Use "dependency_type: minimum" for Minimum Versions check

Author: davidbrochart

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -152,10 +152,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Base Setup
         uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
         with:
-          python_version: "3.11"
+          python_version: "3.8"
+          dependency_type: minimum
 
-      - name: Install minimum versions
-        uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/install-minimums@v1
+      - name: Install the Python dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install -e ".[test]"
 
       - name: Run the unit tests
         run: |

pyproject.toml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ test = [
     "pytest>=7.0",
     "pytest-cov",
     "websockets",
-    "importlib_metadata >=3.6; python_version<'3.10'",
+    "importlib_metadata >=4.8.3; python_version<'3.10'",
 ]
 docs = [
     "jupyterlab>=4.0.0",