diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 0260fe56..8992c1f4 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "pip"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "daily"
+      interval: "weekly"
       time: "07:00"
     labels:
       - "part:tooling"
@@ -13,11 +13,28 @@ updates:
     versioning-strategy: auto
     # Allow up to 10 open pull requests for updates to dependency versions
     open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    # We group production and development ("optional" in the context of
+    # pyproject.toml) dependency updates when they are patch and minor updates,
+    # so we end up with less PRs being generated.
+    # Major updates are still managed, but they'll create one PR per
+    # dependency, as major updates are expected to be breaking, it is better to
+    # manage them individually.
+    groups:
+      required:
+        dependency-type: "production"
+        update-types:
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"
+      optional:
+        dependency-type: "development"
+        update-types:
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"
 
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "daily"
+      interval: "weekly"
       time: "06:00"
     labels:
       - "part:tooling"
@@ -34,10 +51,8 @@ updates:
     # + `allow` one doesn't seem to work.
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "submodules/frequenz-api-common"
-    # The google api common repo changes very seldom, so there is no need to
-    # check very often.
     schedule:
-      interval: "monthly"
+      interval: "weekly"
       time: "06:00"
     labels:
       - "part:tooling"
diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
index 5b60ae65..1d542b9b 100644
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@
 
 "part:protobuf":
   - "proto/**"
-  
+
 "part:python":
   - "py/**"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 023aa9b1..dbe99e76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -55,9 +55,17 @@ jobs:
           - ubuntu-20.04
         python:
           - "3.11"
+        nox-session:
+          # To speed things up a bit we use the special ci_checks_max session
+          # that uses the same venv to run multiple linting sessions
+          - "ci_checks_max"
+          - "pytest_min"
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     steps:
+      - name: Print environment (debug)
+        run: env
+
       - name: Fetch sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
@@ -73,11 +81,25 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python -m pip install -e .[dev-noxfile]
+          pip freeze
+
+      - name: Create nox venv
+        env:
+          NOX_SESSION: ${{ matrix.nox-session }}
+        run: nox --install-only -e "$NOX_SESSION"
+
+      - name: Print pip freeze for nox venv (debug)
+        env:
+          NOX_SESSION: ${{ matrix.nox-session }}
+        run: |
+          . ".nox/$NOX_SESSION/bin/activate"
+          pip freeze
+          deactivate
 
       - name: Run nox
-        # To speed things up a bit we use the special ci_checks_max session
-        # that uses the same venv to run multiple linting sessions
-        run: nox -e ci_checks_max pytest_min
+        env:
+          NOX_SESSION: ${{ matrix.nox-session }}
+        run: nox -R -e "$NOX_SESSION"
         timeout-minutes: 10
 
   build:
@@ -99,6 +121,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install -U pip
           python -m pip install -U build
+          pip freeze
 
       - name: Build the source and binary distribution
         run: python -m build
@@ -133,6 +156,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install -U pip
           python -m pip install .[dev-mkdocs]
+          pip freeze
 
       - name: Generate the documentation
         env:
@@ -215,6 +239,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install -U pip
           python -m pip install .[dev-mkdocs]
+          pip freeze
 
       - name: Fetch the gh-pages branch
         if: steps.mike-metadata.outputs.version
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 95366aae..c15e5b3d 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 exclude .cookiecutter-replay.json
-exclude .darglint
 exclude .editorconfig
 exclude .gitignore
 exclude .gitmodules
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ exclude mkdocs.yml
 exclude noxfile.py
 exclude src/conftest.py
 recursive-exclude .github *
+recursive-exclude benchmarks *
 recursive-exclude docs *
 recursive-exclude pytests *
 recursive-include py *.pyi
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 0d98a271..523297cd 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ theme:
   features:
     - content.code.annotate
     - content.code.copy
+    - navigation.indexes
     - navigation.instant
     - navigation.tabs
     - navigation.top
@@ -108,7 +109,6 @@ plugins:
             - https://grpc.github.io/grpc/python/objects.inv
             - https://typing-extensions.readthedocs.io/en/stable/objects.inv
   - search
-  - section-index
 
