diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index a2188918..7d0cbf21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     # The type of runner that the job will run on
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
     steps:
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index c3104a63..6d6e7fed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   test:
     # The type of runner that the job will run on
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
     steps:
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
diff --git a/kowalski/api.py b/kowalski/api.py
index bb55d1ab..f4715a4c 100644
--- a/kowalski/api.py
+++ b/kowalski/api.py
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ async def post(self, request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
 
         except Exception as e:
             log(e)
-            test_successful, test_message = False, e
+            test_successful, test_message = False, str(e)
         if not test_successful:
             return self.error(message=test_message)
 
diff --git a/kowalski/requirements_ingester.txt b/kowalski/requirements_ingester.txt
index 9ef41ab4..bfeb47af 100644
--- a/kowalski/requirements_ingester.txt
+++ b/kowalski/requirements_ingester.txt
@@ -1,33 +1,31 @@
-aiofiles>=0.6.0
-aiohttp>=3.7.3
-astropy>=4.2
-bcrypt>=3.2.0
-beautifulsoup4>=4.9.3
-bokeh>=2.2.3
-confluent_kafka>=1.5.0
-cryptography>=3.2.1
-dask>=2.30.0
-distributed>=2.30.1
-fastavro>=1.2.1
-fire>=0.3.1
-gsutil>=4.56
-gunicorn>=20.0.4
-h5py<3
-matplotlib>=3.3.3
-motor>=2.3.0
-multidict>=5.1.0
-numba>=0.52.0
-numpy<1.21
-pandas>=1.1.4
-pyarrow>=4.0.0
-pyjwt>=2.0.0
-pymongo>=3.11.2
-pytest>=6.1.2
-pyyaml>=5.3.1
-requests<2.26.0
-supervisor>=4.2.1
-tensorflow>=2.3.1
-tqdm>=4.54.0
-uvloop>=0.14.0
-tables>=3.6.1
-slack_sdk>=3.4.1
+aiohttp==3.7.3
+astropy==4.3.1
+bcrypt==3.2.0
+beautifulsoup4==4.10.0
+confluent_kafka==1.7.0
+cryptography==3.4.8
+dask==2021.9.1
+distributed==2021.9.1
+fastavro==1.4.4
+fire==0.4.0
+gsutil==4.67
+gunicorn==20.1.0
+h5py==3.1.0
+matplotlib==3.4.3
+motor==2.5.1
+numba==0.54.0
+numpy==1.19.5
+pandas==1.3.2
+pyarrow==5.0.0
+pyjwt==2.1.0
+pymongo==3.12.0
+pytest==6.2.5
+pytz==2021.1
+pyyaml==5.4.1
+requests==2.25.1
+slack_sdk==3.10.1
+supervisor==4.2.2
+tables==3.6.1
+tensorflow==2.6.0
+tqdm==4.62.2
+uvloop==0.16.0