diff --git a/django/requirements.txt b/django/requirements.txt
index 3ec7ca983..a26f31403 100644
--- a/django/requirements.txt
+++ b/django/requirements.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ html2text>=2016.9.19
 jinja2==3.1.4
 jsonschema==4.19.0
 markdown==3.6
-MarkupSafe<3.0.0  # FIXME: remove after regression in 3.0.x is patched https://github.com/comses/planning/issues/277
 nltk>=3.8.1,<4.0.0
 numpy==1.26.4
 pandas==2.2.2
diff --git a/e2e/cypress/tests/codebase.spec.ts b/e2e/cypress/tests/codebase.spec.ts
index fa418d0b1..154ca2f3b 100644
--- a/e2e/cypress/tests/codebase.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/cypress/tests/codebase.spec.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ describe("Visit codebases page", () => {
       getDataCy("codebase-associated-publications").type(codebase["associated-publications"]);
       getDataCy("codebase-references").type(codebase.references);
       getDataCy("next").click();
-
+      // make sure the release editor is initialized
+      cy.wait(2000);
       //add images
       getDataCy("add-image").click();
       getDataCy("upload-image")