diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 9bd6c545..da841af0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -8,23 +8,26 @@ jobs:
   package_and_release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash -l {0}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up Python 3.12
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Pixi
+        uses: prefix-dev/setup-pixi@v0.8.1
         with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
-          cache: pip
-      - name: Install build dependencies
-        run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel twine build
+          pixi-version: v0.34.0
+          cache: true
+
       - name: Build package
-        run: python -m build
+        run: |
+          pixi run -e dev-py313 python -m build
+
       - name: Check package
-        run: twine check --strict dist/*.whl
-      - name: Install hatch
-        run: pip install hatch
-      - name: Build project for distribution
-        run: hatch build
+        run: |
+          pixi run -e dev-py313 twine check --strict dist/*.whl
+
       - name: Publish a Python distribution to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index e1517cde..cea67dfa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     defaults:
       run:
-        shell: bash -e {0} # -e to fail on error
+        shell: bash -l {0}
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python: ["3.10", "3.12"]
-        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        python: ["3.11", "3.13"]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
 
     env:
       OS: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -27,47 +27,32 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
-      - name: Get pip cache dir
-        id: pip-cache-dir
-        run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=dir::$(pip cache dir)"
-      - name: Restore pip cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+      - name: Setup Pixi
+        uses: prefix-dev/setup-pixi@v0.8.1
         with:
-          path: ${{ steps.pip-cache-dir.outputs.dir }}
-          key: pip-${{ runner.os }}-${{ env.pythonLocation }}-${{ hashFiles('**/pyproject.toml') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            pip-${{ runner.os }}-${{ env.pythonLocation }}-
-      - name: Install test dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel
-          pip install pytest-cov
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install numpy
-          pip install --pre -e ".[dev,test,pre]"
-      - name: Test
+          pixi-version: v0.34.0
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: Install dependencies and run tests
         env:
           MPLBACKEND: agg
           PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.os }}
           DISPLAY: :42
         run: |
-          pytest -v --cov --color=yes --cov-report=xml
+          pixi run -e dev-py${{ matrix.python }} test
       - name: Archive figures generated during testing
         if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: visual_test_results_${{ matrix.os }}-python${{ matrix.python }}
-          path: /home/runner/work/spatialdata-plot/spatialdata-plot/tests/figures/*
+          path: tests/figures/*
+
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
         with:
           name: coverage
           verbose: true
+          file: ./coverage.xml
         env:
           CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index d1573a31..21f20fe2 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html
 
 # -- Path setup --------------------------------------------------------------
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime
 from importlib.metadata import metadata
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d491c024..5e67904d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,83 +1,147 @@
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
-requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs", "hatch-fancy-pypi-readme"]
 
