diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_01.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_01.yml
index c2471c71..a6709e17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_01.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_01.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python: [3.10]
+        python: [3.11]
     env:
         BIGML_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.BIGML_USERNAME }}
         BIGML_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.BIGML_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_05.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_05.yml
index 0c943129..dc01250a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_05.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_05.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python: [3.10]
+        python: [3.11]
     env:
         BIGML_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.BIGML_USERNAME }}
         BIGML_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.BIGML_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_22.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_22.yml
index a80d8668..7d2d8c87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_22.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_22.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python: [3.10]
+        python: [3.11]
     env:
         BIGML_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.BIGML_USERNAME }}
         BIGML_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.BIGML_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_23.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_23.yml
index 2edc1e6b..859be798 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_23.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_23.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python: [3.10]
+        python: [3.11]
     env:
         BIGML_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.BIGML_USERNAME }}
         BIGML_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.BIGML_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_36.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_36.yml
index e6cfe5cd..934cfc83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_36.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_36.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python: [3.10]
+        python: [3.11]
     env:
         BIGML_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.BIGML_USERNAME }}
         BIGML_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.BIGML_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index e5831890..1a63a61c 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 History
 -------
 
+9.8.0.dev (2024-02-19)
+----------------------
+
+- Upgrading libraries to avoid failures in Apple M1 machines.
+- Fixing local predictions input data preprocessing for missings.
+
 9.7.1 (2023-12-08)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/bigml/modelfields.py b/bigml/modelfields.py
index 946e6078..2eb9b38a 100644
--- a/bigml/modelfields.py
+++ b/bigml/modelfields.py
@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ def normalize(self, value):
         """
         if isinstance(value, str) and not isinstance(value, str):
             value = str(value, "utf-8")
-        return None if value in self.missing_tokens else value
+        return None if hasattr(self, "missing_tokens") and \
+            value in self.missing_tokens else value
 
     def fill_numeric_defaults(self, input_data):
         """Fills the value set as default for numeric missing fields if user
diff --git a/bigml/version.py b/bigml/version.py
index 0c8f0e8f..4e9967f4 100644
--- a/bigml/version.py
+++ b/bigml/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '9.7.1'
+__version__ = '9.8.0.dev'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1414577f..824fdea2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 version = re.search("__version__ = '([^']+)'",
                     open(version_py_path).read()).group(1)
 
-TOPIC_MODELING_DEPENDENCIES = ["cython", "pystemmer==2.0.1"]
-IMAGES_DEPENDENCIES = ["bigml-sensenet==0.7.0"]
+TOPIC_MODELING_DEPENDENCIES = ["cython", "pystemmer==2.2.0.1"]
+IMAGES_DEPENDENCIES = ["bigml-sensenet==0.7.2"]
 
 # Concatenate files into the long description
 file_contents = []
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     license="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0",
     setup_requires = ['pytest'],
     install_requires = ["unidecode", "bigml-chronos>=0.4.3", "requests",
-        "requests-toolbelt", "msgpack", "numpy>=1.22,<1.24", "scipy",
+        "requests-toolbelt", "msgpack", "numpy>=1.22", "scipy",
         "javascript"],
     extras_require={"images": IMAGES_DEPENDENCIES,
                     "topics": TOPIC_MODELING_DEPENDENCIES,