diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index da94ae62dac..df2c361ac93 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ repos:
         language: python
         entry: ./tools/hooks/sync_dependencies.py
         files: '^(pyproject.toml|tools/hooks/sync_dependencies.py)$'
-        additional_dependencies: ["mne==1.10.0"]
+        additional_dependencies: ["mne==1.11.0"]
 
   # zizmor
   - repo: https://github.com/woodruffw/zizmor-pre-commit
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index d30bf7507fb..8e4a81bec1e 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright 2011-2024 MNE-Python authors
+Copyright 2011-2025 MNE-Python authors
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 150dd3107b8..962887a4e62 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ The minimum required dependencies to run MNE-Python are:
 .. ↓↓↓ BEGIN CORE DEPS LIST. DO NOT EDIT! HANDLED BY PRE-COMMIT HOOK ↓↓↓
 
 - `Python <https://www.python.org>`__ ≥ 3.10
-- `NumPy <https://numpy.org>`__ ≥ 1.25
+- `NumPy <https://numpy.org>`__ ≥ 1.26
 - `SciPy <https://scipy.org>`__ ≥ 1.11
-- `Matplotlib <https://matplotlib.org>`__ ≥ 3.7
+- `Matplotlib <https://matplotlib.org>`__ ≥ 3.8
 - `Pooch <https://www.fatiando.org/pooch/latest/>`__ ≥ 1.5
 - `tqdm <https://tqdm.github.io>`__
 - `Jinja2 <https://palletsprojects.com/p/jinja/>`__
diff --git a/doc/changes/dev.rst b/doc/changes/dev.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e80d522b51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changes/dev.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.. See doc/development/contributing.rst for description of how to add entries.
+
+.. _current:
+
+.. towncrier-draft-entries:: Version |release| (development)
diff --git a/doc/development/whats_new.rst b/doc/development/whats_new.rst
index ccb695d9891..79bf102a2b3 100644
--- a/doc/development/whats_new.rst
+++ b/doc/development/whats_new.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Changes for each version of MNE-Python are listed below.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   ../changes/dev.rst
    ../changes/v1.11.rst
    ../changes/v1.10.rst
    ../changes/v1.9.rst
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index b72d39925e4..76a9780fb21 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -64,4 +64,5 @@ dependencies:
   - vtk >=9.2
   - xlrd
   - pip:
+      - nest-asyncio2
       - pyobjc-framework-Cocoa >=5.2.0;platform_system=='Darwin'
diff --git a/mne/io/ant/tests/test_ant.py b/mne/io/ant/tests/test_ant.py
index 8c8530d400d..1db1577f913 100644
--- a/mne/io/ant/tests/test_ant.py
+++ b/mne/io/ant/tests/test_ant.py
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ def test_io_info_parse_misc(ca_208: TypeDataset):
     assert raw_cnt.get_channel_types() == ["eeg"] * len(raw_cnt.ch_names)
 
 
+@testing.requires_testing_data
 def test_io_info_parse_non_standard_misc(na_271_bips: TypeDataset):
     """Test parsing misc channels with modified names from a .cnt file."""
     with pytest.warns(
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dbd544e571d..33e03f2d3de 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ keywords = [
   "neuroscience",
 ]
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-license-files = ["LICENSE"]
+license-files = ["LICENSE.txt"]
 maintainers = [{email = "dan@mccloy.info", name = "Dan McCloy"}]
 name = "mne"
 readme = {content-type = "text/x-rst", file = "README.rst"}
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ full-no-qt = [
   "mne-qt-browser",
   "mne[hdf5]",
   "neo",
+  "nest-asyncio2",
   "nibabel",
   "nilearn",
   "numba",
diff --git a/tools/hooks/update_environment_file.py b/tools/hooks/update_environment_file.py
index 023700dd3c7..91736d68aae 100755
--- a/tools/hooks/update_environment_file.py
+++ b/tools/hooks/update_environment_file.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 recursive_deps = set(d for d in deps if d.startswith("mne["))
 deps -= recursive_deps
 deps |= {"pip", "mamba", "nomkl"}
+deps -= {"nest-asyncio2"}  # not on CF yet
 
 
 def remove_spaces(version_spec):
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ def split_dep(dep):
 
 # split package name from version spec
 translations = dict(neo="python-neo")
-pip_deps = set()
+pip_deps = {"      - nest-asyncio2"}
 conda_deps = set()
 for dep in deps:
     package_name, version_spec = split_dep(dep)
diff --git a/tools/install_pre_requirements.sh b/tools/install_pre_requirements.sh
index c2b60366a18..748ac99d984 100755
--- a/tools/install_pre_requirements.sh
+++ b/tools/install_pre_requirements.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ python -m pip install $STD_ARGS \
 	git+https://github.com/BUNPC/pysnirf2 \
 	git+https://github.com/the-siesta-group/edfio \
 	git+https://github.com/python-quantities/python-quantities \
-	trame trame-vtk trame-vuetify jupyter ipyevents ipympl openmeeg \
+	trame trame-vtk trame-vuetify nest-asyncio2 jupyter ipyevents ipympl openmeeg \
 	imageio-ffmpeg xlrd mffpy traitlets pybv eeglabio defusedxml \
 	antio curryreader
 echo "::endgroup::"