 [project]
 name = "spatialdata-plot"
+dynamic = ["readme", "version"]
 description = "Static plotting for spatial data."
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
+license = "BSD-3-Clause"
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "Natural Language :: English",
+    "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+    "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
+    "Typing :: Typed",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Environment :: Console",
+    "Framework :: Jupyter",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization",
+]
+keywords = [
+    "spatial omics",
+    "spatial data analysis",
+    "visualization",
+    "plotting",
+    "bio-informatics",
+    "single-cell",
+]
 authors = [
-    {name = "scverse"},
+    {name = "Tim Treis"},
+    {name = "Wouter-Michiel Vierdag"},
+    {name = "Sonja Stockhaus"},
 ]
 maintainers = [
-    {name = "scverse", email = "tim.treis@helmholtz-munich.de"},
-]
-urls.Documentation = "https://spatialdata.scverse.org/projects/plot/en/latest/index.html"
-urls.Source = "https://github.com/scverse/spatialdata-plot.git"
-urls.Home-page = "https://github.com/scverse/spatialdata-plot.git"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
-dynamic= [
-  "version" # allow version to be set by git tags
+    {name = "Tim Treis", email = "tim.treis@helmholtz-munich.de"},
 ]
-license = {file = "LICENSE"}
-readme = "README.md"
+
 dependencies = [
     "spatialdata>=0.3.0",
-    "matplotlib",
-    "scikit-learn",
-    "scanpy",
-    "matplotlib_scalebar",
+    "matplotlib>=3.3",
+    "matplotlib-scalebar>=0.8.0",
+    "scikit-learn>=0.24.0",
+    "scanpy>=1.9.3",
+    "numpy>=1.23.0",
+    "pandas>=2.1.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-    "bump2version",
+    "pre-commit>=3.0.0",
+    "hatch>=1.9.0",
+    "build",
+    "twine",
+    "jupyterlab",
+    "notebook",
+    "ipykernel",
+    "ipywidgets",
+    "jupytext",
+    "pytest",
+    "pytest-cov",
+    "ruff",
+]
+test = [
+    "pytest>=7",
+    "pytest-xdist>=3",
+    "pytest-mock>=3.5.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=4",
+    "coverage[toml]>=7",
+    "pytest-timeout>=2.1.0",
+    "pooch", # for scipy.datasets module
 ]
 docs = [
-    "sphinx>=4.5",
+    "ipython>=8.6.0",
+    "ipywidgets>=8.0.0",
+    "sphinx>=5.3",
+    "sphinx-autodoc-annotation",
+    "sphinx-autodoc-typehints>=1.10.3",
     "sphinx-book-theme>=1.0.0",
     "sphinx_rtd_theme",
-    "myst-nb",
-    "sphinxcontrib-bibtex>=1.0.0",
-    "sphinx-autodoc-typehints",
+    "sphinxcontrib-bibtex>=2.3.0",
+    "myst-nb>=0.17.1",
     "sphinx-design",
-    # For notebooks
-    "ipython>=8.6.0",
-    "sphinx-copybutton",
-]
-test = [
-    "pytest",
-    "pytest-cov",
-    "pooch", # for scipy.datasets module
+    "sphinx-copybutton>=0.5.0",
 ]
 # this will be used by readthedocs and will make pip also look for pre-releases, generally installing the latest available version
 pre = [
     "spatialdata>=0.1.0-pre0"
 ]
 
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/scverse/spatialdata-plot"
+"Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/scverse/spatialdata-plot/issues"
+Documentation = "https://spatialdata.scverse.org/projects/plot/en/latest/index.html"
+"Source Code" = "https://github.com/scverse/spatialdata-plot"
+
 [tool.coverage.run]
+branch = true
+parallel = true
 source = ["spatialdata_plot"]
 omit = [
+    "*/__init__.py",
+    "*/_version.py",
     "**/test_*.py",
 ]
 
+[tool.coverage.paths]
+source = [
+    "spatialdata_plot",
+    "*/site-packages/spatialdata_plot",
+]
+
+[tool.coverage.report]
+exclude_lines = [
+    "\\#.*pragma:\\s*no.?cover",
+    "^if __name__ == .__main__.:$",
+    "^\\s*raise AssertionError\\b",
+    "^\\s*raise NotImplementedError\\b",
+    "^\\s*return NotImplemented\\b",
+]
+show_missing = true
+precision = 2
+skip_empty = true
+sort = "Miss"
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = ["tests"]
 xfail_strict = true
 addopts = [
-#    "-Werror",  # if 3rd party libs raise DeprecationWarnings, just use filterwarnings below
     "--import-mode=importlib",  # allow using test files with same name
     "-s"  # print output from tests
 ]
-# info on how to use this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57925071/how-do-i-avoid-getting-deprecationwarning-from-inside-dependencies-with-pytest
 filterwarnings = [
-    #     "ignore:.*U.*mode is deprecated:DeprecationWarning",
+    "ignore::UserWarning",
+    "ignore::DeprecationWarning",
 ]
 
-[tool.jupytext]
-formats = "ipynb,md"
-
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
-packages = ['src/spatialdata_plot']
+packages = ["src/spatialdata_plot"]
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
 source = "vcs"
@@ -88,6 +152,11 @@ version-file = "_version.py"
 [tool.hatch.metadata]
 allow-direct-references = true
 
