diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 78690e1..456454c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ jobs:
           --health-cmd healthcheck.sh
           --health-interval 10s
           --health-timeout 5s
-          --health-retries 5
-          --health-start-period 10s
+          --health-retries 10
+          --health-start-period 30s
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+      - name: Install Microsoft ODBC
+        run: sudo ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get install msodbcsql18 -y
+
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 51af19b..5d2d004 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2023 Levente Hunyadi
+Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Levente Hunyadi
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/pysqlsync/__init__.py b/pysqlsync/__init__.py
index cf2b651..ee63321 100644
--- a/pysqlsync/__init__.py
+++ b/pysqlsync/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 __version__ = "0.3.0"
 __author__ = "Levente Hunyadi"
-__copyright__ = "Copyright 2023, Levente Hunyadi"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright 2023-2024, Levente Hunyadi"
 __license__ = "MIT"
 __maintainer__ = "Levente Hunyadi"
 __status__ = "Production"
diff --git a/pysqlsync/formation/sql_to_py.py b/pysqlsync/formation/sql_to_py.py
index 8ed918b..a924f5a 100644
--- a/pysqlsync/formation/sql_to_py.py
+++ b/pysqlsync/formation/sql_to_py.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import keyword
 import sys
 import types
+import typing
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from io import StringIO
 from typing import Annotated, Any, Optional, Union
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ def qual_to_module(self, id: SupportsQualifiedId) -> str:
 
     def column_to_field(
         self, table: Table, column: Column
-    ) -> tuple[str, TypeLike, dataclasses.Field]:
+    ) -> tuple[str, type, dataclasses.Field]:
         """
         Generates a dataclass field corresponding to a table column.
 
@@ -154,11 +155,10 @@ def column_to_field(
                 union_types = tuple(self.qual_to_module(r.table) for r in c.references)
                 field_type = Union[union_types]
 
-        return (
-            field_name,
-            field_type,
-            dataclasses.field(default=default),
-        )
+        # use cast to ensure compatibility with signature of `make_dataclass`
+        data_type = typing.cast(type, field_type)
+
+        return (field_name, data_type, dataclasses.field(default=default))
 
     def table_to_dataclass(self, table: Table) -> type[DataclassInstance]:
         """
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def table_to_dataclass(self, table: Table) -> type[DataclassInstance]:
             typ = dataclasses.make_dataclass(class_name, fields, module=module.__name__)
         else:
             typ = dataclasses.make_dataclass(
-                class_name, fields, namespace={"__module__": module.__name__}  # type: ignore
+                class_name, fields, namespace={"__module__": module.__name__}
             )
         with StringIO() as out:
             for field in dataclasses.fields(typ):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 428bda6..a1b14a4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # core
-json_strong_typing >= 0.3.1
+json_strong_typing >= 0.3.2
 typing_extensions >= 4.8; python_version<"3.12"
 
 # development tools
-mypy
-flake8
+build >= 1.0
+mypy >= 1.8
+flake8 >= 7.0
 
 # data export/import
 tsv2py >= 0.5.2
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3919a2d..f708d92 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ include_package_data = True
 packages = find:
 python_requires = >=3.9
 install_requires =
-    json_strong_typing >= 0.3.1
+    json_strong_typing >= 0.3.2
     typing_extensions >= 4.8; python_version<"3.12"
 
 [options.extras_require]