diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 09c5443..91732f0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,32 +29,16 @@ maintainers = [
 
 # nottodo: leave everything below as is!
 
-dynamic = ["version", "urls", "entry-points"]
+dynamic = ["version", "urls", "entry-points", "classifiers"]
 readme = "README.rst"
 license = { file="LICENSE" }
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 
-classifiers = [
-    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-    "Natural Language :: English",
-    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
-    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Human Machine Interfaces",
-    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization",
-    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
-    "Topic :: Software Development :: User Interfaces",
-]
-
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "hatchling>=1.9.0",
     "hatch-vcs", "toml",
-    "pymodaq_utils>=0.0.6",
+    "pymodaq_utils>=5.3.6",
 ]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
@@ -63,3 +47,17 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 [tool.hatch.version]
 source = "vcs"
 
+[tool.pymodaq]
+# the "Operating System" and "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.x" classifiers are added when building the package,
+# from supported_platforms in your instrument plugins and from requires-python
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Natural Language :: English",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Human Machine Interfaces",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: User Interfaces",
+]
+
diff --git a/src/pymodaq_plugins_oceaninsight/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_Omnidriver.py b/src/pymodaq_plugins_oceaninsight/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_Omnidriver.py
index 4274453..e7b081a 100644
--- a/src/pymodaq_plugins_oceaninsight/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_Omnidriver.py
+++ b/src/pymodaq_plugins_oceaninsight/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_Omnidriver.py
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ class DAQ_1DViewer_Omnidriver(DAQ_Viewer_base):
     utility_classes.DAQ_Viewer_base
     """
 
+    supported_platforms = ('win32',)  # the OmniDriver .NET driver
+
     params = comon_parameters + [
         {'title': 'N spectrometers:', 'name': 'Nspectrometers', 'type': 'int', 'value': 0,
          'default': 0, 'min': 0, 'readonly': True},