+[tool.hatch.metadata.hooks.fancy-pypi-readme]
+content-type = "text/markdown"
+[[tool.hatch.metadata.hooks.fancy-pypi-readme.fragments]]
+path = "README.md"
+
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 120
 exclude = [
@@ -97,76 +166,97 @@ exclude = [
     "build",
     "docs/_build",
     "dist",
-    "setup.py",
+    "setup.py"
 ]
+
+[tool.ruff.format]
+docstring-code-format = true
+
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 ignore = [
+    # line too long -> we accept long comment lines; formatter gets rid of long code lines
+    "E501",
     # Do not assign a lambda expression, use a def -> lambda expression assignments are convenient
     "E731",
     # allow I, O, l as variable names -> I is the identity matrix, i, j, k, l is reasonable indexing notation
     "E741",
     # Missing docstring in public package
     "D104",
+    # ... imported but unused
+    "F401",
     # Missing docstring in public module
     "D100",
     # Missing docstring in __init__
     "D107",
-    # Missing docstring in magic method
-    "D105",
     # Do not perform function calls in argument defaults.
     "B008",
     # Missing docstring in magic method
     "D105",
+    # Missing blank line before section
+    "D411",
+    # B024 Do not use `__class__` for string comparisons.
+    "B024",
 ]
 select = [
-    "D", # flake8-docstrings
     "I", # isort
     "E", # pycodestyle
     "F", # pyflakes
     "W", # pycodestyle
-    "Q", # flake8-quotes
-    "SIM", # flake8-simplify
-    "TID",  # flake-8-tidy-imports
-    "NPY",  # NumPy-specific rules
-    "PT",  # flake8-pytest-style
-    "B", # flake8-bugbear
+    # below are not autofixed
     "UP", # pyupgrade
     "C4", # flake8-comprehensions
+    "B", # flake8-bugbear
     "BLE", # flake8-blind-except
-    "T20",  # flake8-print
-    "RET", # flake8-raise
-    "PGH", # pygrep-hooks
 ]
-unfixable = ["B", "UP", "C4", "BLE", "T20", "RET"]
+unfixable = ["B", "C4", "BLE"]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.isort]
+required-imports = ["from __future__ import annotations"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
-    "tests/*" = ["D", "PT", "B024"]
-    "*/__init__.py" = ["F401", "D104", "D107", "E402"]
-    "docs/*" = ["D","B","E","A"]
-    # "src/spatialdata/transformations/transformations.py" = ["D101","D102", "D106", "B024", "T201", "RET504"]
-    "tests/conftest.py"= ["E402", "RET504"]
-    "src/spatialdata_plot/pl/utils.py"= ["PGH003"]
-
-[tool.ruff.lint.pydocstyle]
-convention = "numpy"
-
-[tool.bumpver]
-current_version = "0.0.2"
-version_pattern = "MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH"
-commit_message = "bump version {old_version} -> {new_version}"
-tag_message = "{new_version}"
-tag_scope = "default"
-pre_commit_hook = ""
-post_commit_hook = ""
-commit = true
-tag = true
-push = false
-
-[tool.bumpver.file_patterns]
-"pyproject.toml" = [
-    'current_version = "{version}"',
-]
-"README.md" = [
-    "{version}",
-    "{pep440_version}",
-]
+"*/__init__.py" = ["D104", "F401"]
+"tests/*" = ["D"]
+"docs/*" = ["D", "B"]
+"src/spatialdata_plot/pl/utils.py" = ["PGH003"]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.flake8-tidy-imports]
+# Disallow all relative imports.
+ban-relative-imports = "all"
+
+[tool.pixi.workspace]
+channels = ["conda-forge"]
+platforms = ["osx-arm64", "linux-64"]
+
+[tool.pixi.dependencies]
+python = ">=3.11"
+
+[tool.pixi.pypi-dependencies]
+spatialdata-plot = { path = ".", editable = true }
+
+# for gh-actions
+[tool.pixi.feature.py311.dependencies]
+python = "3.11.*"
+
+[tool.pixi.feature.py313.dependencies]
+python = "3.13.*"
+
+[tool.pixi.environments]
+# 3.11 lane
+dev-py311  = { features = ["dev", "test", "py311"], solve-group = "py311" }
+docs-py311 = { features = ["docs", "py311"],        solve-group = "py311" }
+test-py311 = { features = ["test", "py311"],        solve-group = "py311" }
+
+# 3.13 lane
+default    = { features = ["py313"],                 solve-group = "py313" }
+dev-py313  = { features = ["dev", "test", "py313"],  solve-group = "py313" }
+docs-py313 = { features = ["docs", "py313"],         solve-group = "py313" }
+test-py313 = { features = ["test", "py313"],         solve-group = "py313" }
+
+[tool.pixi.tasks]
+lab = "jupyter lab"
+kernel-install = "python -m ipykernel install --user --name pixi-dev --display-name \"spatialdata-plot (dev)\""
+test = "pytest -v --cov --color=yes --cov-report=xml --tb=short --durations=10"
+lint = "ruff check ."
+format = "ruff format ."
+pre-commit-install = "pre-commit install"
+pre-commit-run = "pre-commit run --all-files"
diff --git a/src/spatialdata_plot/__init__.py b/src/spatialdata_plot/__init__.py
index fd8c82c0..517ee3da 100644
--- a/src/spatialdata_plot/__init__.py
+++ b/src/spatialdata_plot/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from importlib.metadata import version
 
