diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 6e897bae3..b60b52a18 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Aqua = "0.8"
 ArrayInterface = "7.16"
 BandedMatrices = "1.5"
 BenchmarkTools = "1.4"
-BracketingNonlinearSolve = "1"
+BracketingNonlinearSolve = "1.3"
 CUDA = "5.5"
 CommonSolve = "0.2.4"
 ConcreteStructs = "0.2.3"
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ NLSolvers = "0.5"
 NLsolve = "4.5"
 NaNMath = "1"
 NonlinearProblemLibrary = "0.1.2"
-NonlinearSolveBase = "1.4"
-NonlinearSolveFirstOrder = "1.2"
-NonlinearSolveQuasiNewton = "1.1"
-NonlinearSolveSpectralMethods = "1.1"
+NonlinearSolveBase = "1.14"
+NonlinearSolveFirstOrder = "1.7"
+NonlinearSolveQuasiNewton = "1.8"
+NonlinearSolveSpectralMethods = "1.3"
 OrdinaryDiffEqTsit5 = "1.1.0"
 PETSc = "0.3"
 Pkg = "1.10"
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ ReTestItems = "1.24"
 Reexport = "1.2.2"
 SIAMFANLEquations = "1.0.1"
 SciMLBase = "2.69"
-SimpleNonlinearSolve = "2.1"
+SimpleNonlinearSolve = "2.7"
 SparseArrays = "1.10"
 SparseConnectivityTracer = "0.6.5, 1"
 SparseMatrixColorings = "0.4.5"
diff --git a/lib/BracketingNonlinearSolve/Project.toml b/lib/BracketingNonlinearSolve/Project.toml
index fb8366065..227b84686 100644
--- a/lib/BracketingNonlinearSolve/Project.toml
+++ b/lib/BracketingNonlinearSolve/Project.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ConcreteStructs = "0.2.3"
 ExplicitImports = "1.10.1"
 ForwardDiff = "0.10.36, 1"
 InteractiveUtils = "<0.0.1, 1"
-NonlinearSolveBase = "1.1"
+NonlinearSolveBase = "1.14"
 PrecompileTools = "1.2"
 Reexport = "1.2.2"
 SciMLBase = "2.69"
diff --git a/lib/NonlinearSolveBase/Project.toml b/lib/NonlinearSolveBase/Project.toml
index b75d60463..8f8801c81 100644
--- a/lib/NonlinearSolveBase/Project.toml
+++ b/lib/NonlinearSolveBase/Project.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ StaticArraysCore = "1e83bf80-4336-4d27-bf5d-d5a4f845583c"
 SymbolicIndexingInterface = "2efcf032-c050-4f8e-a9bb-153293bab1f5"
 TimerOutputs = "a759f4b9-e2f1-59dc-863e-4aeb61b1ea8f"
 
+[sources]
+SciMLJacobianOperators = {path = "../SciMLJacobianOperators"}
+
 [weakdeps]
 BandedMatrices = "aae01518-5342-5314-be14-df237901396f"
 DiffEqBase = "2b5f629d-d688-5b77-993f-72d75c75574e"
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ Preferences = "1.4"
 Printf = "1.10"
 RecursiveArrayTools = "3"
 SciMLBase = "2.92"
-SciMLJacobianOperators = "0.1.1"
+SciMLJacobianOperators = "0.1.8"
 SciMLOperators = "0.4, 1.0"
 SparseArrays = "1.10"
 SparseMatrixColorings = "0.4.5"
diff --git a/lib/NonlinearSolveFirstOrder/Project.toml b/lib/NonlinearSolveFirstOrder/Project.toml
index db77d67e9..0d09f821d 100644
--- a/lib/NonlinearSolveFirstOrder/Project.toml
+++ b/lib/NonlinearSolveFirstOrder/Project.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ StaticArraysCore = "1e83bf80-4336-4d27-bf5d-d5a4f845583c"
 
 [sources]
 NonlinearSolveBase = {path = "../NonlinearSolveBase"}
+SciMLJacobianOperators = {path = "../SciMLJacobianOperators"}
 
