diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index cae0b8e8..d2d37774 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export PYTHONWARNINGS="ignore"
 export PYTHONPATH=.
+export COVERAGE_WARNINGS="ignore"
diff --git a/auto_dev/commands/deps.py b/auto_dev/commands/deps.py
index 63356c4a..b38aa33f 100644
--- a/auto_dev/commands/deps.py
+++ b/auto_dev/commands/deps.py
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
+import pip
+import pkg_resources
 import toml
 import yaml
 import requests
@@ -231,6 +233,10 @@ def get_latest_version(self) -> str:
         if self.location == DependencyLocation.LOCAL:
             return self.version
         return self._get_latest_remote_version()
+    
+    def get_installed_version(self) -> str:
+        """Use pip to get the installed version."""
+        return pkg_resources.get_distribution(self.name).version
 
     def _get_latest_remote_version(self) -> str:
         """Get the latest remote version."""
@@ -578,6 +584,19 @@ def get_update_command(poetry_dependencies: Dependency, strict: bool = False) ->
                     cmd += f"{plugin}@{expected_version} "
     return cmd, issues
 
+def update_pyproject_with_current_versions(version_set_loader: VersionSetLoader) -> None:
+    """
+    We collect the actual versions of everything installed
+    by iteracting over the version set loader
+    we then write this to the adev config file.
+    """
+    for dependency in version_set_loader.poetry_dependencies.poetry_dependencies:
+
+        current_version = dependency.get_installed_version()
+        dependency.version = current_version
+    click.echo("Updating the adev config file with the current versions.")
+    version_set_loader.write_config()
+
 
 @deps.command()
 @click.option(
@@ -656,6 +675,9 @@ def bump(
         os.system(cmd)  # noqa
         changes.append("poetry dependencies")
 
+
+    update_pyproject_with_current_versions(version_set_loader)
+
     handle_output(issues, changes)
 
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 546d435b..39d4ba2f 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -2827,13 +2827,13 @@ pytest = ">=7.0.0,<7.3.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "open-aea-ledger-cosmos"
-version = "1.60.0"
+version = "1.61.0"
 description = "Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and ledger api of Cosmos."
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
-    {file = "open_aea_ledger_cosmos-1.60.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:53a1c8a04a12a9e18a03a7ecc1988efef6e3712cf6408ae4c46c18d8d66fba31"},
-    {file = "open_aea_ledger_cosmos-1.60.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:df48bf695de632b768baf968e6de66e27d7350af2edfac715a5635389d891b75"},
+    {file = "open_aea_ledger_cosmos-1.61.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c7568509bfdc290081693e03dcbdbdec6682ed005fd022219f22ac1303852510"},
+    {file = "open_aea_ledger_cosmos-1.61.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:dd9d0a63f07371e7a81ee2b76ba68110a8f6ad442829e0fd8119fc37b10a6ad8"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -2845,13 +2845,13 @@ pycryptodome = ">=3.10.1,<4.0.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "open-aea-ledger-ethereum"
-version = "1.60.0"
+version = "1.61.0"
 description = "Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and ledger api of Ethereum."
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
-    {file = "open_aea_ledger_ethereum-1.60.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0026ae8faa987f651234d3d125998a445b414a65847a121fd033f49b99de0bf0"},
-    {file = "open_aea_ledger_ethereum-1.60.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:932219edff66500f29f17ab47d487f2995e4770456031cfbacfc0eea94571c6c"},
+    {file = "open_aea_ledger_ethereum-1.61.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:aae960b982d3868b9ee6b182247deb76c071f08ca412ff644d7ef3bc92d1660d"},
+    {file = "open_aea_ledger_ethereum-1.61.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:cfe8de152244de11b69a2c82cec02c9b0b06ce1dd55fa6ae863f6abcd1ac8d66"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -2862,13 +2862,13 @@ web3 = ">=6.0.0,<7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "open-aea-ledger-solana"
-version = "1.60.0"
+version = "1.61.0"
 description = "Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and ledger api of solana."
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
-    {file = "open_aea_ledger_solana-1.60.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:60cc967879e6044bd9c6b33e0dc4ee0199c46c32f4ee2d8de36d39920896be9a"},
-    {file = "open_aea_ledger_solana-1.60.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d47688bbba4a4ff06ec0d6f4e3b7d56b21dc03270933e5b1c3a50340a97fac6f"},
+    {file = "open_aea_ledger_solana-1.61.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:07067ae5da33c8dbc5819f99a4125b425d25f8192f14395317a09f95d9e2a8fe"},
+    {file = "open_aea_ledger_solana-1.61.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2f11f471326921c8fa49ad783fe472cb2dae55d3ab78e8fceeb1a36a89486782"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -5035,4 +5035,4 @@ doc = ["mkdocstrings"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.9,<3.12"
-content-hash = "3f287072c5b7e0720da6175fbc5cbf79928f2d8c2e8fadc88a8f51611fe1b909"
+content-hash = "c37364641159a3f69c6dbe31fd5d3cbaa6e831274935d26ce26ec7043c2df6e7"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a37f26d9..eaf39fff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ exclude = "/(\n    \\.eggs\n  | \\.git\n  | \\.hg\n  | \\.mypy_cache\n  | \\.tox
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.9,<3.12"
-open-autonomy = "==0.18.4"
-open-aea = "==1.60.0"
-open-aea-test-autonomy = "==0.18.4"
-open-aea-ledger-ethereum = "==1.60.0"
-open-aea-ledger-solana = "==1.60.0"
-open-aea-ledger-cosmos = "==1.60.0"
-open-aea-cli-ipfs = "==1.60.0"
+open-autonomy = "<=0.18.4"
+open-aea = "<=1.61.0"
+open-aea-test-autonomy = "<=0.18.4"
+open-aea-ledger-ethereum = "<=1.61.0"
+open-aea-ledger-solana = "<=1.61.0"
+open-aea-ledger-cosmos = "<=1.61.0"
+open-aea-cli-ipfs = "<=1.61.0"
 web3 = ">=6.0.0,<7.0.0"
 ipfshttpclient = "==0.8.0a2"
 typing_extensions = ">=3.10.0.2"
@@ -111,4 +111,5 @@ adev = "auto_dev.cli:cli"
 
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
-addopts = "--cov=auto_dev --cov-report html"
\ No newline at end of file
+addopts = "--cov=auto_dev --cov-report html"
+filterwarnings = ["ignore:.*CoverageWarning.*:Warning"]
\ No newline at end of file