diff --git a/astro-airflow-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt b/astro-airflow-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt
index 2ca6ae4b..ef31292f 100644
--- a/astro-airflow-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt	
+++ b/astro-airflow-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt	
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ isort~=5.0
 jupyter~=1.0
 jupyterlab~=3.0
 kedro~={{ cookiecutter.kedro_version }}
-kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataSet]
+kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataSet]~=1.0.0
 kedro-airflow~=0.5
 kedro-telemetry~=0.2.0
 nbstripout~=0.4
diff --git a/features/environment.py b/features/environment.py
index fcfd77f7..2b7e136e 100644
--- a/features/environment.py
+++ b/features/environment.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def before_scenario(context, scenario):
         starter: str(starters_root / starter) for starter in starter_names
     }
     context.starters_paths = starters_paths
-    subprocess.run([context.pip, "install", "-r", "test_requirements.txt"])
+    subprocess.run([context.python, "-m", "pip", "install", "-r", "test_requirements.txt"])
     context.temp_dir = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp()).resolve()
     _PATHS_TO_REMOVE.add(context.temp_dir)
 
diff --git a/features/steps/run_steps.py b/features/steps/run_steps.py
index df9ecd14..e77ff056 100644
--- a/features/steps/run_steps.py
+++ b/features/steps/run_steps.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def create_project_from_config_file(context, starter_name):
 def install_project_dependencies(context):
     reqs_path = "src/requirements.txt"
     res = subprocess.run(
-        [context.pip, "install", "-r", reqs_path], cwd=context.root_project_dir
+        [context.pip, "install", "-r", reqs_path, "-U"], cwd=context.root_project_dir
     )
     assert res.returncode == OK_EXIT_CODE
 
diff --git a/pandas-iris/__init__.py b/pandas-iris/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/pandas-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/__init__.py b/pandas-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/pandas-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/__init__.py b/pandas-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/pandas-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt b/pandas-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt
index e7d90d10..89fea403 100644
--- a/pandas-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt	
+++ b/pandas-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt	
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jupyter~=1.0
 jupyterlab~=3.0
 kedro~={{ cookiecutter.kedro_version }}
 kedro-viz
-kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataSet]
+kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataSet]~=1.0.0
 kedro-telemetry~=0.2.0
 nbstripout~=0.4
 pytest-cov~=3.0
diff --git a/pyspark-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/__init__.py b/pyspark-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/pyspark-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/__init__.py b/pyspark-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/pyspark-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt b/pyspark-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt
index 878dd793..8d030ef2 100644
--- a/pyspark-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt	
+++ b/pyspark-iris/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt	
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ isort~=5.0
 jupyter~=1.0
 jupyterlab~=3.0
 kedro~={{ cookiecutter.kedro_version }}
-kedro-datasets[spark.SparkDataSet, pandas.ParquetDataSet]
+kedro-datasets[spark.SparkDataSet, pandas.ParquetDataSet]~=1.0.0
 kedro-telemetry~=0.2.0
 nbstripout~=0.4
 numpy~=1.21
diff --git a/pyspark/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt b/pyspark/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt
index cda38cbf..4b0d77cc 100644
--- a/pyspark/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt	
+++ b/pyspark/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt	
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ isort~=5.0
 jupyter~=1.0
 jupyterlab~=3.0
 kedro~={{ cookiecutter.kedro_version }}
-kedro-datasets[spark.SparkDataSet]
+kedro-datasets[spark.SparkDataSet]~=1.0.0
 kedro-telemetry~=0.2.0
 nbstripout~=0.4
 pytest-cov~=3.0
diff --git a/spaceflights/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt b/spaceflights/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt
index 813d6c27..72af9fd0 100644
--- a/spaceflights/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt	
+++ b/spaceflights/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt	
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jupyter~=1.0
 jupyterlab_server>=2.11.1, <2.16.0
 jupyterlab~=3.0
 kedro~={{ cookiecutter.kedro_version }}
-kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataSet, pandas.ExcelDataSet, pandas.ParquetDataSet]
+kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataSet, pandas.ExcelDataSet, pandas.ParquetDataSet]~=1.0.0
 kedro-telemetry~=0.2.0
 kedro-viz~=5.0
 nbstripout~=0.4
diff --git a/standalone-datacatalog/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt b/standalone-datacatalog/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt
index 70b04647..84613e75 100644
--- a/standalone-datacatalog/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt	
+++ b/standalone-datacatalog/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt	
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 jupyter~=1.0
 kedro~={{ cookiecutter.kedro_version }}
-kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataSet]
+kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataSet]~=1.0.0
 kedro-telemetry~=0.2.0