diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index ea7c3ce1..b50d7f7a 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ sphinx:
 formats: []
 
 build:
-  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  os: ubuntu-24.04
   tools:
     python: "3"
   jobs:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 85d081cf..66cfe423 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,11 +40,10 @@ To make a contribution follow the steps laid out in the [beginner's guide on how
 https://cosima-recipes.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html). If they sound intimidating then don't worry!
 Just raise [an issue](https://github.com/COSIMA/cosima-recipes/issues) explaining briefly what the contribution you want to make is and we'll help out with the process!
 
-## Contents
-
-We are in the process of transitioning these recipes from using [cosima-cookbook](https://github.com/COSIMA/cosima-cookbook) infrastructure to load model output to an [_intake catalogue_](https://cosima-recipes.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Tutorials/ACCESS-NRI_Intake_Catalog.html). That said, you will find recipes that use either method to access model data.
+Contributors to the COSIMA Cookbook are added to the [**citable DOI**](https://github.com/COSIMA/cosima-recipes?tab=readme-ov-file#citation) entry associated with the repository.
+Hence, users who put together a pull request for a new contribution, should ensure that the pull request also modifies the `.zenodo.json` file to include their affiliation details.
 
-We strongly urge you to transition to _intake catalogue_ and (pretty please 🥺) help us with converting all the recipes to using that!
+## Contents
 
 ### [Tutorials](https://cosima-recipes.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials.html)
 
@@ -60,6 +59,11 @@ If you can find a recipe that suits your purposes, then this is the best place t
 ### ACCESS-OM2-GMD-Paper-Figs
 Jupyter notebooks to reproduce (as far as possible) the figures from the [ACCESS-OM2 model announcement paper (*GMD*, 2020)](https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-401-2020). These notebooks are mostly uncommented, but they should be functional. They are intended to demonstrate methods to undertake the calculations used in the paper.
 
+## Loading model output: use _intake_; avoid **deprecated** `cosima_cookbook`
+
+We are in the process of transitioning recipes from using the **deprecated** [cosima-cookbook](https://github.com/COSIMA/cosima-cookbook) infrastructure to load model output to using an [_intake catalogue_](https://cosima-recipes.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Tutorials/ACCESS-NRI_Intake_Catalog.html). That said, you will find recipes that use either method to access model data.
+
+We strongly urge you to transition to _intake catalogue_ and (pretty please 🥺) help us with converting all the recipes to using that!
 
 ## Conditions of use for ACCESS-OM2 output
 
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 118accd3..d500ac75 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 sphinx
 nbsphinx
-sphinx-gallery<0.11
+sphinx-gallery
 ipywidgets