diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81e35a7
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+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+
+## 2026-01-26
+
+- [x] updated the package dependencies to resolve install errors coming from older packages
+- [x] updated the ontology references in `ontologies.csv`
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a912a57..6b39c34 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ dependencies = [
     "owlready2~=0.47",
     "argparse~=1.4.0",
     "pandas~=2.2.3",
-    "numpy~=1.26.4",
-    "gensim~=4.3.2",
-    "scipy~=1.12.0",
+    "numpy<3.0.0,>=2.0.0",
+    "gensim~=4.4.0",
+    "scipy~=1.16.0",
     "scikit-learn~=1.6.1",
     "setuptools~=80.8.0",
     "requests~=2.32.3",
diff --git a/text2term/resources/ontologies.csv b/text2term/resources/ontologies.csv
index 15cb725..bfb8932 100644
--- a/text2term/resources/ontologies.csv
+++ b/text2term/resources/ontologies.csv
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 acronym,version,url
-CL,2023-09-21,https://github.com/obophenotype/cell-ontology/releases/download/v2023-09-21/cl.owl
-EFO,3.57.0,https://github.com/EBISPOT/efo/releases/download/v3.57.0/efo.owl
-FOODON,0.6.0,https://github.com/FoodOntology/foodon/raw/v0.6.0/foodon.owl
-HPO,2023-09-01,https://github.com/obophenotype/human-phenotype-ontology/releases/download/v2023-09-01/hp.owl
-MONDO,2023-09-12,https://github.com/monarch-initiative/mondo/releases/download/v2023-08-02/mondo.owl
-UBERON,2023-09-05,https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/releases/download/v2023-09-05/uberon.owl
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+CL,2025-12-17,https://github.com/obophenotype/cell-ontology/releases/download/v2025-12-17/cl.owl
+EFO,3.86.0,https://github.com/EBISPOT/efo/releases/download/v3.86.0/efo.owl
+FOODON,2025-07-31,https://github.com/FoodOntology/foodon/raw/v2025-07-31/foodon.owl
+HPO,2026-01-08,https://github.com/obophenotype/human-phenotype-ontology/releases/download/v2026-01-08/hp.owl
+MONDO,2026-01-06,https://github.com/monarch-initiative/mondo/releases/download/v2026-01-06/mondo.owl
+UBERON,2025-12-04,https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/releases/download/v2025-12-04/uberon.owl