diff --git a/applications/netpyne/Dockerfile b/applications/netpyne/Dockerfile
index eca06eea7..3b1ed003d 100644
--- a/applications/netpyne/Dockerfile
+++ b/applications/netpyne/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ RUN yarn build-dev
 ### Download on a separate stage to run in parallel with buildkit
 FROM quay.io/jupyter/base-notebook:python-3.12 AS downloads
 USER root
-RUN wget --no-check-certificate -O /nyhead.mat https://www.parralab.org/nyhead/sa_nyhead.mat
+RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install aria2 -y
+RUN aria2c -j10 -x 10 https://www.parralab.org/nyhead/sa_nyhead.mat
+RUN mv sa_nyhead.mat /nyhead.mat
 
 ###
 FROM quay.io/jupyter/base-notebook:python-3.12
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ RUN ln -s /opt/workspace workspace
 
 # RUN jupyter labextension disable @jupyterlab/hub-extension
 
-COPY --from=downloads --chown=1000:1000 /nyhead.mat $NP_LFPYKIT_HEAD_FILE
+COPY --from=downloads --chown=1000:1000 nyhead.mat $NP_LFPYKIT_HEAD_FILE
 COPY --from=jsbuild --chown=1000:1000 $FOLDER/webapp/build webapp/build
 
 RUN chown -R $NB_UID /home/jovyan/.jupyter
diff --git a/applications/netpyne/deploy/values.yaml b/applications/netpyne/deploy/values.yaml
index 69f9a87d5..e55d6abd0 100644
--- a/applications/netpyne/deploy/values.yaml
+++ b/applications/netpyne/deploy/values.yaml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ harness:
     hard:
     - jupyterhub
     git:
-      - url: https://github.com/MetaCell/NetPyNE-UI.git
-        branch_tag: 1.1.0
+      - url: https://github.com/OpenSourceBrain/NetPyNE-UI.git
+        branch_tag: osbv2_tests
 singleuser:
   cpu:
     limit: 1
diff --git a/applications/netpyne/overrides/requirements.txt b/applications/netpyne/overrides/requirements.txt
index 5326f342c..7640ea03c 100644
--- a/applications/netpyne/overrides/requirements.txt
+++ b/applications/netpyne/overrides/requirements.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jupyterthemes==0.20.0
 kiwisolver==1.4.8
 lesscpy==0.15.1
 LFPykit==0.5.1
-libNeuroML==0.5.1
+libNeuroML==0.6.7
 lxml==5.3.1
 MarkupSafe==1.1.1
 matplotlib==3.10.0
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ nbconvert==5.6.1
 nbformat==5.2.0
 ndindex==1.9.2
 nest-asyncio==1.6.0
-netpyne @ git+https://github.com/Neurosim-lab/netpyne.git@3d633bcda9a3ab3fe4a90b7c705cd3692a729185
+netpyne @ git+https://github.com/Neurosim-lab/netpyne.git@osbv2-dev#egg=netpyne
 networkx==3.4.2
-neuromllite==0.5.4
+neuromllite==0.6.1
 NEURON==8.2.6
 notebook==6.4.5
 notebook_shim==0.2.3
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ pycparser==2.22
 pyecore==0.15.2
 pygeppetto==0.9.0
 Pygments==2.19.1
-PyLEMS==0.5.9
+PyLEMS==0.6.8
 pymongo==4.11.1
-pyNeuroML==1.0.10
+pyNeuroML==1.3.21
 pyparsing==3.2.1
 pytest==6.2.5
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0