diff --git a/examples/github_test.py b/examples/github_test.py
index bb54e3b569c..0b787f37384 100644
--- a/examples/github_test.py
+++ b/examples/github_test.py
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ def test_github(self):
         self.highlight("div.Layout-sidebar")
         self.assert_element("div.repository-content")
         self.assert_text("SeleniumBase", "strong a")
-        self.click('a[title="seleniumbase"]')
+        self.js_click('a[title="seleniumbase"]')
         self.slow_click('td[class*="large"] a[title="fixtures"]')
         self.assert_element('td[class*="large"] a[title="base_case.py"]')
diff --git a/examples/test_download_images.py b/examples/test_download_images.py
index ee9372427b7..171bb85823f 100644
--- a/examples/test_download_images.py
+++ b/examples/test_download_images.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 class DownloadImages(BaseCase):
     def test_download_images_directly(self):
+        if self._multithreaded:
+            self.open_if_not_url("about:blank")
+            self.skip("Skipping test in multi-threaded mode.")
         self.open("seleniumbase.io/examples/chart_maker/ReadMe")
         img_elements_with_src = self.find_elements("img[src]")
         unique_src_values = []
@@ -27,7 +30,6 @@ def test_download_images_directly(self):
     def test_download_images_via_screenshot(self):
         if self.recorder_mode:
             self.open("about:blank")
-            print("Skipping test in Recorder Mode.")
             self.skip("Skipping test in Recorder Mode.")
         self.open("seleniumbase.io/error_page/")
         img_elements_with_src = self.find_elements("img[src]")
diff --git a/examples/test_hack_search.py b/examples/test_hack_search.py
index a16d8a7925f..c7addc6ebce 100644
--- a/examples/test_hack_search.py
+++ b/examples/test_hack_search.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ def test_hack_search(self):
         self.highlight("h1.b_logo", loops=8)
         self.highlight_click('[href*="github.com/seleniumbase/SeleniumBase"]')
         self.highlight_click('[href="/seleniumbase/SeleniumBase"]')
-        self.highlight_click('a[title="examples"]')
-        self.assert_text("examples", "#file-name-id-wide")
+        self.assert_text("SeleniumBase", "strong a")
+        self.js_click('a[title="examples"]')
         self.highlight('td[class*="large"] a[title="test_hack_search.py"]')
         self.click('td[class*="large"] a[title="test_hack_search.py"]')
         self.assert_text("test_hack_search.py", "#file-name-id-wide")
diff --git a/mkdocs_build/requirements.txt b/mkdocs_build/requirements.txt
index 8525dba1d96..ec6df90dfd0 100644
--- a/mkdocs_build/requirements.txt
+++ b/mkdocs_build/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pipdeptree>=2.13.2
 python-dateutil>=2.8.2
 Markdown==3.5.2
 markdown2==2.4.12
-MarkupSafe==2.1.3
+MarkupSafe==2.1.4
 Jinja2==3.1.3
 click==8.1.7
 ghp-import==2.1.0
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ lxml==5.1.0
 pyquery==2.0.0
 readtime==3.0.0
 mkdocs==1.5.3
-mkdocs-material==9.5.4
+mkdocs-material==9.5.5
 mkdocs-exclude-search==0.6.6
 mkdocs-simple-hooks==0.1.5
 mkdocs-material-extensions==1.3.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7392461f024..d1ef0b78b46 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ trio==0.24.0;python_version>="3.8"
 trio-websocket==0.11.1
 wsproto==1.2.0
 selenium==4.11.2;python_version<"3.8"
-selenium==4.16.0;python_version>="3.8"
+selenium==4.17.2;python_version>="3.8"
 cssselect==1.2.0
 sortedcontainers==2.4.0
 fasteners==0.19
 execnet==2.0.2
 iniconfig==2.0.0
 pluggy==1.2.0;python_version<"3.8"
-pluggy==1.3.0;python_version>="3.8"
+pluggy==1.4.0;python_version>="3.8"
 py==1.11.0
 pytest==7.4.4
 pytest-html==2.0.1
diff --git a/seleniumbase/__version__.py b/seleniumbase/__version__.py
index c30f7b44354..3fda6a0ead2 100755
--- a/seleniumbase/__version__.py
+++ b/seleniumbase/__version__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # seleniumbase package
-__version__ = "4.22.6"
+__version__ = "4.23.0"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4bb2b6f1868..f96aabeeba9 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
             print("\nERROR! Publishing to PyPI requires Python>=3.9")
             sys.exit()
         print("\n*** Checking code health with flake8:\n")
-        os.system("python -m pip install 'flake8==6.1.0'")
+        os.system("python -m pip install 'flake8==7.0.0'")
         flake8_status = os.system("flake8 --exclude=recordings,temp")
         if flake8_status != 0:
             print("\nERROR! Fix flake8 issues before publishing to PyPI!\n")
@@ -161,14 +161,14 @@
         'trio-websocket==0.11.1',
         'wsproto==1.2.0',
         'selenium==4.11.2;python_version<"3.8"',
-        'selenium==4.16.0;python_version>="3.8"',
+        'selenium==4.17.2;python_version>="3.8"',
         'cssselect==1.2.0',
         "sortedcontainers==2.4.0",
         'fasteners==0.19',
         'execnet==2.0.2',
         'iniconfig==2.0.0',
         'pluggy==1.2.0;python_version<"3.8"',
-        'pluggy==1.3.0;python_version>="3.8"',
+        'pluggy==1.4.0;python_version>="3.8"',
         "py==1.11.0",
         'pytest==7.4.4',
         "pytest-html==2.0.1",  # Newer ones had issues
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
             'pdfminer.six==20221105;python_version<"3.8"',
             'pdfminer.six==20231228;python_version>="3.8"',
             'cryptography==39.0.2;python_version<"3.9"',
-            'cryptography==41.0.7;python_version>="3.9"',
+            'cryptography==42.0.0;python_version>="3.9"',
             'cffi==1.15.1;python_version<"3.8"',
             'cffi==1.16.0;python_version>="3.8"',
             "pycparser==2.21",
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
         ],
         # pip install -e .[psutil]
         "psutil": [
-            "psutil==5.9.6",
+            "psutil==5.9.8",
         ],
         # pip install -e .[selenium-stealth]
         "selenium-stealth": [