diff --git a/neon_core/configuration/neon.yaml b/neon_core/configuration/neon.yaml
index e9bb867bc..2a072058b 100644
--- a/neon_core/configuration/neon.yaml
+++ b/neon_core/configuration/neon.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ enable_old_audioservice: True
 # Plugin Configuration
 utterance_transformers:
   neon_utterance_translator_plugin:
-    active: True
+    active: False
     enable_detector: True
   neon_utterance_normalizer_plugin:
     active: True
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 58ac4687a..efbfe41a5 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ovos-core[lgpl]~=0.2
 
-
 neon-utils[network]~=1.14
 ovos-utils~=0.0,>=0.0.38
 ovos-bus-client~=0.0,>=0.0.10
@@ -14,6 +13,9 @@ ovos-classifiers
 # TODO: Remove when run_neon.py is deprecated
 psutil~=5.6
 
+# TODO: Patching `setuptools` imports
+setuptools<82.0
+
 click~=8.0
 click-default-group~=1.2
 
diff --git a/requirements/skills_default.txt b/requirements/skills_default.txt
index 6bb7da1a2..f9d134fbf 100644
--- a/requirements/skills_default.txt
+++ b/requirements/skills_default.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 skill-ddg~=0.0.2
-neon-skill-alerts~=3.0,>=3.0.1
+neon-skill-alerts~=3.0,>=3.0.2a1
 neon-skill-caffeinewiz~=2.0,>=2.0.1a3
 neon-skill-data_controls~=2.0,>=2.0.3
 neon-skill-fallback_wolfram_alpha~=3.0
 neon-skill-personal~=1.0,>=1.0.4a2
 neon-skill-speak~=2.0,>=2.0.4a1
-neon-skill-speed_test~=1.0,>=1.0.5a2
-neon-skill-spelling~=1.1,>=1.1.1
+neon-skill-speed_test~=1.0,>=1.0.5a3
+neon-skill-spelling~=1.1,>=1.1.2a2
 neon-skill-stock~=2.0,>=2.0.1a2
-neon-skill-support_helper~=1.2,>=1.2.5a1
+neon-skill-support_helper~=1.2,>=1.2.5a2
 neon-skill-user_settings~=1.1
 neon-skill-weather~=3.1,>=3.1.1a2
 ovos-skill-wikipedia~=0.0
diff --git a/test/test_skills_module.py b/test/test_skills_module.py
index 283002ded..1aeec77cd 100644
--- a/test/test_skills_module.py
+++ b/test/test_skills_module.py
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ def setUpClass(cls) -> None:
         importlib.reload(ovos_config)
         assert ovos_config.config.Configuration.default.path == meta['default_config_path']
 
+        # Patch configuration
+        ovos_config.config.Configuration()[
+                'utterance_transformers']['neon_utterance_translator_plugin'] = {"active": True}
+
         from neon_core.skills.intent_service import NeonIntentService
         cls.intent_service = NeonIntentService(cls.bus)
         assert set(cls.intent_service.config['utterance_transformers'].keys()) \