diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 591d2bf8..d9106ecc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
     "aiohttp",
     "configparser",
+    "dotenv",
     "future",
     "json_repair",
     "nano-vectordb",
     "networkx",
     "numpy",
-    "pandas>=2.0.0,<2.3.0",
+    "pandas>=2.0.0",
     "pipmaster",
     "pydantic",
     "pypinyin",
@@ -44,13 +45,14 @@ api = [
     # Core dependencies
     "aiohttp",
     "configparser",
+    "dotenv",
     "future",
     "json_repair",
     "nano-vectordb",
     "networkx",
     "numpy",
-    "openai>=1.0.0,<2.0.0",
-    "pandas>=2.0.0,<2.3.0",
+    "openai",
+    "pandas>=2.0.0",
     "pipmaster",
     "pydantic",
     "pypinyin",
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ api = [
     "jiter",
     "passlib[bcrypt]",
     "psutil",
-    "PyJWT>=2.8.0,<3.0.0",
+    "PyJWT",
     "python-jose[cryptography]",
     "python-multipart",
     "pytz",
@@ -80,33 +82,35 @@ api = [
 # Offline deployment dependencies (layered design for flexibility)
 offline-docs = [
     # Document processing dependencies
+    "docling>=1.0.0",
     "pypdf2>=3.0.0",
-    "python-docx>=0.8.11,<2.0.0",
-    "python-pptx>=0.6.21,<2.0.0",
-    "openpyxl>=3.0.0,<4.0.0",
+    "python-docx>=0.8.11",
+    "python-pptx>=0.6.21",
+    "openpyxl>=3.0.0",
 ]
 
 offline-storage = [
     # Storage backend dependencies
-    "redis>=5.0.0,<7.0.0",
-    "neo4j>=5.0.0,<7.0.0",
-    "pymilvus>=2.6.2,<3.0.0",
-    "pymongo>=4.0.0,<5.0.0",
-    "asyncpg>=0.29.0,<1.0.0",
-    "qdrant-client>=1.7.0,<2.0.0",
+    "redis>=5.0.0",
+    "neo4j>=5.0.0",
+    "pymilvus>=2.6.2",
+    "protobuf>=5.27.2,<6.0.0",  # Required for pymilvus compatibility
+    "pymongo>=4.0.0",
+    "asyncpg>=0.29.0",
+    "qdrant-client>=1.7.0",
 ]
 
 offline-llm = [
     # LLM provider dependencies
-    "openai>=1.0.0,<2.0.0",
-    "anthropic>=0.18.0,<1.0.0",
-    "ollama>=0.1.0,<1.0.0",
-    "zhipuai>=2.0.0,<3.0.0",
-    "aioboto3>=12.0.0,<16.0.0",
-    "voyageai>=0.2.0,<1.0.0",
-    "llama-index>=0.9.0,<1.0.0",
-    "transformers>=4.30.0,<5.0.0",
-    "torch>=2.0.0,<2.3.0",
+    "openai>=1.0.0",
+    "anthropic>=0.18.0",
+    "ollama>=0.1.0",
+    "zhipuai>=2.0.0",
+    "aioboto3>=12.0.0",
+    "voyageai>=0.2.0",
+    "llama-index>=0.9.0",
+    "transformers>=4.30.0",
+    "torch>=2.0.0",
 ]
 
 offline = [
@@ -127,7 +131,6 @@ Repository = "https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG"
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["lightrag*"]
-exclude = ["data*", "tests*", "scripts*", "examples*", "dickens*", "reproduce*", "output_complete*", "rag_storage*", "inputs*"]
 
 [tool.setuptools]
 include-package-data = true
@@ -136,7 +139,7 @@ include-package-data = true
 version = {attr = "lightrag.__version__"}
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
-lightrag = ["api/webui/**/*", "api/static/**/*"]
+lightrag = ["api/webui/**/*"]
 
 [tool.ruff]
 target-version = "py310"
diff --git a/requirements-offline-storage.txt b/requirements-offline-storage.txt
index 34cbcf18..40cf467e 100644
--- a/requirements-offline-storage.txt
+++ b/requirements-offline-storage.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 asyncpg>=0.29.0
 neo4j>=5.0.0
 pymilvus>=2.6.2
+protobuf>=5.27.2,<6.0.0  # Required for pymilvus compatibility
 pymongo>=4.0.0
 qdrant-client>=1.7.0
 # Storage backend dependencies