diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
index c23ed16..b2b88d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
       fail-fast: true
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
@@ -50,22 +50,17 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install -y \
           libxkbcommon-x11-0 \
-          libxrender1 \
-          libxext6 \
-          libxcb1 \
+          libxcb-cursor0 \
           libxcb-icccm4 \
           libxcb-image0 \
           libxcb-keysyms1 \
-          libxcb-randr0 \
-          libxcb-render0 \
           libxcb-render-util0 \
           libxcb-shape0 \
-          libxcb-shm0 \
-          libxcb-sync1 \
           libxcb-xfixes0 \
+          libxcb-randr0 \
           libxcb-xinerama0 \
-          libxcb-xkb1 \
-          libqt5x11extras5 \
+          libxcb-util1 \
+          libegl1 \
           xvfb
 
     - name: Ensure PIP
@@ -88,4 +83,4 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Run Unittests from CLI
       if: env.QT_DEPENDENCIES != 'true'
-      run: python -m nxt.cli test
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+      run: python -m nxt.cli test
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index be2edfa..d6a9913 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2015-2020 The nxt Authors
+Copyright (c) 2015-2025 The nxt Authors
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software 
 and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, 
diff --git a/build/release_footer.md b/build/release_footer.md
index fb55e90..6ba0076 100644
--- a/build/release_footer.md
+++ b/build/release_footer.md
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ This release saves `${graph_version}` graphs.
 This release includes backwards compatibility for graph versions as old as `0.45` .
 
 # Pip Installation
-From a Python(2 or 3) environment run the following command:  
+From a Python 3 environment run the following command:  
 `pip install nxt-core`
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diff --git a/nxt/cli.py b/nxt/cli.py
index 02b2bd3..1a15fd9 100644
--- a/nxt/cli.py
+++ b/nxt/cli.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def editor(args):
     else:
         paths = [args.path]
     os.environ[NXT_DCC_ENV_VAR] = STANDALONE
-    sys.exit(nxt_editor.launch_editor(paths, start_rpc=not args.no_rpc))
+    sys.exit(nxt_editor.launch_editor(paths, start_rpc=args.rpc))
 
 
 def execute(args):
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@ def main():
         gui_parser.set_defaults(which='ui')
         gui_parser.add_argument('path', type=str, nargs='?',
                                 help='file(s) to open', default='')
-        no_rpc_help = ('Start editor without setting up an rpc server during '
-                       'startup.')
-        gui_parser.add_argument('-no-rpc', help=no_rpc_help,
+        rpc_help = ('Start editor with an rpc server running in the '
+                    'background.')
+        gui_parser.add_argument('-rpc', help=rpc_help,
                                 action='store_true')
 
     exec_parser = subs.add_parser('exec', help='Execute graph. See: exec -h')
diff --git a/nxt/stage.py b/nxt/stage.py
index 88de056..c3c3c97 100644
--- a/nxt/stage.py
+++ b/nxt/stage.py
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ def get_stash_data(self, layer):
 
     @staticmethod
     def legalize_name(name):
-        """Returns given `name` without leading numeral, and matching
+        r"""Returns given `name` without leading numeral, and matching
         `\w` regex: (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _)
         Replaces illegal characters with underscore.
         """
diff --git a/nxt/version.json b/nxt/version.json
index 54b9793..c60841a 100644
--- a/nxt/version.json
+++ b/nxt/version.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "API": {
     "MAJOR": 0,
-    "MINOR": 17,
+    "MINOR": 18,
     "PATCH": 0
   },
   "GRAPH": {
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2ce3974..1549eb8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     url="https://github.com/nxt-dev/nxt",
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
-    python_requires='>=3.7, <3.11',
+    python_requires='>=3.7, <3.12',
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [
             'nxt=nxt.cli:main',