diff --git a/buildscripts/build_shtools.sh b/buildscripts/build_shtools.sh
index a7aa6b76c..eb37d2a8c 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_shtools.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_shtools.sh
@@ -15,18 +15,6 @@ ARGS=$@
 . ${SCRIPT_DIR}/_build_getopts.sh ${ARGS}
 . ${SCRIPT_DIR}/set_compilers.sh
 
-SHTOOLS_VER="4.10.4"
-
-printf "*********************************************************\n"
-printf "*             FETCHING SHTOOLS SOURCE                      *\n"
-printf "*********************************************************\n"
-printf "Copying files to ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}\n"
-mkdir -p ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}
-if [ ! -d ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/SHTOOLS-${SHTOOLS_VER} ]; then
-    [ -d ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/SHTOOLS-* ] && rm -rf ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/SHTOOLS-*
-    curl -L https://github.com/SHTOOLS/SHTOOLS/releases/download/v${SHTOOLS_VER}/SHTOOLS-${SHTOOLS_VER}.tar.gz | tar xvz -C ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}
-fi
-
 printf "*********************************************************\n"
 printf "*               BUILDING SHTOOLS LIBRARY                   *\n"
 printf "*********************************************************\n"
@@ -38,13 +26,15 @@ printf "LD_LIBRARY_PATH: ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}\n"
 printf "LDFLAGS: ${LDFLAGS}\n"
 printf "*********************************************************\n"
 
-cd ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/SHTOOLS-*
+cd SHTOOLS
+make F95="${FC}" CXX="${CXX}" fortran
 make F95="${FC}" CXX="${CXX}" fortran-mp
 if [ -w ${PREFIX} ]; then
     make PREFIX="${PREFIX}" install
 else
     sudo make PREFIX="${PREFIX}" install
 fi
+cd ..
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    printf "SHTOOLS could not be compiled.\n"
diff --git a/buildscripts/install_editable_debug.sh b/buildscripts/install_editable_debug.sh
index 10e5eb850..fb600a58a 100755
--- a/buildscripts/install_editable_debug.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/install_editable_debug.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,17 @@ SCRIPT_DIR=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
 ROOT_DIR=$(realpath ${SCRIPT_DIR}/..)
 VENV_DIR=${ROOT_DIR}/venv
 cd ${ROOT_DIR}
-python3 -m venv ${VENV_DIR}
-. ${VENV_DIR}/bin/activate
+
+# Create the virtual environment if it doesn't exist
+if [ ! -d "${VENV_DIR}" ]; then
+    python3 -m venv ${VENV_DIR}
+fi
+
+# Activate the virtual environment only if it's not already active
+if [ -z "${VIRTUAL_ENV}" ]; then
+    . ${VENV_DIR}/bin/activate
+fi
+
 python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip 
 pip install scikit-build-core pyproject-metadata pathspec ninja cython cmake ffmpeg-python 
 pip install --config-settings=editable.rebuild=true \
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ca161ee50..c7b1f6201 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers=[
 ]
 keywords=['astronomy','astrophysics', 'planetary', 'n-body',  'integrator', 'symplectic', 'wisdom-holman', 'symba']
 dependencies = [
-    'numpy>=1.24.3',
+    'numpy>=1.26.3',
     'scipy>=1.10.1',
     'xarray>=2023.1',
     'dask>=2023.5',
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ dependencies = [
     'matplotlib>=3.7',
     'astropy>=5.2',
     'astroquery>=0.4.6',
-    'tqdm>=4.64.1',
-    'cython>=3.0.0',
-    'pyshtools==4.10.4'
+    'tqdm>=4.64',
+    'cython>=3.0',
+    'meson>=1.3',
+    'meson-python>=0.15',
+    'pyshtools==4.11.10'
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ requires = [
     "sphinxext-rediraffe",
     "sphinxext-opengraph",
     "nbsphinx",
+    'meson-python>=0.15',
     "ford"
 ]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ netCDF-Fortran_DIR="${PREFIX}/lib/cmake/netCDF"
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.macos]
 before-all = [
-    "brew install coreutils",
+    "brew install coreutils pkg-config fftw vecLibFort",
     "LIBS=\"\" buildscripts/build_dependencies.sh -p ${PREFIX} -d ${HOME}/Downloads -m ${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}"
 ]