diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e383508f9..4ef2fe81d 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ CK consists of several sub-projects:
 
 * [Artifact Evaluation](https://cTuning.org/ae) - automating artifact evaluation and reproducibility initiatives at ML and systems conferences.
 
+### Deprecated and archived projects 
+
+* [CM-MLOps](cm-mlops) - now [CM4MLOps](cm4mlops)
+* [CK automation framework v1 and v2](ck) - now [CM](cm)
 
 
 ### License
diff --git a/ck/README.md b/ck/README.md
index e282005b9..8b6c51d79 100644
--- a/ck/README.md
+++ b/ck/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
   behind CK in this [ACM TechTalk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zpeIVwICa4) 
   and the [journal article](https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2020.0211).**
 
+We keep this directory for backwards compatibility to let users reproduce past projects relying on this repository.
+
+
 <br>
 <br>
 <br>
diff --git a/cm-mlops/README.md b/cm-mlops/README.md
index e3333e6a2..f65fdc267 100644
--- a/cm-mlops/README.md
+++ b/cm-mlops/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 **This repository is archived. In April 2024, we have separated this CM repo from the CM framework 
   and moved it to a [standalone mlcommons@cm4mlops repository](https://github.com/mlcommons/cm4mlops/tree/dev)
   following the suggesion from our users and MLCommons members.**
+
+We keep this directory for backwards compatibility to let users reproduce past projects relying on this repository.
diff --git a/cm/CHANGES.md b/cm/CHANGES.md
index d15293319..c3fb785ec 100644
--- a/cm/CHANGES.md
+++ b/cm/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## V3.4.4.1
+   - added tabulate as requirement
+
 ## V3.4.4
    - improved error reporting in utils.load_json and utils.load_yaml
    - added utils.substitute_template
diff --git a/cm/pyproject.toml b/cm/pyproject.toml
index f94832481..f0786bfdb 100644
--- a/cm/pyproject.toml
+++ b/cm/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "requests", 
     "setuptools",
     "wheel",
-    "giturlparse"
+    "giturlparse",
+    "tabulate"
 ]
 
 keywords = [
diff --git a/cm/requirements.txt b/cm/requirements.txt
index 53d344404..48a3980c2 100644
--- a/cm/requirements.txt
+++ b/cm/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ requests
 setuptools
 wheel
 giturlparse
+tabulate