diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b9fb14a..64fb16a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-Scrapy==2.11.2
-scrapy-zyte-api[provider]>=0.22.1
-zyte-spider-templates==0.11.1
-duplicate-url-discarder[rules]>=0.2.0
+duplicate-url-discarder[rules]>=0.3.0
+scrapinghub[msgpack]  # zyte-spider-templates dep, use [msgpack] for speed.
+Scrapy==2.12.0
+scrapy-zyte-api[provider]>=0.25.2
+zyte-spider-templates==0.11.2
diff --git a/scrapinghub.yml b/scrapinghub.yml
index 7b1e5a7..5fc6a3b 100644
--- a/scrapinghub.yml
+++ b/scrapinghub.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 #projects:
 #  default: NNNNNN
 stacks:
-  default: scrapy:2.11-20241022
+  default: scrapy:2.12-20241202
 requirements:
   file: requirements.txt
diff --git a/zyte_spider_templates_project/settings.py b/zyte_spider_templates_project/settings.py
index a184efa..e482688 100644
--- a/zyte_spider_templates_project/settings.py
+++ b/zyte_spider_templates_project/settings.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+from logging import INFO
+
 from itemadapter import ItemAdapter
+from scrapy.logformatter import LogFormatter, DROPPEDMSG
 from zyte_common_items import ZyteItemAdapter
 
 ItemAdapter.ADAPTER_CLASSES.appendleft(ZyteItemAdapter)
@@ -25,6 +28,22 @@
     "scrapy_poet.RetryMiddleware": 275,
 }
 
+
+class CustomLogFormatter(LogFormatter):
+    def dropped(self, item, exception, response, spider):
+        return {
+            'level': INFO,
+            'msg': DROPPEDMSG,
+            'args': {
+                'exception': exception,
+                'item': item,
+            }
+        }
+
+
+LOG_FORMATTER = CustomLogFormatter
+
+
 # scrapy-poet
 SCRAPY_POET_DISCOVER = [
     "zyte_spider_templates_project.pages",