diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 2f853b8..f07f094 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ci:
 
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry
-    rev: 1.8.0
+    rev: 2.1.3
     hooks:
     -   id: poetry-check
         args: [--lock]
diff --git a/omf/__init__.py b/omf/__init__.py
index 9de0d1b..33b2ee3 100644
--- a/omf/__init__.py
+++ b/omf/__init__.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 from .volume import VolumeElement, VolumeGridGeometry
 
 
-__version__ = "3.4.0-alpha.1"
+__version__ = "3.4.0a1"
 __author__ = "Global Mining Standards and Guidelines Group, Mira Geoscience Ltd."
 __license__ = "MIT License"
 __copyright__ = (
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 493e5eb..33fa79d 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.1.3 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alabaster"
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ version = "0.7.16"
 description = "A light, configurable Sphinx theme"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "alabaster-0.7.16-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b46733c07dce03ae4e150330b975c75737fa60f0a7c591b6c8bf4928a28e2c92"},
     {file = "alabaster-0.7.16.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:75a8b99c28a5dad50dd7f8ccdd447a121ddb3892da9e53d1ca5cca3106d58d65"},
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 description = "Reusable constraint types to use with typing.Annotated"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "annotated_types-0.7.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1f02e8b43a8fbbc3f3e0d4f0f4bfc8131bcb4eebe8849b8e5c773f3a1c582a53"},
     {file = "annotated_types-0.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:aff07c09a53a08bc8cfccb9c85b05f1aa9a2a6f23728d790723543408344ce89"},
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ version = "3.3.11"
 description = "An abstract syntax tree for Python with inference support."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9.0"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "astroid-3.3.11-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:54c760ae8322ece1abd213057c4b5bba7c49818853fc901ef09719a60dbf9dec"},
     {file = "astroid-3.3.11.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1e5a5011af2920c7c67a53f65d536d65bfa7116feeaf2354d8b94f29573bb0ce"},
@@ -42,13 +45,14 @@ version = "2.17.0"
 description = "Internationalization utilities"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "babel-2.17.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4d0b53093fdfb4b21c92b5213dba5a1b23885afa8383709427046b21c366e5f2"},
     {file = "babel-2.17.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0c54cffb19f690cdcc52a3b50bcbf71e07a808d1c80d549f2459b9d2cf0afb9d"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
-dev = ["backports.zoneinfo", "freezegun (>=1.0,<2.0)", "jinja2 (>=3.0)", "pytest (>=6.0)", "pytest-cov", "pytz", "setuptools", "tzdata"]
+dev = ["backports.zoneinfo ; python_version < \"3.9\"", "freezegun (>=1.0,<2.0)", "jinja2 (>=3.0)", "pytest (>=6.0)", "pytest-cov", "pytz", "setuptools", "tzdata ; sys_platform == \"win32\""]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "certifi"
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ version = "2025.7.14"
 description = "Python package for providing Mozilla's CA Bundle."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "certifi-2025.7.14-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6b31f564a415d79ee77df69d757bb49a5bb53bd9f756cbbe24394ffd6fc1f4b2"},
     {file = "certifi-2025.7.14.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8ea99dbdfaaf2ba2f9bac77b9249ef62ec5218e7c2b2e903378ed5fccf765995"},
@@ -67,6 +72,7 @@ version = "3.4.2"
 description = "The Real First Universal Charset Detector. Open, modern and actively maintained alternative to Chardet."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "charset_normalizer-3.4.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:7c48ed483eb946e6c04ccbe02c6b4d1d48e51944b6db70f697e089c193404941"},
     {file = "charset_normalizer-3.4.2-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:b2d318c11350e10662026ad0eb71bb51c7812fc8590825304ae0bdd4ac283acd"},
@@ -168,6 +174,8 @@ version = "0.4.6"
 description = "Cross-platform colored terminal text."
 optional = false
 python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,!=3.5.*,!=3.6.*,>=2.7"
+groups = ["dev"]
+markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""
 files = [
     {file = "colorama-0.4.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4f1d9991f5acc0ca119f9d443620b77f9d6b33703e51011c16baf57afb285fc6"},
     {file = "colorama-0.4.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:08695f5cb7ed6e0531a20572697297273c47b8cae5a63ffc6d6ed5c201be6e44"},
@@ -179,6 +187,7 @@ version = "7.9.2"
 description = "Code coverage measurement for Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "coverage-7.9.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:66283a192a14a3854b2e7f3418d7db05cdf411012ab7ff5db98ff3b181e1f912"},
     {file = "coverage-7.9.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:4e01d138540ef34fcf35c1aa24d06c3de2a4cffa349e29a10056544f35cca15f"},
@@ -253,7 +262,7 @@ files = [
 tomli = {version = "*", optional = true, markers = "python_full_version <= \"3.11.0a6\" and extra == \"toml\""}
 
