diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 80124c9e8..0dede3f1d 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@ extend-ignore =
 per-file-ignores =
     scripts/create_pickle.py:F403,F405,
     graphblas/tests/*.py:T201,
-    graphblas/core/agg.py:F401,F403,
     graphblas/core/ss/matrix.py:SIM113,
     graphblas/**/__init__.py:F401,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_and_build.yml b/.github/workflows/test_and_build.yml
index 7c7a7691b..9a96851b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_and_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_and_build.yml
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "from graphblas.agg import count" > script.py
           coverage run -a script.py
           echo "from graphblas import agg" > script.py  # Does this still cover?
-          echo "from graphblas.core import agg" >> script.py
+          echo "from graphblas.core.operator import agg" >> script.py
           coverage run -a script.py
           # Tests lazy loading of lib, ffi, and NULL in gb.core
           echo "from graphblas.core import base" > script.py
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index b1d264509..bc97547cc 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ repos:
   # We can probably remove `isort` if we come to trust `ruff --fix`,
   # but we'll need to figure out the configuration to do this in `ruff`
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-    rev: 5.13.1
+    rev: 5.13.2
     hooks:
       - id: isort
   # Let's keep `pyupgrade` even though `ruff --fix` probably does most of it
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ repos:
       - id: black
       - id: black-jupyter
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.1.7
+    rev: v0.1.8
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: [--fix-only, --show-fixes]
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ repos:
         additional_dependencies: [tomli]
         files: ^(graphblas|docs)/
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.1.7
+    rev: v0.1.8
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
   - repo: https://github.com/sphinx-contrib/sphinx-lint
diff --git a/graphblas/agg/__init__.py b/graphblas/agg/__init__.py
index 9f6ead0b5..725c11aab 100644
--- a/graphblas/agg/__init__.py
+++ b/graphblas/agg/__init__.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 #   - bxnor monoid: even bits
 #   - bnor monoid: odd bits
 """
-# All items are dynamically added by classes in core/agg.py
+# All items are dynamically added by classes in core/operator/agg.py
 # This module acts as a container of Aggregator instances
 _deprecated = {}
 
diff --git a/graphblas/core/agg.py b/graphblas/core/agg.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 23848d3b9..000000000
--- a/graphblas/core/agg.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-"""graphblas.core.agg namespace is deprecated; please use graphblas.core.operator.agg instead.
-
-.. deprecated:: 2023.3.0
-``graphblas.core.agg`` will be removed in a future release.
-Use ``graphblas.core.operator.agg`` instead.
-Will be removed in version 2023.11.0 or later.
-
-"""
-import warnings
-
-from .operator.agg import *  # pylint: disable=wildcard-import,unused-wildcard-import
-
-warnings.warn(
-    "graphblas.core.agg namespace is deprecated; please use graphblas.core.operator.agg instead.",
-    DeprecationWarning,
-    stacklevel=1,
-)
diff --git a/graphblas/tests/test_op.py b/graphblas/tests/test_op.py
index c7d1ce97c..41fae80ae 100644
--- a/graphblas/tests/test_op.py
+++ b/graphblas/tests/test_op.py
@@ -1450,8 +1450,6 @@ def test_deprecated():
         gb.op.secondj
     with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning, match="please use"):
         gb.agg.argmin
-    with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning, match="please use"):
-        import graphblas.core.agg  # noqa: F401
 
 
 @pytest.mark.slow
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 04ef28645..3bd4a4310 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ ignore = [
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff.per-file-ignores]
-"graphblas/core/agg.py" = ["F401", "F403"]  # Deprecated
 "graphblas/core/operator/base.py" = ["S102"]  # exec is used for UDF
 "graphblas/core/ss/matrix.py" = ["NPY002"]  # numba doesn't support rng generator yet
 "graphblas/core/ss/vector.py" = ["NPY002"]  # numba doesn't support rng generator yet
diff --git a/scripts/check_versions.sh b/scripts/check_versions.sh
index 958bf2210..75d6283f0 100755
--- a/scripts/check_versions.sh
+++ b/scripts/check_versions.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ conda search 'numpy[channel=conda-forge]>=1.26.2'
 conda search 'pandas[channel=conda-forge]>=2.1.4'
 conda search 'scipy[channel=conda-forge]>=1.11.4'
 conda search 'networkx[channel=conda-forge]>=3.2.1'
-conda search 'awkward[channel=conda-forge]>=2.5.0'
+conda search 'awkward[channel=conda-forge]>=2.5.1'
 conda search 'sparse[channel=conda-forge]>=0.14.0'
 conda search 'fast_matrix_market[channel=conda-forge]>=1.7.5'
 conda search 'numba[channel=conda-forge]>=0.58.1'