diff --git a/bidspm.def b/bidspm.def
index ffd65697..372e4726 100644
--- a/bidspm.def
+++ b/bidspm.def
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ From: bids/base_validator:1.13.1
     git -C /opt/bidspm restore .
     git -C /opt/bidspm/lib/CPP_ROI/atlas/HCPex reset --hard
     git -C /opt/bidspm/lib/CPP_ROI/atlas/HCPex clean --force -dfx
-    git status
+    git -C /opt/bidspm/ status
 
     pip install --upgrade pip
     pip install -r /opt/bidspm/requirements.txt
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 56370506..fa33b0cf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ doc = [
     "urllib3",
     "faqtory",
     "myst-parser",
-    "sphinx<8",
+    "sphinx",
     "sphinx-argparse",
     "sphinx-copybutton",
     "pydata-sphinx-theme",
     "sphinx-togglebutton",
     "sphinxcontrib-bibtex",
-    "sphinxcontrib-matlabdomain",
+    "sphinxcontrib-matlabdomain>=0.22.1",
     "sphinxcontrib-mermaid",
     "setuptools"
 ]