 [compat]
 ADTypes = "1.9.0"
@@ -47,14 +48,14 @@ LinearAlgebra = "1.10"
 LinearSolve = "2.36.1, 3"
 MaybeInplace = "0.1.4"
 NonlinearProblemLibrary = "0.1.2"
-NonlinearSolveBase = "1.4"
+NonlinearSolveBase = "1.14"
 Pkg = "1.10"
 PrecompileTools = "1.2"
 Random = "1.10"
 ReTestItems = "1.24"
 Reexport = "1.2.2"
 SciMLBase = "2.69"
-SciMLJacobianOperators = "0.1.0"
+SciMLJacobianOperators = "0.1.8"
 Setfield = "1.1.1"
 SparseArrays = "1.10"
 SparseConnectivityTracer = "0.6.8"
diff --git a/lib/NonlinearSolveHomotopyContinuation/Project.toml b/lib/NonlinearSolveHomotopyContinuation/Project.toml
index 8acdc6d1f..60a501b9c 100644
--- a/lib/NonlinearSolveHomotopyContinuation/Project.toml
+++ b/lib/NonlinearSolveHomotopyContinuation/Project.toml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ SciMLBase = "0bca4576-84f4-4d90-8ffe-ffa030f20462"
 SymbolicIndexingInterface = "2efcf032-c050-4f8e-a9bb-153293bab1f5"
 TaylorDiff = "b36ab563-344f-407b-a36a-4f200bebf99c"
 
-[sources.NonlinearSolveBase]
-path = "../NonlinearSolveBase"
+[sources]
+NonlinearSolveBase = {path = "../NonlinearSolveBase"}
 
 [compat]
 ADTypes = "1.11.0"
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Enzyme = "0.13"
 HomotopyContinuation = "2.12.0"
 LinearAlgebra = "1.10"
 NaNMath = "1.1"
-NonlinearSolve = "4"
-NonlinearSolveBase = "1.3.3"
+NonlinearSolve = "4.10"
+NonlinearSolveBase = "1.14"
 SciMLBase = "2.72.2"
 SymbolicIndexingInterface = "0.3.36"
 TaylorDiff = "0.3.1"
diff --git a/lib/NonlinearSolveQuasiNewton/Project.toml b/lib/NonlinearSolveQuasiNewton/Project.toml
index 82c7a4a11..0bf9f1293 100644
--- a/lib/NonlinearSolveQuasiNewton/Project.toml
+++ b/lib/NonlinearSolveQuasiNewton/Project.toml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ StaticArraysCore = "1e83bf80-4336-4d27-bf5d-d5a4f845583c"
 [weakdeps]
 ForwardDiff = "f6369f11-7733-5829-9624-2563aa707210"
 
-[sources.NonlinearSolveBase]
-path = "../NonlinearSolveBase"
+[sources]
+NonlinearSolveBase = {path = "../NonlinearSolveBase"}
 
 [extensions]
 NonlinearSolveQuasiNewtonForwardDiffExt = "ForwardDiff"
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ LinearAlgebra = "1.10"
 LinearSolve = "2.36.1, 3"
 MaybeInplace = "0.1.4"
 NonlinearProblemLibrary = "0.1.2"
-NonlinearSolveBase = "1.4"
+NonlinearSolveBase = "1.14"
 Pkg = "1.10"
 PrecompileTools = "1.2"
 ReTestItems = "1.24"
diff --git a/lib/NonlinearSolveSciPy/Project.toml b/lib/NonlinearSolveSciPy/Project.toml
index 2bf56b78c..e9468aa80 100644
--- a/lib/NonlinearSolveSciPy/Project.toml
+++ b/lib/NonlinearSolveSciPy/Project.toml
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ PythonCall = "6099a3de-0909-46bc-b1f4-468b9a2dfc0d"
 Reexport = "189a3867-3050-52da-a836-e630ba90ab69"
 SciMLBase = "0bca4576-84f4-4d90-8ffe-ffa030f20462"
 
-[sources.NonlinearSolveBase]
-path = "../NonlinearSolveBase"
+[sources]
+NonlinearSolveBase = {path = "../NonlinearSolveBase"}
 
 [compat]
 ConcreteStructs = "0.2.3"
 Hwloc = "3"
 InteractiveUtils = "<0.0.1, 1"
-NonlinearSolveBase = "1.4"
+NonlinearSolveBase = "1.14"
 PrecompileTools = "1.2"
 PythonCall = "0.9"
 ReTestItems = "1.24"
diff --git a/lib/NonlinearSolveSpectralMethods/Project.toml b/lib/NonlinearSolveSpectralMethods/Project.toml
index 8fe3fcc56..6d4ce2ec1 100644
--- a/lib/NonlinearSolveSpectralMethods/Project.toml
+++ b/lib/NonlinearSolveSpectralMethods/Project.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ InteractiveUtils = "<0.0.1, 1"
 LineSearch = "0.1.4"
 MaybeInplace = "0.1.4"
 NonlinearProblemLibrary = "0.1.2"
-NonlinearSolveBase = "1.4"
+NonlinearSolveBase = "1.14"
 Pkg = "1.10"
 PrecompileTools = "1.2"
 ReTestItems = "1.24"
diff --git a/lib/SCCNonlinearSolve/Project.toml b/lib/SCCNonlinearSolve/Project.toml
index 26ed1b04c..b9e1a53b8 100644
--- a/lib/SCCNonlinearSolve/Project.toml
+++ b/lib/SCCNonlinearSolve/Project.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ Reexport = "189a3867-3050-52da-a836-e630ba90ab69"
 SciMLBase = "0bca4576-84f4-4d90-8ffe-ffa030f20462"
 SymbolicIndexingInterface = "2efcf032-c050-4f8e-a9bb-153293bab1f5"
 
