diff --git a/bittensor/utils/registration/pow.py b/bittensor/utils/registration/pow.py
index 8989e64acf..078c73d09f 100644
--- a/bittensor/utils/registration/pow.py
+++ b/bittensor/utils/registration/pow.py
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
 import numpy
 from Crypto.Hash import keccak
-from rich import console as rich_console, status as rich_status
-from rich.console import Console
 
 from bittensor.utils.btlogging import logging
 from bittensor.utils.formatting import get_human_readable, millify
@@ -516,14 +514,38 @@ class RegistrationStatistics:
     block_hash: str
 
 
+class Status:
+    def __init__(self, status: str):
+        self._status = status
+
+    def start(self):
+        pass
+
+    def stop(self):
+        pass
+
+    def update(self, status: str):
+        self._status = status
+
+
+class Console:
+    @staticmethod
+    def status(status: str):
+        return Status(status)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def log(text: str):
+        print(text)
+
+
 class RegistrationStatisticsLogger:
     """Logs statistics for a registration."""
 
-    status: Optional[rich_status.Status]
+    status: Optional["Status"]
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        console: Optional[rich_console.Console] = None,
+        console: Optional["Console"] = None,
         output_in_place: bool = True,
     ) -> None:
         if console is None:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f31cab3c3b..ceed41972a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,23 +22,21 @@ dependencies = [
     "munch~=2.5.0",
     "numpy~=2.0.1",
     "msgpack-numpy-opentensor~=0.5.0",
-    "nest_asyncio",
-    "netaddr",
+    "nest_asyncio==1.6.0",
+    "netaddr==1.3.0",
     "packaging",
     "python-statemachine~=2.1",
     "pycryptodome>=3.18.0,<4.0.0",
-    "pyyaml",
-    "retry",
-    "requests",
-    "rich",
+    "pyyaml>=6.0",
+    "retry==0.9.2",
+    "requests>=2.0.0,<3.0",
     "pydantic>=2.3, <3",
     "python-Levenshtein",
     "scalecodec==1.2.11",
     "uvicorn",
-    "websockets>=14.1",
     "bittensor-commit-reveal>=0.3.1",
     "bittensor-wallet>=3.0.7",
-    "async-substrate-interface>=1.0.8"
+    "async-substrate-interface>=1.1.0"
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]