diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index 007b7a71..7b6be8e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ jobs:
     needs: [ smoke-tests ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Install system dependencies
-        run: sudo apt install libegl1 libxcb-cursor0 libsm6 libxext6 libxcb-xinerama0 -y
       - name: Restore images cache
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/212.fixed.md b/doc/changelog.d/212.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca296b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/212.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fix: Changelog links
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e2861dbc..a6dd5b15 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ tests = [
     "pytest-pyvista==0.1.9",
     "pytest-cov==6.0.0",
     "pyside6==6.8.1",
-    "pyvistaqt==0.11.1,<1",
-    "pytest-qt"
 ]
 
 doc = [
@@ -116,8 +114,8 @@ filename = "CHANGELOG.md"
 start_string = "<!-- towncrier release notes start -->\n"
 underlines = ["", "", ""]
 template = "doc/changelog.d/changelog_template.jinja"
-title_format = "`{version} <https://github.com/ansys/ansys-tools-visualization-interface/releases/tag/v{version}>`_ - {project_date}"
-issue_format = "`#{issue} <https://github.com/ansys/ansys-tools-visualization-interface/pull/{issue}>`_"
+title_format = "`[{version}](https://github.com/ansys/ansys-tools-visualization-interface/releases/tag/v{version}) - {project_date}"
+issue_format = "`[#{issue}](https://github.com/ansys/ansys-tools-visualization-interface/pull/{issue})"
 
 [[tool.towncrier.type]]
 directory = "added"