diff --git a/.github/actions/build-dist/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-dist/action.yml
index 4747b69545..3b840d621a 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-dist/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-dist/action.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 name: 'Build Jupyter Notebook'
+
 description: 'Build Jupyter Notebook from source'
+
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
   steps:
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        python -m pip install hatch
+        python -m pip install hatch "click<8.3.0"
 
     - name: Build pypi distributions
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 127476bc59..f90f6ab50f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Base Setup
         uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
 
+      - name: Pin click to avoid 8.3.0 issues
+        run: pipx inject --force hatch "click<8.3.0"
+
       - name: Test the package
         run: hatch run cov:test
 
@@ -79,6 +82,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+      - name: Pin click to avoid 8.3.0 issues
+        run: pipx inject --force hatch "click<8.3.0"
       - run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt install enchant-2  # for spelling
@@ -97,6 +102,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           dependency_type: minimum
           python_version: '3.10'
+      - name: Pin click to avoid 8.3.0 issues
+        run: pipx inject --force hatch "click<8.3.0"
       - name: Run the unit tests
         run: |
           hatch run test:nowarn || hatch run test:nowarn --lf
@@ -110,6 +117,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
         with:
           dependency_type: pre
+      - name: Pin click to avoid 8.3.0 issues
+        run: pipx inject --force hatch "click<8.3.0"
       - name: Run the tests
         run: |
           hatch run test:nowarn || hatch run test:nowarn --lf
@@ -172,6 +181,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+      - name: Pin click to avoid 8.3.0 issues
+        run: pipx inject --force hatch "click<8.3.0"
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/check-links@v1
         with:
           ignore_links: 'https://playwright.dev/docs/test-cli/ https://blog.jupyter.org/the-big-split-9d7b88a031a7 https://blog.jupyter.org/jupyter-ascending-1bf5b362d97e https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/jupyter/notebook/main https://nbviewer.jupyter.org https://stackoverflow.com https://github.com/[^/]+/?$'
@@ -183,6 +194,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+      - name: Pin click to avoid 8.3.0 issues
+        run: pipx inject --force hatch "click<8.3.0"
       - name: Run Linters
         run: |
           hatch run typing:test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/buildutils.yml b/.github/workflows/buildutils.yml
index 7ef303d024..87d6b7c8de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buildutils.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buildutils.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ concurrency:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+
 jobs:
   versioning:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -27,9 +28,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Base Setup
         uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
 
+      - name: Pin click to avoid 8.3.0 issues
+        run: pipx inject --force hatch "click<8.3.0"
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install -U "jupyterlab>=4.5.0a0,<4.6" hatch
+          python -m pip install -U "jupyterlab>=4.5.0a0,<4.6"
           jlpm
           jlpm run build
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-release.yml b/.github/workflows/check-release.yml
index ab931d8fc6..301c9731a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-release.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.sha }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+
 jobs:
   check_release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -18,8 +19,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
       - name: Base Setup
         uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+
+      - name: Pin click to avoid 8.3.0 issues
+        run: pipx inject --force hatch "click<8.3.0"
+
       - name: Check Release
         uses: jupyter-server/jupyter_releaser/.github/actions/check-release@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-update.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-update.yml
index 85a255a0c0..1b6dcf4be8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright-update.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+
 jobs:
   update-snapshots:
     if: >
@@ -83,6 +84,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Base Setup
         uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
 
+      - name: Pin click to avoid 8.3.0 issues
+        run: pipx inject --force hatch "click<8.3.0"
+
       - name: Build
         uses: ./.github/actions/build-dist
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prep-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prep-release.yml
index 396330bb97..7e22796c1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prep-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prep-release.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ on:
         description: "Use PRs with activity since the last stable git tag"
         required: false
         type: boolean
+
+
 jobs:
   prep_release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -31,6 +33,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
 
+      - name: Pin click to avoid 8.3.0 issues
+        run: pipx inject --force hatch "click<8.3.0"
+
       - name: Prep Release
         id: prep-release
         uses: jupyter-server/jupyter_releaser/.github/actions/prep-release@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-changelog.yml
index c576a54877..76a99b9a60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-changelog.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
         description: "The branch to target"
         required: false
 
+
 jobs:
   publish_changelog:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
 
+      - name: Pin click to avoid 8.3.0 issues
+        run: pipx inject --force hatch "click<8.3.0"
+
       - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
         id: app-token
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
index d5dc89c8be..e1d90b12bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ on:
         description: "Comma separated list of steps to skip"
         required: false
 
+
 jobs:
   publish_release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -21,6 +22,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
 
+      - name: Install jupyter-releaser
+        run: pipx install jupyter-releaser
+
+      - name: Pin click to avoid 8.3.0 issues
+        run: pipx inject --force hatch "click<8.3.0"
+
       - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
         id: app-token
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml
index 12108731a8..b6fdc2e20b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ concurrency:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Build
@@ -39,6 +40,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Base Setup
         uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
 
+      - name: Pin click to avoid 8.3.0 issues
+        run: pipx inject --force hatch "click<8.3.0"
+
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: notebook-dist-${{ github.run_number }}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b91a2ac965..24e2a7991a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 requires = [
     "hatchling>=1.11",
     "jupyterlab>=4.5.0a3,<4.6",
+    "click<8.3.0",
 ]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ test = [
     "jupyter_server[test]>=2.4.0,<3",
     "jupyterlab_server[test]>=2.27.1,<3",
     "importlib-resources>=5.0;python_version<\"3.10\"",
+    "click<8.3.0",
 ]
 docs = [
     "myst_parser",
@@ -74,7 +76,8 @@ docs = [
 ]
 dev = [
     "pre-commit",
-    "hatch"
+    "hatch",
+    "click<8.3.0",
 ]
 
 [tool.hatch.version]