diff --git a/docs/hub-prod/test-cloud-sync.ipynb b/docs/hub-prod/test-cloud-sync.ipynb
index 3c4d1f9e..b34b559b 100644
--- a/docs/hub-prod/test-cloud-sync.ipynb
+++ b/docs/hub-prod/test-cloud-sync.ipynb
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@
    "source": [
     "time.sleep(1)\n",
     "cloud_file = dir_sync / \"file1\"\n",
-    "# update cloud timestamp, exist_ok=False needed due to truncate=not exist_ok in upath\n",
-    "cloud_file.touch(exist_ok=False)  \n",
+    "# update cloud timestamp\n",
+    "cloud_file.fs.touch(cloud_file.as_posix(), truncate=True)  \n",
     "\n",
     "assert cloud_file.modified.timestamp() > local_file_new.stat().st_mtime"
    ]
diff --git a/lamindb_setup/_delete.py b/lamindb_setup/_delete.py
index ba85d438..eb858316 100644
--- a/lamindb_setup/_delete.py
+++ b/lamindb_setup/_delete.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def delete_cache(isettings: InstanceSettings):
     # avoid init of root
     root = isettings.storage._root_init
     if not isinstance(root, LocalPathClasses):
-        cache_dir = isettings.storage.cache_dir / root
+        cache_dir = isettings.storage.cache_dir / root.path
         if cache_dir.exists():
             shutil.rmtree(cache_dir)
 
diff --git a/lamindb_setup/core/_settings_storage.py b/lamindb_setup/core/_settings_storage.py
index e278cb1d..f22d6539 100644
--- a/lamindb_setup/core/_settings_storage.py
+++ b/lamindb_setup/core/_settings_storage.py
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ def is_on_hub(self) -> bool:
             return True
 
     def cloud_to_local(
-        self, filepath: UPathStr, cache_key: UPathStr | None = None, **kwargs
+        self, filepath: UPathStr, cache_key: str | None = None, **kwargs
     ) -> UPath:
         """Local (or local cache) filepath from filepath."""
         # cache_key is ignored in cloud_to_local_no_update if filepath is local
@@ -391,13 +391,12 @@ def cloud_to_local(
         return local_filepath
 
     def cloud_to_local_no_update(
-        self, filepath: UPathStr, cache_key: UPathStr | None = None
+        self, filepath: UPathStr, cache_key: str | None = None
     ) -> UPath:
         # cache_key is ignored if filepath is local
         if isinstance(filepath, UPath) and not isinstance(filepath, LocalPathClasses):
-            # Path / UPath discards protocol from UPath if present
             local_filepath = self.cache_dir / (
-                filepath if cache_key is None else cache_key
+                filepath.path if cache_key is None else cache_key
             )
         else:
             local_filepath = filepath
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 875e64bc..98ba9a6a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pydantic-settings",
     "appdirs<2.0.0",
     "requests",
-    "universal_pathlib==0.2.2",  # is still experimental, need pinning
+    "universal_pathlib==0.2.5",  # is still experimental, need pinning
     "botocore<2.0.0",
     "gotrue>=2.1.0,<2.9.0", # lower - for options in auth.sign_out, upper - 2.9.0 fails
     "supabase==2.2.1",