 [package.extras]
-toml = ["tomli"]
+toml = ["tomli ; python_full_version <= \"3.11.0a6\""]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dill"
@@ -261,6 +270,7 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 description = "serialize all of Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "dill-0.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:44f54bf6412c2c8464c14e8243eb163690a9800dbe2c367330883b19c7561049"},
     {file = "dill-0.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0633f1d2df477324f53a895b02c901fb961bdbf65a17122586ea7019292cbcf0"},
@@ -276,6 +286,7 @@ version = "0.19"
 description = "Docutils -- Python Documentation Utilities"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "docutils-0.19-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5e1de4d849fee02c63b040a4a3fd567f4ab104defd8a5511fbbc24a8a017efbc"},
     {file = "docutils-0.19.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:33995a6753c30b7f577febfc2c50411fec6aac7f7ffeb7c4cfe5991072dcf9e6"},
@@ -287,6 +298,8 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 description = "Backport of PEP 654 (exception groups)"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
+groups = ["dev"]
+markers = "python_version == \"3.10\""
 files = [
     {file = "exceptiongroup-1.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4d111e6e0c13d0644cad6ddaa7ed0261a0b36971f6d23e7ec9b4b9097da78a10"},
     {file = "exceptiongroup-1.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b241f5885f560bc56a59ee63ca4c6a8bfa46ae4ad651af316d4e81817bb9fd88"},
@@ -304,6 +317,7 @@ version = "0.12.0a1"
 description = "Python API for geoh5, an open file format for geoscientific data"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "^3.10"
+groups = ["main"]
 files = []
 develop = false
 
