diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fd5a0b2..51a21c4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
     "test": "vitest run"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "22.13.9",
+    "@types/node": "22.13.10",
     "@vitest/coverage-v8": "3.0.8",
-    "eslint": "9.21.0",
+    "eslint": "9.22.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "50.6.3",
     "hyparquet-compressors": "1.0.0",
-    "typescript": "5.7.3",
+    "typescript": "5.8.2",
     "typescript-eslint": "8.26.0",
     "vitest": "3.0.8"
   }
diff --git a/src/datapage.js b/src/datapage.js
index 1fcbd27..b29effe 100644
--- a/src/datapage.js
+++ b/src/datapage.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export function readDataPage(bytes, daph, schemaPath, { type }) {
         readRleBitPackedHybrid(reader, bitWidth, 0, dataPage)
         dataPage = dataPage.map(x => !!x) // convert to boolean
       } else {
+        // assert(daph.encoding.endsWith('_DICTIONARY'))
         readRleBitPackedHybrid(reader, bitWidth, view.byteLength - reader.offset, dataPage)
       }
     } else {
diff --git a/src/encoding.js b/src/encoding.js
index 6f1f4ab..5d315a3 100644
--- a/src/encoding.js
+++ b/src/encoding.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function bitWidth(value) {
  */
 export function readRleBitPackedHybrid(reader, width, length, output) {
   if (!length) {
-    length = reader.view.getUint32(reader.offset, true)
+    // length = reader.view.getUint32(reader.offset, true)
     reader.offset += 4
   }
   let seen = 0