diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b673f6ac16781c1fa404c9710c8b42c43bcc01a2..00abb799cc107100adfca7f0f409175838a45628 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.1.5
\ No newline at end of file
+4.1.6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/autosubmit/job/job.py b/autosubmit/job/job.py
index c76ecf5e13be315996bcfd1cceee6ca60cd58cd2..fa61fd9ebe124258a92bc448a295e0b52750df3e 100644
--- a/autosubmit/job/job.py
+++ b/autosubmit/job/job.py
@@ -2076,6 +2076,8 @@ class Job(object):
             # append to a list all names don't matter the location, inside additional_template_content that  starts with % and ends with %
             placeholders_inside_additional_template = re.findall('%(?<!%%)[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+%(?!%%)', additional_template_content,flags=re.IGNORECASE)
             for placeholder in placeholders_inside_additional_template:
+                if placeholder in self.default_parameters.values():
+                    continue
                 placeholder = placeholder[1:-1]
                 value = str(parameters.get(placeholder.upper(),""))
                 if not value:
diff --git a/requeriments.txt b/requeriments.txt
index 5b580d89b37bc27866d8f1b50f3e02b936f0874b..ca46cd93a168b4052f4e0e51efbb03a27f5e48b1 100644
--- a/requeriments.txt
+++ b/requeriments.txt
@@ -1,36 +1,28 @@
-[:python_version > "3.7"]
-zipp>=3.1.0
-cython
-autosubmitconfigparser==1.0.61
-paramiko>=3.4
-bcrypt>=3.2
-PyNaCl>=1.5.0
-configobj>=5.0.6
-python-dateutil>=2.8.2
-matplotlib<=3.8.3
-py3dotplus>=1.1.0
-pyparsing>=3.0.7
-mock>=4.0.3
-portalocker>=2.3.2,<=2.7.0
-networkx==2.6.3
-requests>=2.27.1
-bscearth.utils>=0.5.2
-cryptography>=36.0.1
-xlib>=0.21
-pip>=22.0.3
-ruamel.yaml==0.17.21
-pythondialog
-pytest
-nose
-coverage
-six>=1.10.0
-Pygments
-wheel
-psutil
-rocrate==0.*
-packaging==23
-setuptools>=69
-typing_extensions>=4.9
+xlib==0.21,
+setuptools<=68.2.2,
+bscearth.utils<=0.5.2,
+requests<=2.31.0,
+networkx<=2.6.3,
+portalocker<=2.7.0,
+mock<=5.1.0,
+paramiko<=3.4,
+pyparsing==3.1.1,
+matplotlib<=3.8.3,
+argparse<=1.4.0,
+packaging<=23.2,
+ruamel.yaml.clib<=0.2.8,
+typing_extensions<=4.9.0,
+typing<=3.7.4.3,
+psutil<=5.6.1,
+networkx<=2.6.3,
+py3dotplus==1.1.0,
+matplotlib<=3.8.3,
+numpy<2,
+ruamel.yaml==0.17.21,
+rocrate==0.*,
+autosubmitconfigparser
+pathlib
+configparser
 
 [:python_version <= "3.7"]
 PyNaCl==1.5.0
@@ -44,15 +36,12 @@ networkx==2.6.3
 portalocker==2.7.0
 mock==5.1.0
 paramiko==3.3.1
-pyparsing==3.1.1
-py3dotplus==1.1.0
 matplotlib==3.5.3
 python_dateutil==2.8.2
 argparse==1.4.0
 configobj==5.0.8
 packaging==23.2
 bcrypt==4.0.1
-ruamel.yaml==0.17.21
 charset_normalizer==3.3.1
 kiwisolver==1.4.5
 fonttools==4.43.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 09493022795ba963f0ec8109119ce894bc08c1f2..ce93cdd31f5b39fb3a2d23d7aafec7b4ee1c408c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,6 +40,31 @@ setup(
     download_url='https://earth.bsc.es/wiki/doku.php?id=tools:autosubmit',
     keywords=['climate', 'weather', 'workflow', 'HPC'],
     install_requires=[
+        'xlib==0.21',
+        'setuptools<=68.2.2',
+        'bscearth.utils<=0.5.2',
+        'requests<=2.31.0',
+        'networkx<=2.6.3',
+        'portalocker<=2.7.0',
+        'mock<=5.1.0',
+        'paramiko<=3.4',
+        'pyparsing==3.1.1',
