return {
  {
    "williamboman/mason.nvim",
    version = "1.11.0",
    lazy = false,
    opts = {}
  },
  {
    "williamboman/mason-lspconfig.nvim",
    version = "1.32.0"
  },
  {
    "williamboman/mason-registry",
    version = "1.4.0"
  },
  -- ... everything else stays as-is
}