@@ -325,6 +339,7 @@ version = "3.14.0"
 description = "Read and write HDF5 files from Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "h5py-3.14.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:24df6b2622f426857bda88683b16630014588a0e4155cba44e872eb011c4eaed"},
     {file = "h5py-3.14.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:6ff2389961ee5872de697054dd5a033b04284afc3fb52dc51d94561ece2c10c6"},
@@ -363,6 +378,7 @@ version = "3.10"
 description = "Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "idna-3.10-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:946d195a0d259cbba61165e88e65941f16e9b36ea6ddb97f00452bae8b1287d3"},
     {file = "idna-3.10.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:12f65c9b470abda6dc35cf8e63cc574b1c52b11df2c86030af0ac09b01b13ea9"},
@@ -377,6 +393,7 @@ version = "1.4.1"
 description = "Getting image size from png/jpeg/jpeg2000/gif file"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "imagesize-1.4.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0d8d18d08f840c19d0ee7ca1fd82490fdc3729b7ac93f49870406ddde8ef8d8b"},
     {file = "imagesize-1.4.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:69150444affb9cb0d5cc5a92b3676f0b2fb7cd9ae39e947a5e11a36b4497cd4a"},
@@ -388,6 +405,7 @@ version = "2.1.0"
 description = "brain-dead simple config-ini parsing"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "iniconfig-2.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9deba5723312380e77435581c6bf4935c94cbfab9b1ed33ef8d238ea168eb760"},
     {file = "iniconfig-2.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3abbd2e30b36733fee78f9c7f7308f2d0050e88f0087fd25c2645f63c773e1c7"},
@@ -399,6 +417,7 @@ version = "6.0.1"
 description = "A Python utility / library to sort Python imports."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9.0"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "isort-6.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2dc5d7f65c9678d94c88dfc29161a320eec67328bc97aad576874cb4be1e9615"},
     {file = "isort-6.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1cb5df28dfbc742e490c5e41bad6da41b805b0a8be7bc93cd0fb2a8a890ac450"},
@@ -414,6 +433,7 @@ version = "3.1.6"
 description = "A very fast and expressive template engine."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "jinja2-3.1.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:85ece4451f492d0c13c5dd7c13a64681a86afae63a5f347908daf103ce6d2f67"},
     {file = "jinja2-3.1.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0137fb05990d35f1275a587e9aee6d56da821fc83491a0fb838183be43f66d6d"},
@@ -431,6 +451,7 @@ version = "3.0.2"
 description = "Safely add untrusted strings to HTML/XML markup."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "MarkupSafe-3.0.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:7e94c425039cde14257288fd61dcfb01963e658efbc0ff54f5306b06054700f8"},
     {file = "MarkupSafe-3.0.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:9e2d922824181480953426608b81967de705c3cef4d1af983af849d7bd619158"},
@@ -501,6 +522,7 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 description = "McCabe checker, plugin for flake8"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "mccabe-0.7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6c2d30ab6be0e4a46919781807b4f0d834ebdd6c6e3dca0bda5a15f863427b6e"},
     {file = "mccabe-0.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:348e0240c33b60bbdf4e523192ef919f28cb2c3d7d5c7794f74009290f236325"},
@@ -512,6 +534,7 @@ version = "1.26.4"
 description = "Fundamental package for array computing in Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "numpy-1.26.4-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:9ff0f4f29c51e2803569d7a51c2304de5554655a60c5d776e35b4a41413830d0"},
     {file = "numpy-1.26.4-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:2e4ee3380d6de9c9ec04745830fd9e2eccb3e6cf790d39d7b98ffd19b0dd754a"},
@@ -557,6 +580,7 @@ version = "25.0"
 description = "Core utilities for Python packages"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "packaging-25.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:29572ef2b1f17581046b3a2227d5c611fb25ec70ca1ba8554b24b0e69331a484"},
     {file = "packaging-25.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d443872c98d677bf60f6a1f2f8c1cb748e8fe762d2bf9d3148b5599295b0fc4f"},
@@ -568,6 +592,7 @@ version = "10.3.0"
 description = "Python Imaging Library (Fork)"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "pillow-10.3.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_10_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:90b9e29824800e90c84e4022dd5cc16eb2d9605ee13f05d47641eb183cd73d45"},
     {file = "pillow-10.3.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:a2c405445c79c3f5a124573a051062300936b0281fee57637e706453e452746c"},
@@ -645,7 +670,7 @@ docs = ["furo", "olefile", "sphinx (>=2.4)", "sphinx-copybutton", "sphinx-inline
 fpx = ["olefile"]
 mic = ["olefile"]
 tests = ["check-manifest", "coverage", "defusedxml", "markdown2", "olefile", "packaging", "pyroma", "pytest", "pytest-cov", "pytest-timeout"]
-typing = ["typing-extensions"]
+typing = ["typing-extensions ; python_version < \"3.10\""]
 xmp = ["defusedxml"]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -654,6 +679,7 @@ version = "4.3.8"
 description = "A small Python package for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a `user data dir`."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "platformdirs-4.3.8-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ff7059bb7eb1179e2685604f4aaf157cfd9535242bd23742eadc3c13542139b4"},
     {file = "platformdirs-4.3.8.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3d512d96e16bcb959a814c9f348431070822a6496326a4be0911c40b5a74c2bc"},
@@ -670,6 +696,7 @@ version = "1.6.0"
 description = "plugin and hook calling mechanisms for python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "pluggy-1.6.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e920276dd6813095e9377c0bc5566d94c932c33b27a3e3945d8389c374dd4746"},
     {file = "pluggy-1.6.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7dcc130b76258d33b90f61b658791dede3486c3e6bfb003ee5c9bfb396dd22f3"},
@@ -685,6 +712,7 @@ version = "0.6.1"
 description = "properties: an organizational aid and wrapper for validation and tab completion of class properties"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "properties-0.6.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b119ce4c53f4717fa29371c1bb929f422dda7ed90a4559b3583ea77389177263"},
 ]
@@ -703,6 +731,7 @@ version = "2.11.7"
 description = "Data validation using Python type hints"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "pydantic-2.11.7-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:dde5df002701f6de26248661f6835bbe296a47bf73990135c7d07ce741b9623b"},
     {file = "pydantic-2.11.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d989c3c6cb79469287b1569f7447a17848c998458d49ebe294e975b9baf0f0db"},
@@ -716,7 +745,7 @@ typing-inspection = ">=0.4.0"
 