 # Preview controls
 watch:
diff --git a/py/frequenz/api/common/__init__.py b/py/frequenz/api/common/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e423855c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/py/frequenz/api/common/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# License: MIT
+# Copyright © 2023 Frequenz Energy-as-a-Service GmbH
+
+"""Frequenz common gRPC API and bindings.
+
+TODO(cookiecutter): Add a more descriptive module description.
+"""
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3659c00c..b825a407 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-  "setuptools == 67.7.2",
+  "setuptools == 68.1.0",
   "setuptools_scm[toml] == 7.1.0",
-  "frequenz-repo-config[api] == 0.5.2",
+  "frequenz-repo-config[api] == 0.6.2",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ name = "Frequenz Energy-as-a-Service GmbH"
 email = "floss@frequenz.com"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-dev-docstrings = [
+dev-flake8 = [
+  "flake8 == 6.1.0",
+  "flake8-docstrings == 1.7.0",
+  "flake8-pyproject == 1.2.3",  # For reading the flake8 config from pyproject.toml
+  "pydoclint == 0.3.1",
   "pydocstyle == 6.3.0",
-  "darglint == 1.8.1",
-  "tomli == 2.0.1",      # Needed by pydocstyle to read pyproject.toml
 ]
 dev-formatting = ["black == 23.10.1", "isort == 5.12.0"]
 dev-mkdocs = [
@@ -47,16 +49,19 @@ dev-mkdocs = [
   "mkdocs-gen-files == 0.5.0",
   "mkdocs-literate-nav == 0.6.1",
   "mkdocs-material == 9.4.6",
-  "mkdocs-section-index == 0.3.8",
   "mkdocstrings[python] == 0.23.0",
-  "frequenz-repo-config[api] == 0.5.2",
+  "frequenz-repo-config[api] == 0.6.2",
 ]
 dev-mypy = [
   "mypy == 1.6.1",
+  "grpc-stubs == 1.53.0.2",
   # For checking the noxfile, docs/ script, and tests
   "frequenz-api-common[dev-mkdocs,dev-noxfile,dev-pytest]",
 ]
-dev-noxfile = ["nox == 2023.4.22", "frequenz-repo-config[api] == 0.5.2"]
+dev-noxfile = [
+  "nox == 2023.4.22",
+  "frequenz-repo-config[api] == 0.6.2",
+]
 dev-pylint = [
   "pylint == 2.17.6",
   # For checking the noxfile, docs/ script, and tests
@@ -64,10 +69,10 @@ dev-pylint = [
 ]
 dev-pytest = [
   "pytest == 7.4.3",
-  "frequenz-repo-config[extra-lint-examples] == 0.5.2",
+  "frequenz-repo-config[extra-lint-examples] == 0.6.2",
 ]
 dev = [
-  "frequenz-api-common[dev-mkdocs,dev-docstrings,dev-formatting,dev-mkdocs,dev-mypy,dev-noxfile,dev-pylint,dev-pytest]",
+  "frequenz-api-common[dev-mkdocs,dev-flake8,dev-formatting,dev-mkdocs,dev-mypy,dev-noxfile,dev-pylint,dev-pytest]",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -85,8 +90,22 @@ profile = "black"
 line_length = 88
 src_paths = ["benchmarks", "examples", "src", "tests"]
 
-[tool.frequenz-repo-config.protobuf]
-include_paths = ["submodules/api-common-protos"]
+[tool.flake8]
+# We give some flexibility to go over 88, there are cases like long URLs or
+# code in documenation that have extra indentation. Black will still take care
+# of making everything that can be 88 wide, 88 wide.
+max-line-length = 100
+extend-ignore = [
+  "E203", # Whitespace before ':' (conflicts with black)
+  "W503", # Line break before binary operator (conflicts with black)
+]
+# pydoclint options
+style = "google"
+check-return-types = false
+check-yield-types = false
+arg-type-hints-in-docstring = false
+arg-type-hints-in-signature = true
+allow-init-docstring = true
 
 [tool.pylint.similarities]
 ignore-comments = ['yes']
@@ -103,11 +122,27 @@ disable = [
   # pylint's unsubscriptable check is buggy and is not needed because
   # it is a type-check, for which we already have mypy.
   "unsubscriptable-object",
+  # Checked by flake8
+  "line-too-long",
+  "unused-variable",
+  "unnecessary-lambda-assignment",
 ]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = ["pytests"]
 
+[tool.mypy]
+explicit_package_bases = true
+namespace_packages = true
+# This option disables mypy cache, and it is sometimes useful to enable it if
+# you are getting weird intermittent error, or error in the CI but not locally
+# (or vice versa). In particular errors saying that type: ignore is not
+# used but getting the original ignored error when removing the type: ignore.
+# See for example: https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/2960
+#no_incremental = true
+packages = ["frequenz.api.common"]
+strict = true
+
 [tool.setuptools.package-dir]
 "" = "py"