+[sources]
+NonlinearSolve = {path = "../.."}
+NonlinearSolveBase = {path = "../NonlinearSolveBase"}
+NonlinearSolveFirstOrder = {path = "../NonlinearSolveFirstOrder"}
+
 [compat]
 Aqua = "0.8"
 BenchmarkTools = "1.5.0"
@@ -18,9 +23,9 @@ ExplicitImports = "1.5"
 Hwloc = "3"
 InteractiveUtils = "<0.0.1, 1"
 NonlinearProblemLibrary = "0.1.2"
-NonlinearSolve = "4.8"
-NonlinearSolveBase = "1.5.1"
-NonlinearSolveFirstOrder = "1"
+NonlinearSolve = "4.10"
+NonlinearSolveBase = "1.14"
+NonlinearSolveFirstOrder = "1.7"
 Pkg = "1.10"
 PrecompileTools = "1.2"
 ReTestItems = "1.24"
diff --git a/lib/SimpleNonlinearSolve/Project.toml b/lib/SimpleNonlinearSolve/Project.toml
index 0014013fb..8c29d6916 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleNonlinearSolve/Project.toml
+++ b/lib/SimpleNonlinearSolve/Project.toml
@@ -29,11 +29,9 @@ DiffEqBase = "2b5f629d-d688-5b77-993f-72d75c75574e"
 ReverseDiff = "37e2e3b7-166d-5795-8a7a-e32c996b4267"
 Tracker = "9f7883ad-71c0-57eb-9f7f-b5c9e6d3789c"
 
-[sources.BracketingNonlinearSolve]
-path = "../BracketingNonlinearSolve"
-
-[sources.NonlinearSolveBase]
-path = "../NonlinearSolveBase"
+[sources]
+BracketingNonlinearSolve = {path = "../BracketingNonlinearSolve"}
+NonlinearSolveBase = {path = "../NonlinearSolveBase"}
 
 [extensions]
 SimpleNonlinearSolveChainRulesCoreExt = "ChainRulesCore"
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ SimpleNonlinearSolveTrackerExt = "Tracker"
 ADTypes = "1.2"
 Aqua = "0.8.7"
 ArrayInterface = "7.16"
-BracketingNonlinearSolve = "1.1"
+BracketingNonlinearSolve = "1.3"
 ChainRulesCore = "1.24"
 CommonSolve = "0.2.4"
 ConcreteStructs = "0.2.3"
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ LineSearch = "0.1.3"
 LinearAlgebra = "1.10"
 MaybeInplace = "0.1.4"
 NonlinearProblemLibrary = "0.1.2"
-NonlinearSolveBase = "1.4"
+NonlinearSolveBase = "1.14"
 Pkg = "1.10"
 PolyesterForwardDiff = "0.1.3"
 PrecompileTools = "1.2"
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index a9c5183ea..83654519f 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -21,16 +21,27 @@ length(EXTRA_PKGS) ≥ 1 && Pkg.add(EXTRA_PKGS)
 const RETESTITEMS_NWORKERS = if GROUP == "wrappers"
     0  # Sequential execution for wrapper tests
 else
+    # Ensure we have a valid default value even if Hwloc fails
+    default_workers = try
+        min(ifelse(Sys.iswindows(), 0, Hwloc.num_physical_cores()), 4)
+    catch
+        1  # Fallback to 1 worker if Hwloc fails
+    end
     parse(
-        Int, get(ENV, "RETESTITEMS_NWORKERS",
-            string(min(ifelse(Sys.iswindows(), 0, Hwloc.num_physical_cores()), 4))
-        )
+        Int, get(ENV, "RETESTITEMS_NWORKERS", string(default_workers))
     )
 end
 const RETESTITEMS_NWORKER_THREADS = parse(Int,
     get(
         ENV, "RETESTITEMS_NWORKER_THREADS",
-        string(max(Hwloc.num_virtual_cores() ÷ max(RETESTITEMS_NWORKERS, 1), 1))
+        string(max(
+            try
+                Hwloc.num_virtual_cores() ÷ max(RETESTITEMS_NWORKERS, 1)
+            catch
+                1  # Fallback to 1 thread if Hwloc fails
+            end,
+            1
+        ))
     )
 )