 [package.extras]
 email = ["email-validator (>=2.0.0)"]
-timezone = ["tzdata"]
+timezone = ["tzdata ; python_version >= \"3.9\" and platform_system == \"Windows\""]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pydantic-core"
@@ -724,6 +753,7 @@ version = "2.33.2"
 description = "Core functionality for Pydantic validation and serialization"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "pydantic_core-2.33.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_12_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:2b3d326aaef0c0399d9afffeb6367d5e26ddc24d351dbc9c636840ac355dc5d8"},
     {file = "pydantic_core-2.33.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:0e5b2671f05ba48b94cb90ce55d8bdcaaedb8ba00cc5359f6810fc918713983d"},
@@ -835,6 +865,7 @@ version = "2.19.2"
 description = "Pygments is a syntax highlighting package written in Python."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "pygments-2.19.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:86540386c03d588bb81d44bc3928634ff26449851e99741617ecb9037ee5ec0b"},
     {file = "pygments-2.19.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:636cb2477cec7f8952536970bc533bc43743542f70392ae026374600add5b887"},
@@ -849,6 +880,7 @@ version = "3.3.7"
 description = "python code static checker"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9.0"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "pylint-3.3.7-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:43860aafefce92fca4cf6b61fe199cdc5ae54ea28f9bf4cd49de267b5195803d"},
     {file = "pylint-3.3.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2b11de8bde49f9c5059452e0c310c079c746a0a8eeaa789e5aa966ecc23e4559"},
@@ -860,7 +892,7 @@ colorama = {version = ">=0.4.5", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
 dill = [
     {version = ">=0.2", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""},
     {version = ">=0.3.7", markers = "python_version >= \"3.12\""},
-    {version = ">=0.3.6", markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\" and python_version < \"3.12\""},
+    {version = ">=0.3.6", markers = "python_version == \"3.11\""},
 ]
 isort = ">=4.2.5,<5.13 || >5.13,<7"
 mccabe = ">=0.6,<0.8"
@@ -878,6 +910,7 @@ version = "0.20220715.0"
 description = "Pure Python library for saving and loading PNG images"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "pypng-0.20220715.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4a43e969b8f5aaafb2a415536c1a8ec7e341cd6a3f957fd5b5f32a4cfeed902c"},
     {file = "pypng-0.20220715.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:739c433ba96f078315de54c0db975aee537cbc3e1d0ae4ed9aab0ca1e427e2c1"},
@@ -889,6 +922,7 @@ version = "8.4.1"
 description = "pytest: simple powerful testing with Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "pytest-8.4.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:539c70ba6fcead8e78eebbf1115e8b589e7565830d7d006a8723f19ac8a0afb7"},
     {file = "pytest-8.4.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7c67fd69174877359ed9371ec3af8a3d2b04741818c51e5e99cc1742251fa93c"},
@@ -912,6 +946,7 @@ version = "6.2.1"
 description = "Pytest plugin for measuring coverage."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "pytest_cov-6.2.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f5bc4c23f42f1cdd23c70b1dab1bbaef4fc505ba950d53e0081d0730dd7e86d5"},
     {file = "pytest_cov-6.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:25cc6cc0a5358204b8108ecedc51a9b57b34cc6b8c967cc2c01a4e00d8a67da2"},
@@ -931,6 +966,7 @@ version = "6.0.2"
 description = "YAML parser and emitter for Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:0a9a2848a5b7feac301353437eb7d5957887edbf81d56e903999a75a3d743086"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:29717114e51c84ddfba879543fb232a6ed60086602313ca38cce623c1d62cfbf"},
@@ -993,6 +1029,7 @@ version = "2.32.4"
 description = "Python HTTP for Humans."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "requests-2.32.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:27babd3cda2a6d50b30443204ee89830707d396671944c998b5975b031ac2b2c"},
     {file = "requests-2.32.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:27d0316682c8a29834d3264820024b62a36942083d52caf2f14c0591336d3422"},
@@ -1014,6 +1051,7 @@ version = "1.17.0"
 description = "Python 2 and 3 compatibility utilities"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,>=2.7"
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "six-1.17.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4721f391ed90541fddacab5acf947aa0d3dc7d27b2e1e8eda2be8970586c3274"},
     {file = "six-1.17.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ff70335d468e7eb6ec65b95b99d3a2836546063f63acc5171de367e834932a81"},
@@ -1025,6 +1063,7 @@ version = "3.0.1"
 description = "This package provides 32 stemmers for 30 languages generated from Snowball algorithms."
 optional = false
 python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "snowballstemmer-3.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6cd7b3897da8d6c9ffb968a6781fa6532dce9c3618a4b127d920dab764a19064"},
     {file = "snowballstemmer-3.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6d5eeeec8e9f84d4d56b847692bacf79bc2c8e90c7f80ca4444ff8b6f2e52895"},
@@ -1036,6 +1075,7 @@ version = "5.3.0"
 description = "Python documentation generator"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "Sphinx-5.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:51026de0a9ff9fc13c05d74913ad66047e104f56a129ff73e174eb5c3ee794b5"},
     {file = "sphinx-5.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:060ca5c9f7ba57a08a1219e547b269fadf125ae25b06b9fa7f66768efb652d6d"},
@@ -1062,7 +1102,7 @@ sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml = ">=1.1.5"
 [package.extras]
 docs = ["sphinxcontrib-websupport"]
 lint = ["docutils-stubs", "flake8 (>=3.5.0)", "flake8-bugbear", "flake8-comprehensions", "flake8-simplify", "isort", "mypy (>=0.981)", "sphinx-lint", "types-requests", "types-typed-ast"]
-test = ["cython", "html5lib", "pytest (>=4.6)", "typed_ast"]
+test = ["cython", "html5lib", "pytest (>=4.6)", "typed_ast ; python_version < \"3.8\""]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sphinxcontrib-applehelp"
@@ -1070,6 +1110,7 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 description = "sphinxcontrib-applehelp is a Sphinx extension which outputs Apple help books"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "sphinxcontrib_applehelp-2.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4cd3f0ec4ac5dd9c17ec65e9ab272c9b867ea77425228e68ecf08d6b28ddbdb5"},
     {file = "sphinxcontrib_applehelp-2.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2f29ef331735ce958efa4734873f084941970894c6090408b079c61b2e1c06d1"},
@@ -1086,6 +1127,7 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 description = "sphinxcontrib-devhelp is a sphinx extension which outputs Devhelp documents"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "sphinxcontrib_devhelp-2.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:aefb8b83854e4b0998877524d1029fd3e6879210422ee3780459e28a1f03a8a2"},
     {file = "sphinxcontrib_devhelp-2.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:411f5d96d445d1d73bb5d52133377b4248ec79db5c793ce7dbe59e074b4dd1ad"},
@@ -1102,6 +1144,7 @@ version = "2.1.0"
 description = "sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp is a sphinx extension which renders HTML help files"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "sphinxcontrib_htmlhelp-2.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:166759820b47002d22914d64a075ce08f4c46818e17cfc9470a9786b759b19f8"},
     {file = "sphinxcontrib_htmlhelp-2.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c9e2916ace8aad64cc13a0d233ee22317f2b9025b9cf3295249fa985cc7082e9"},
@@ -1118,6 +1161,7 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 description = "A sphinx extension which renders display math in HTML via JavaScript"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.5"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "sphinxcontrib-jsmath-1.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:a9925e4a4587247ed2191a22df5f6970656cb8ca2bd6284309578f2153e0c4b8"},
     {file = "sphinxcontrib_jsmath-1.0.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2ec2eaebfb78f3f2078e73666b1415417a116cc848b72e5172e596c871103178"},
@@ -1132,6 +1176,7 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 description = "sphinxcontrib-qthelp is a sphinx extension which outputs QtHelp documents"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "sphinxcontrib_qthelp-2.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b18a828cdba941ccd6ee8445dbe72ffa3ef8cbe7505d8cd1fa0d42d3f2d5f3eb"},
     {file = "sphinxcontrib_qthelp-2.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4fe7d0ac8fc171045be623aba3e2a8f613f8682731f9153bb2e40ece16b9bbab"},
@@ -1148,6 +1193,7 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 description = "sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml is a sphinx extension which outputs \"serialized\" HTML files (json and pickle)"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "sphinxcontrib_serializinghtml-2.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6e2cb0eef194e10c27ec0023bfeb25badbbb5868244cf5bc5bdc04e4464bf331"},
     {file = "sphinxcontrib_serializinghtml-2.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e9d912827f872c029017a53f0ef2180b327c3f7fd23c87229f7a8e8b70031d4d"},
@@ -1164,6 +1210,7 @@ version = "2.2.1"
 description = "A lil' TOML parser"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "tomli-2.2.1-cp311-cp311-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:678e4fa69e4575eb77d103de3df8a895e1591b48e740211bd1067378c69e8249"},
     {file = "tomli-2.2.1-cp311-cp311-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:023aa114dd824ade0100497eb2318602af309e5a55595f76b626d6d9f3b7b0a6"},
@@ -1205,6 +1252,7 @@ version = "0.13.3"
 description = "Style preserving TOML library"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "tomlkit-0.13.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c89c649d79ee40629a9fda55f8ace8c6a1b42deb912b2a8fd8d942ddadb606b0"},
     {file = "tomlkit-0.13.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:430cf247ee57df2b94ee3fbe588e71d362a941ebb545dec29b53961d61add2a1"},
@@ -1216,10 +1264,12 @@ version = "4.14.1"
 description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.9+"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["main", "dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "typing_extensions-4.14.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d1e1e3b58374dc93031d6eda2420a48ea44a36c2b4766a4fdeb3710755731d76"},
     {file = "typing_extensions-4.14.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:38b39f4aeeab64884ce9f74c94263ef78f3c22467c8724005483154c26648d36"},
 ]
+markers = {dev = "python_version == \"3.10\""}
 
