diff --git a/pyvortex/test/test_array.py b/pyvortex/test/test_array.py
index 119beb914e..0825f184e3 100644
--- a/pyvortex/test/test_array.py
+++ b/pyvortex/test/test_array.py
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ def test_varbin_array_round_trip():
 
 def test_varbin_array_take():
     a = vortex.encode(pa.array(["a", "b", "c", "d"]))
-    # TODO(ngates): ensure we correctly round-trip to a string and not large_string
     assert a.take(vortex.encode(pa.array([0, 2]))).to_pyarrow().combine_chunks() == pa.array(
         ["a", "c"],
-        type=pa.large_utf8(),
+        type=pa.utf8(),
     )
 
 
diff --git a/requirements-dev.lock b/requirements-dev.lock
index 69b5191d9f..c5b17d839f 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.lock
+++ b/requirements-dev.lock
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #   features: []
 #   all-features: false
 #   with-sources: false
+#   generate-hashes: false
 
 -e file:.
 -e file:pyvortex
diff --git a/requirements.lock b/requirements.lock
index bf905daba0..cb652616f8 100644
--- a/requirements.lock
+++ b/requirements.lock
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #   features: []
 #   all-features: false
 #   with-sources: false
+#   generate-hashes: false
 
 -e file:.
 -e file:pyvortex