diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index d9c5915..245a3b5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ services:
       resources:
         limits:
           cpus: "4.0" # Maximum 4 CPU cores
-          memory: 84G # Maximum 4GB RAM
+          memory: 8G # Maximum 4GB RAM
       restart_policy:
         condition: on-failure
         delay: 5s
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ services:
       replicas: 0 # Ensures the service isn't started
 
   jobflow_db:
-    image: mongo:5.0.6
+    image: mongo:8.0
     container_name: jobflow_mongo
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e6ef5ae..aa8db5f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ repository = "https://github.com/exciting/sol-oasis"
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 plugins = [
   "nomad-aitoolkit @ git+https://github.com/FAIRmat-NFDI/nomad-aitoolkit.git@b203f8eb28dc4b6771a39d5c5b7ad3d9d8583ac8",
-  "nomad-simulations==0.4.0",
   "nomad-schema-plugin-run>=1.0.1",
   "nomad-schema-plugin-simulation-workflow>=1.0.1",
   "nomad-normalizer-plugin-bandstructure>=1.0",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index bb5cb3f..dc9fa18 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2198,7 +2198,6 @@ plugins = [
     { name = "nomad-parser-plugins-workflow" },
     { name = "nomad-schema-plugin-run" },
     { name = "nomad-schema-plugin-simulation-workflow" },
-    { name = "nomad-simulations" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata]
@@ -2219,7 +2218,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "nomad-parser-plugins-workflow", marker = "extra == 'plugins'", specifier = ">=1.0" },
     { name = "nomad-schema-plugin-run", marker = "extra == 'plugins'", specifier = ">=1.0.1" },
     { name = "nomad-schema-plugin-simulation-workflow", marker = "extra == 'plugins'", specifier = ">=1.0.1" },
-    { name = "nomad-simulations", marker = "extra == 'plugins'", specifier = "==0.4.0" },
     { name = "setuptools" },
 ]
 provides-extras = ["plugins", "jupyter", "gpu-action", "cpu-action", "dev"]
@@ -2522,19 +2520,6 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/0b/30/9b9050f57a0d0df22b60a43562ca99f82820c9fe262c2d2619c49cf61845/nomad_schema_plugin_simulation_workflow-1.0.11-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5084ebabaa3b8954d998ee16f353b8ec09278af5f8aadce557777a65ed41f479", size = 55657, upload-time = "2025-10-30T14:25:06.141Z" },
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nomad-simulations"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = { registry = "https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/api/v4/projects/2187/packages/pypi/simple" }
-dependencies = [
-    { name = "matid" },
-    { name = "nomad-lab" },
-]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c6/d6/04d5cd5e56f402cb0dd3bed6b8b72cc94e729043aeca6ea40a38876d7c68/nomad_simulations-0.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4903b69db6a4547f53cb2d77368d2ff4a2fdaa3cbc2583b73508a5c60ede6bb8", size = 604397, upload-time = "2025-05-06T14:33:53.979Z" }
-wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/82/05/0aa3b69b0a559778488852bd3652fe2194429b5dbe0e7d2fd1a3c0317763/nomad_simulations-0.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7132640e7cb39373bd37ee732e305b73b5bb36abd2cb5f2eaf81e36612a5c87f", size = 106431, upload-time = "2025-05-06T14:33:52.894Z" },
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "numpy"
 version = "1.26.4"