 [[package]]
 name = "typing-inspection"
@@ -1227,6 +1277,7 @@ version = "0.4.1"
 description = "Runtime typing introspection tools"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "typing_inspection-0.4.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:389055682238f53b04f7badcb49b989835495a96700ced5dab2d8feae4b26f51"},
     {file = "typing_inspection-0.4.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6ae134cc0203c33377d43188d4064e9b357dba58cff3185f22924610e70a9d28"},
@@ -1241,13 +1292,14 @@ version = "2.5.0"
 description = "HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling, file post, and more."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "urllib3-2.5.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e6b01673c0fa6a13e374b50871808eb3bf7046c4b125b216f6bf1cc604cff0dc"},
     {file = "urllib3-2.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3fc47733c7e419d4bc3f6b3dc2b4f890bb743906a30d56ba4a5bfa4bbff92760"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
-brotli = ["brotli (>=1.0.9)", "brotlicffi (>=0.8.0)"]
+brotli = ["brotli (>=1.0.9) ; platform_python_implementation == \"CPython\"", "brotlicffi (>=0.8.0) ; platform_python_implementation != \"CPython\""]
 h2 = ["h2 (>=4,<5)"]
 socks = ["pysocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7,<2.0)"]
 zstd = ["zstandard (>=0.18.0)"]
@@ -1258,6 +1310,7 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 description = "vectormath: vector math utilities for Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "vectormath-0.2.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f9f9209d350ec89dc11e2548e0e6397c1b9489c8468eb50ce33788ee4322a7b8"},
 ]
@@ -1266,6 +1319,6 @@ files = [
 numpy = ">=1.7"
 
