "1.26.16"
 description = "HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling, file post, and more."
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.7"
+python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*, !=3.5.*"
 files = [
-    {file = "urllib3-2.0.5-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ef16afa8ba34a1f989db38e1dbbe0c302e4289a47856990d0682e374563ce35e"},
-    {file = "urllib3-2.0.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:13abf37382ea2ce6fb744d4dad67838eec857c9f4f57009891805e0b5e123594"},
+    {file = "urllib3-1.26.16-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8d36afa7616d8ab714608411b4a3b13e58f463aee519024578e062e141dce20f"},
+    {file = "urllib3-1.26.16.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8f135f6502756bde6b2a9b28989df5fbe87c9970cecaa69041edcce7f0589b14"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
-brotli = ["brotli (>=1.0.9)", "brotlicffi (>=0.8.0)"]
-secure = ["certifi", "cryptography (>=1.9)", "idna (>=2.0.0)", "pyopenssl (>=17.1.0)", "urllib3-secure-extra"]
-socks = ["pysocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7,<2.0)"]
-zstd = ["zstandard (>=0.18.0)"]
+brotli = ["brotli (>=1.0.9)", "brotlicffi (>=0.8.0)", "brotlipy (>=0.6.0)"]
+secure = ["certifi", "cryptography (>=1.3.4)", "idna (>=2.0.0)", "ipaddress", "pyOpenSSL (>=0.14)", "urllib3-secure-extra"]
+socks = ["PySocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7,<2.0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "websocket-client"
@@ -1309,4 +1307,4 @@ testing = ["big-O", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more-itertools", "p
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
-content-hash = "ab904511a3f137ff1dbdbcb6d27751e31c61bcd3ae1ff72fdfcb5954dcc0119c"
+content-hash = "eaaba052531eb458aee9183aa513730b91810c66ad87fd49078013f5c99559e1"
diff --git a/cluster_tools/pyproject.toml b/cluster_tools/pyproject.toml
index 5a3c4ac90..abb4331cd 100644
--- a/cluster_tools/pyproject.toml
+++ b/cluster_tools/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos-libs"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.8"
-dask = { version = "^2023.9.1", python = ">=3.9", extras = ["distributed"] }
+distributed = { version = "^2023.9.1", python = ">=3.9" }
 kubernetes = "^27.2.0"
 typing-extensions = "^4.4.0"
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 721dbab25..6aab9d654 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-dunamai==1.17.0
-poetry==1.5.1
+dunamai==1.18.1
+poetry==1.6.1