+        'matplotlib<=3.8.3',
+        'argparse<=1.4.0',
+        'packaging<=23.2',
+        'ruamel.yaml.clib<=0.2.8',
+        'typing_extensions<=4.9.0',
+        'typing<=3.7.4.3',
+        'psutil<=5.6.1',
+        'networkx<=2.6.3',
+        'py3dotplus==1.1.0',
+        'matplotlib<=3.8.3',
+        'numpy<2',
+        'ruamel.yaml==0.17.21',
+        'rocrate==0.*',
+        'autosubmitconfigparser>=1.61',
+        'configparser',
+        'pathlib'
     ],
     extras_require={
         ':python_version <= "3.7"':
@@ -55,20 +80,16 @@ setup(
                 'portalocker==2.7.0',
                 'mock==5.1.0',
                 'paramiko==3.3.1',
-                'pyparsing==3.1.1',
-                'py3dotplus==1.1.0',
                 'matplotlib==3.5.3',
                 'python_dateutil==2.8.2',
                 'argparse==1.4.0',
                 'configobj==5.0.8',
                 'packaging==23.2',
                 'bcrypt==4.0.1',
-                'ruamel.yaml==0.17.21',
                 'charset_normalizer==3.3.1',
                 'kiwisolver==1.4.5',
                 'fonttools==4.43.1',
                 'cycler==0.12.1',
-                'ruamel.yaml.clib==0.2.8',
                 'typing_extensions==4.8.0',
                 'psutil==5.6.1',
                 'Pygments==2.3.1',
@@ -86,41 +107,6 @@ setup(
                 'Pillow==6.2.1',
                 'numpy==1.17.4',
             ],
-        ':python_version > "3.7"':
-            [
-                'zipp>=3.1.0',
-                'cython',
-                'autosubmitconfigparser==1.0.61',
-                'paramiko>=3.4',
-                'bcrypt>=3.2',
-                'PyNaCl>=1.5.0',
-                'configobj>=5.0.6',
-                'python-dateutil>=2.8.2',
-                'matplotlib<=3.8.3',
-                'py3dotplus>=1.1.0',
-                'pyparsing>=3.0.7',
-                'mock>=4.0.3',
-                'portalocker>=2.3.2,<=2.7.0',
-                'networkx==2.6.3',
-                'requests>=2.27.1',
-                'bscearth.utils>=0.5.2',
-                'cryptography>=36.0.1',
-                'xlib>=0.21',
-                'pip>=22.0.3',
-                'ruamel.yaml==0.17.21',
-                'pythondialog',
-                'pytest',
-                'nose',
-                'coverage',
-                'six>=1.10.0',
-                'Pygments',
-                'wheel',
-                'psutil',
-                'rocrate==0.*',
-                'packaging==23',
-                'setuptools>=69',
-                'typing_extensions>=4.9'
-            ],
     },
     classifiers=[
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
diff --git a/test/unit/test_job.py b/test/unit/test_job.py
index fe41cc4396df965a1b1402790960c4a8c029a238..3a986afa7f0e43c26ec251d79f066a938e21da23 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_job.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_job.py
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ class TestJob(TestCase):
 
         write_mock = Mock().write = Mock()
         open_mock = Mock(return_value=write_mock)
+        self.job.default_parameters = MagicMock()
+        self.job.default_parameters.get = MagicMock(return_value=[])
         with patch.object(builtins, "open", open_mock):
             # act
             self.job.create_script(config)