 [metadata]
-lock-version = "2.0"
-python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "51b1b5d74a9096d0305d6f60b97be9ed3989d7f2f827d8fae2ed9143e466850e"
+lock-version = "2.1"
+python-versions = ">=3.10,<4.0"
+content-hash = "b80f46ff2b2e305712e22f0405d4d63eb8cad9140b46499add31f6daaa2e36f7"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7afe233..d9828ee 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,19 +1,34 @@
-[tool.poetry]
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.8.0"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
+
+[project]
 name = "mira-omf"
-version = "3.4.0-alpha.1"
+version = "3.4.0a1"
+requires-python = ">=3.10,<4.0"
 description = "API Library for Open Mining Format"
 license = "MIT"
+keywords = ["geology", "geophysics", "earth sciences"]
+readme = "README.rst"
+dynamic = ["dependencies", "classifiers"]
 authors = [
-    "Mira Geoscience <support@mirageoscience.com>",
-    "Global Mining Guidelines Group <info@gmggroup.org>",
+    { name = "Mira Geoscience", email = "support@mirageoscience.com" },
+    { name = "Global Mining Guidelines Group", email = "info@gmggroup.org" }
 ]
-maintainers = ["Dominique Fournier <dominiquef@mirageoscience.com>"]
+maintainers = [{ name = "Dominique Fournier", email = "dominiquef@mirageoscience.com" }]
+
+[project.urls]
 repository = "https://github.com/MiraGeoscience/omf"
 #documentation  = "https://mirageoscience-omf.readthedocs-hosted.com/"
 homepage = "https://www.mirageoscience.com/mining-industry-software/python-integration/"
 
