diff --git a/.configs/registration-config-single-dim.json b/.configs/registration-config-single-dim.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44afced3bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.configs/registration-config-single-dim.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "parameter_classes": {
+        "array": {
+            "nd": [1],
+            "dtype": [
+                "int",
+                "uint",
+                "uint(8)",
+                "real",
+                "bool",
+                "bigint"
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/arkouda-env-dev.yml b/arkouda-env-dev.yml
index 530271efe8..f9b5fd88d4 100644
--- a/arkouda-env-dev.yml
+++ b/arkouda-env-dev.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
   - defaults
 dependencies:
-  - python>=3.9,!=3.12.4   # minimum 3.9
+  - python>=3.9,<3.12.4   # minimum 3.9
   - numpy>=1.24.1,<2.0
   - pandas>=1.4.0,!=2.2.0
   - pyzmq>=20.0.0
diff --git a/arkouda-env.yml b/arkouda-env.yml
index 62ee2afffd..4905242337 100644
--- a/arkouda-env.yml
+++ b/arkouda-env.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
   - defaults
 dependencies:
-  - python>=3.9,!=3.12.4   # minimum 3.9
+  - python>=3.9,<3.12.4   # minimum 3.9
   - numpy>=1.24.1,<2.0
   - pandas>=1.4.0,!=2.2.0
   - pyzmq>=20.0.0
diff --git a/pydoc/requirements.txt b/pydoc/requirements.txt
index 80589acc49..824275fadf 100644
--- a/pydoc/requirements.txt
+++ b/pydoc/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # dependencies
-python>=3.9,!=3.12.4
+python>=3.9,<3.12.4
 numpy>=1.24.1,<2.0
 pandas>=1.4.0,!=2.2.0
 pyzmq>=20.0.0
diff --git a/pydoc/setup/REQUIREMENTS.md b/pydoc/setup/REQUIREMENTS.md
index 35a166062b..f23adbd7b6 100644
--- a/pydoc/setup/REQUIREMENTS.md
+++ b/pydoc/setup/REQUIREMENTS.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The installation instructions for the dependencies listed here may vary dependin
 
 The following python packages are required by the Arkouda client package.
 
-- `python>=3.9,!=3.12.4`
+- `python>=3.9,<3.12.4`
 - `numpy>=1.24.1,<2.0`
 - `pandas>=1.4.0,!=2.2.0`
 - `pyzmq>=20.0.0`
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6275bf6dc1..469612e5ff 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
     # and refuse to install the project if the version does not match. If you
     # do not support Python 2, you can simplify this to '>=3.5' or similar, see
     # https://packaging.python.org/guides/distributing-packages-using-setuptools/#python-requires
-    python_requires=">=3.9,!=3.12.4",
+    python_requires=">=3.9,<3.12.4",
     # This field lists other packages that your project depends on to run.
     # Any package you put here will be installed by pip when your project is
     # installed, so they must be valid existing projects.
diff --git a/src/ArgSortMsg.chpl b/src/ArgSortMsg.chpl
index d952fd54e6..12cd06ab61 100644
--- a/src/ArgSortMsg.chpl
+++ b/src/ArgSortMsg.chpl
@@ -461,4 +461,4 @@ module ArgSortMsg
     use CommandMap;
     registerFunction("argsortStrings", argsortStrings, getModuleName());
     registerFunction("coargsort", coargsortMsg, getModuleName());
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}