diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f0a51529a..26456e22f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ defaults:
   run:
     shell: bash -el {0}
 
-env:
-  PIXI_VERSION: "v0.63.0"
-
 jobs:
   should-run-ci:
     name: should run ci
@@ -48,10 +45,8 @@ jobs:
       pixi-version: ${{ steps.pixi-lock.outputs.pixi-version }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: Parcels-code/pixi-lock/create-and-cache@2b823a4a804631370fbde7e6088ee5db71a26c60 # TODO: Update to action in prefix-dev once available
+      - uses: Parcels-code/pixi-lock/create-and-cache@2b823a4a804631370fbde7e6088ee5db71a26c60
         id: pixi-lock
-        with:
-          pixi-version: ${{env.PIXI_VERSION}}
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: pixi-lock
diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index 3c040ceb7..70eee6a57 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ name = "Parcels"
 preview = ["pixi-build"]
 channels = ["conda-forge"]
 platforms = ["win-64", "linux-64", "osx-64", "osx-arm64"]
+requires-pixi = ">=0.63.0"
 
 [package]
 name = "parcels"
 version = "dynamic" # dynamic versioning needs better support in pixi https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/issues/2923#issuecomment-2598460666 . Putting `version = "dynamic"` here for now until pixi recommends something else.
-license = "MIT" # can remove this once https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi-build-backends/issues/397 is resolved
 
 [package.build]
 backend = { name = "pixi-build-python", version = "0.4.*" }