-readme = "README.rst"
-keywords = ["geology", "geophysics", "earth sciences"]
+[project.scripts]
+geoh5_to_omf = 'omf.scripts.geoh5_to_omf:main'
+omf_to_geoh5 = 'omf.scripts.omf_to_geoh5:main'
+
+[tool.poetry]
+requires-poetry = '>=2.0,<3.0'
+
 classifiers = [
     'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
     'Programming Language :: Python',
@@ -40,13 +55,7 @@ include = [
     { path = "docs/**/THIRD_PARTY_SOFTWARE.rst" },
 ]
 
-[tool.poetry.scripts]
-geoh5_to_omf = 'omf.scripts.geoh5_to_omf:main'
-omf_to_geoh5 = 'omf.scripts.omf_to_geoh5:main'
-
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.10"
-
 numpy = "~1.26.0"  # also in geoh5py
 properties = "0.6.*"
 pypng = "^0.20220715"
@@ -96,6 +105,7 @@ ignore = [
     "RUF005",  # collection-literal-concatenation - wrong suggestion with numpy arrays
     "RUF012", # TODO
 ]
+
 select = [
     "A",  # flake8-builtins
     "B",  # flake8-bugbear
@@ -153,7 +163,3 @@ fail_under = 80
 [tool.coverage.html]
 skip_empty = true
 skip_covered = true
-
-[build-system]
-requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0", "setuptools"]
-build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
diff --git a/tests/version_test.py b/tests/version_test.py
index abd7317..d261db4 100644
--- a/tests/version_test.py
+++ b/tests/version_test.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import tomli as toml
 import yaml
 from jinja2 import Template
-from packaging.version import Version
+from packaging.version import InvalidVersion, Version
 
 import omf
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def get_pyproject_version():
     with open(str(path), encoding="utf-8") as file:
         pyproject = toml.loads(file.read())
 
-    return pyproject["tool"]["poetry"]["version"]
+    return pyproject["project"]["version"]
 
 
 def get_conda_recipe_version():
@@ -64,11 +64,13 @@ def version_base_and_pre() -> tuple[str, str]:
     return match[1], match[2]
 
 
-def test_version_is_semver():
-    semver_re = (
-        r"^(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)\.(?P<minor>0|[1-9]\d*)\.(?P<patch>0|[1-9]\d*)"
-        r"(?:-(?P<prerelease>(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)"
-        r"(?:\.(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*))?"
-        r"(?:\+(?P<buildmetadata>[0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?$"
-    )
-    assert re.search(semver_re, omf.__version__) is not None
+def validate_version(version_str):
+    try:
+        version = Version(version_str)
+        return (version.major, version.minor, version.micro, version.pre, version.post)
+    except InvalidVersion:
+        return None
+
+
+def test_version_is_valid():
+    assert validate_version(omf.__version__) is not None