diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index e83cf53a..9c5a3827 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.2 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alabaster"
@@ -1866,43 +1866,47 @@ websockets = ">=12.0,<13.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mxcubecore"
-version = "1.159.0"
+version = "1.160.0"
 description = "Core libraries for the MXCuBE application"
 optional = false
-python-versions = "<3.12,>=3.8"
-files = [
-    {file = "mxcubecore-1.159.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:fc4ed237c3cc49fa5129d9d683dd5b68256a138c6217d8f1f84bade853e6191a"},
-    {file = "mxcubecore-1.159.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d17c01c7a8ccafeaffb1efa71fbf689a28eac65fa26a9c5da607cbd1eb3ff3b4"},
-]
+python-versions = ">=3.8,<3.12"
+files = []
+develop = false
 
 [package.dependencies]
-colorama = ">=0.4.6,<0.5.0"
+colorama = "^0.4.6"
 f90nml = "1.4.3"
-gevent = ">=23.9.1,<24.0.0"
-gipc = ">=1.6.0,<2.0.0"
-greenlet = ">=3.0.3,<4.0.0"
-jsonpickle = ">=2.2.0,<3.0.0"
-jsonschema = ">=4.17.1,<5.0.0"
-lucid3 = ">=3.0.0,<4.0.0"
-lxml = ">=4.9.1,<5.0.0"
-matplotlib = ">=3.6.2,<4.0.0"
-numpy = ">=1.23.5,<2.0.0"
-Pillow = ">=10.4.0,<11.0.0"
-psutil = ">=5.9.4,<6.0.0"
+gevent = "^23.9.1"
+gipc = "^1.6.0"
+greenlet = "^3.0.3"
+jsonpickle = "^2.2.0"
+jsonschema = "^4.17.1"
+lucid3 = "^3.0.0"
+lxml = "^4.9.1"
+matplotlib = "^3.6.2"
+numpy = "^1.23.5"
+Pillow = "^10.4.0"
+psutil = "^5.9.4"
 py4j = "0.10.9.7"
 pydantic = ">=2.8.2,<2.9.0"
-PyDispatcher = ">=2.0.6,<3.0.0"
-python-ldap = ">=3.4.0,<4.0.0"
-requests = ">=2.31.0,<3.0.0"
-"ruamel.yaml" = ">=0.17.21,<0.18.0"
-scipy = ">=1.9.3,<2.0.0"
+PyDispatcher = "^2.0.6"
+python-ldap = "^3.4.0"
+requests = "^2.31.0"
+"ruamel.yaml" = "^0.17.21"
+scipy = "^1.9.3"
 suds-py3 = "1.4.5.0"
-tomli = {version = ">=2.0.1,<3.0.0", markers = "python_full_version <= \"3.10.0\""}
-typing-extensions = ">=4.3.0,<5.0.0"
+tomli = {version = "^2.0.1", markers = "python_full_version <= \"3.10.0\""}
+typing-extensions = "^4.3.0"
 
 [package.extras]
 tango = ["PyTango (>=9.3.6,<10.0.0)"]
 
+[package.source]
+type = "git"
+url = "https://github.com/mxcube/esrf-mxcubecore.git"
+reference = "esrf-develop"
+resolved_reference = "10feab63d5ef565250a53bc54f66c54f19e4ddbd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "myst-parser"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -3739,4 +3743,4 @@ testing = ["coverage (>=5.0.3)", "zope.event", "zope.testing"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8,<3.12"
-content-hash = "5844bc1dff0cf39e588044bff5e6637f2de00862790977208927fa23422e5f77"
+content-hash = "a6f1009c07dfd5ce43039202738d028e50b72595f29d2b268c03e62170ff8c29"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c9b49166..88dff769 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pydantic = ">=2.8.2,<2.9.0"
 PyDispatcher = "^2.0.6"
 pytz = "^2022.6"
 tzlocal = "^4.2"
-mxcubecore = ">=1.157.0"
+mxcubecore =  { git = "https://github.com/mxcube/esrf-mxcubecore.git", branch = "esrf-develop" }
 mxcube-video-streamer = ">=1.5.0"
 bcrypt = "^4.0.1"
 authlib = "^1.3.0"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 69ab3533..a8d7631e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -855,9 +855,7 @@ mock==4.0.3 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12" \
 mxcube-video-streamer==1.5.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12" \
     --hash=sha256:998a8a909e9b69a55bb3776e56ae7725479ec3b196990bf15f6849c3fb824f37 \
     --hash=sha256:fd9d337aad522f60b69182050f9ddfe81d3d2490c2bc8e86ccc669f3e5855718
-mxcubecore==1.159.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12" \
-    --hash=sha256:d17c01c7a8ccafeaffb1efa71fbf689a28eac65fa26a9c5da607cbd1eb3ff3b4 \
-    --hash=sha256:fc4ed237c3cc49fa5129d9d683dd5b68256a138c6217d8f1f84bade853e6191a
+mxcubecore @ git+https://github.com/mxcube/esrf-mxcubecore.git@10feab63d5ef565250a53bc54f66c54f19e4ddbd ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12"
 numpy==1.24.4 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12" \
     --hash=sha256:04640dab83f7c6c85abf9cd729c5b65f1ebd0ccf9de90b270cd61935eef0197f \
     --hash=sha256:1452241c290f3e2a312c137a9999cdbf63f78864d63c79039bda65ee86943f61 \