diff --git a/.github/workflows/internal-check-links-in-documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/internal-check-links-in-documentation.yml
index 0aaf08110..ad8246a83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/internal-check-links-in-documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/internal-check-links-in-documentation.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
       - 'CHANGELOG.md'
       - '.github/workflows/internal-check-links-in-documentation.yml' # also run when this file was changed
   schedule:
-    - cron: "15 6 1 * *" # On the first day of each month at 6:15 o'clock
+    - cron: "40 7 * * 1" # Every week at 07:40 AM on Monday 
 
 jobs:
   reports:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/internal-java-code-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/internal-java-code-analysis.yml
index ca61dc01a..66f7ac375 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/internal-java-code-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/internal-java-code-analysis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
     paths-ignore: 
       - '**/*.md'
       - '**/*.txt'
+      - '!requirements.txt'
       - '**/*.css'
       - '**/*.html'
       - '**/*.js'
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ on:
     paths-ignore: 
       - '**/*.md'
       - '**/*.txt'
+      - '!requirements.txt'
       - '**/*.css'
       - '**/*.html'
       - '**/*.js'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/internal-typescript-code-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/internal-typescript-code-analysis.yml
index ebf5d773d..df59feca3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/internal-typescript-code-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/internal-typescript-code-analysis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
     paths-ignore: 
       - '**/*.md'
       - '**/*.txt'
+      - '!requirements.txt'
       - '**/*.css'
       - '**/*.html'
       - '**/*.js'
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ on:
     paths-ignore: 
       - '**/*.md'
       - '**/*.txt'
+      - '!requirements.txt'
       - '**/*.css'
       - '**/*.html'
       - '**/*.js'
diff --git a/conda-environment.yml b/conda-environment.yml
index 789d92b6c..7cf112170 100644
--- a/conda-environment.yml
+++ b/conda-environment.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies:
   - numpy=1.26.*
   - pandas=2.2.*
   - pip=25.0.*
-  - setuptools=75.8.* # opentsne uses sklearn.base uses joblib uses distutils missing in Python >= 12 (TODO use native openTSNE?) 
+  - setuptools=75.9.* # opentsne uses sklearn.base uses joblib uses distutils missing in Python >= 12 (TODO use native openTSNE?) 
   - typing-extensions=4.12.* # Also needed for opentsne and Python >= 3.12
   - opentsne=1.0.* # to visualize node embeddings in 2D (t-SNE dimensionality reduction)
   - wordcloud=1.9.*
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5a8642692..69c8e0bc3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ nbconvert[webpdf]==7.16.*
 numpy==1.26.*
 pandas==2.2.*
 pip==25.0.*
-setuptools==75.8.* # opentsne uses sklearn.base uses joblib uses distutils missing in Python >= 12 (TODO use native openTSNE?) 
+setuptools==75.9.* # opentsne uses sklearn.base uses joblib uses distutils missing in Python >= 12 (TODO use native openTSNE?) 
 typing-extensions==4.12.* # Needed for opentsne and Python >= 3.12
 
 # --- Visualization ---