 from . import pl
diff --git a/src/spatialdata_plot/_accessor.py b/src/spatialdata_plot/_accessor.py
index a35e52dc..982ee96b 100644
--- a/src/spatialdata_plot/_accessor.py
+++ b/src/spatialdata_plot/_accessor.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import spatialdata as sd
 from xarray.core.extensions import _register_accessor
 
diff --git a/src/spatialdata_plot/_logging.py b/src/spatialdata_plot/_logging.py
index be1cf5f7..26f9c61c 100644
--- a/src/spatialdata_plot/_logging.py
+++ b/src/spatialdata_plot/_logging.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # from https://github.com/scverse/spatialdata/blob/main/src/spatialdata/_logging.py
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
 
 
-def _setup_logger() -> "logging.Logger":
+def _setup_logger() -> logging.Logger:
     from rich.console import Console
     from rich.logging import RichHandler
 
diff --git a/src/spatialdata_plot/pl/__init__.py b/src/spatialdata_plot/pl/__init__.py
index 8bf47aa9..dca0660a 100644
--- a/src/spatialdata_plot/pl/__init__.py
+++ b/src/spatialdata_plot/pl/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from .basic import PlotAccessor
 
 __all__ = [
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index a4fdb789..26c0e825 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from abc import ABC, ABCMeta
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from functools import wraps
diff --git a/tests/pl/test_get_extent.py b/tests/pl/test_get_extent.py
index 338a17b7..23140c08 100644
--- a/tests/pl/test_get_extent.py
+++ b/tests/pl/test_get_extent.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import math
 
 import matplotlib
diff --git a/tests/pl/test_render.py b/tests/pl/test_render.py
index 4ada7268..7705a423 100644
--- a/tests/pl/test_render.py
+++ b/tests/pl/test_render.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import pytest
 
diff --git a/tests/pl/test_render_images.py b/tests/pl/test_render_images.py
index 5484ac4e..097de37f 100644
--- a/tests/pl/test_render_images.py
+++ b/tests/pl/test_render_images.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import dask.array as da
 import matplotlib
 import numpy as np
diff --git a/tests/pl/test_render_labels.py b/tests/pl/test_render_labels.py
index 69c2da42..ed8f2e90 100644
--- a/tests/pl/test_render_labels.py
+++ b/tests/pl/test_render_labels.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import dask.array as da
 import matplotlib
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
diff --git a/tests/pl/test_render_points.py b/tests/pl/test_render_points.py
index aa9d8ff7..2dbd124a 100644
--- a/tests/pl/test_render_points.py
+++ b/tests/pl/test_render_points.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import math
 
 import dask.dataframe
diff --git a/tests/pl/test_render_shapes.py b/tests/pl/test_render_shapes.py
index 67bc70f9..13a320be 100644
--- a/tests/pl/test_render_shapes.py
+++ b/tests/pl/test_render_shapes.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import math
 
 import anndata
diff --git a/tests/pl/test_show.py b/tests/pl/test_show.py
index cd775fb5..4c903468 100644
--- a/tests/pl/test_show.py
+++ b/tests/pl/test_show.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import matplotlib
 import numpy as np
 import scanpy as sc
diff --git a/tests/pl/test_upstream_plots.py b/tests/pl/test_upstream_plots.py
index d052a8a5..3b5fca79 100644
--- a/tests/pl/test_upstream_plots.py
+++ b/tests/pl/test_upstream_plots.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import math
 
 import matplotlib
diff --git a/tests/pl/test_utils.py b/tests/pl/test_utils.py
index 75f4cf29..0fb2fc7f 100644
--- a/tests/pl/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/pl/test_utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import matplotlib
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np
diff --git a/tests/test_image.py b/tests/test_image.py
index 64d0599f..899a791f 100644
--- a/tests/test_image.py
+++ b/tests/test_image.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import pytest