diff --git a/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml
index 9fb668a6..a76017e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: "14 14 20 * *"
 
+# Cancel any previous run of the test job.
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   linkcheck:
 
@@ -20,18 +25,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
 
-      # Cancel any previous run of the test job; [pin v0.12.1 (2024-01-25)]
-      - name: Cancel Previous Runs
-        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@85880fa0301c86cca9da44039ee3bb12d3bedbfa
-        with:
-          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
-
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
 
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+          python -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 
       - name: Check links
         shell: bash -l {0}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 25a647c7..60dad6a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ defaults:
     # https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/132
     shell: bash
 
+# Cancel any previous run of the test job.
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   test:
 
@@ -61,21 +66,15 @@ jobs:
             conda: "numba scipy xarray tqdm empymod h5py scooby discretize matplotlib"
 
     env:
-      # Used to for coveralls flag
+      # Used for coveralls flag
       OS: ${{ matrix.case.os }}
       PYTHON: ${{ matrix.case.python-version }}
 
     steps:
 
-      # Cancel any previous run of the test job; [pin v0.12.1 (2024-01-25)]
-      - name: Cancel Previous Runs
-        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@85880fa0301c86cca9da44039ee3bb12d3bedbfa
-        with:
-          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
-
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           # Need to fetch more than the last commit so that setuptools-scm can
           # create the correct version string. If the number of commits since
@@ -91,8 +90,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git fetch origin 'refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'
 
       - name: Setup miniconda
-        # [pin v3.0.1 (2023-11-29)]
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@11b562958363ec5770fef326fe8ef0366f8cbf8a
+        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
           python-version: ${{ matrix.case.python-version }}
@@ -124,8 +122,7 @@ jobs:
           pytest --cov=emg3d
 
       - name: Coveralls
-        # [pin v20201129]
-        uses: AndreMiras/coveralls-python-action@f5fd5c309b39d01599fb92c72d4f7409ea78aec9
+        uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v2
         with:
           parallel: true
           flag-name: ${{ matrix.case.python-version }} ${{ matrix.case.name }} (${{ matrix.case.os }})
@@ -136,8 +133,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Coveralls Finished
-      # [pin v20201129]
-      uses: AndreMiras/coveralls-python-action@f5fd5c309b39d01599fb92c72d4f7409ea78aec9
+      uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v2
       with:
         parallel-finished: true
 
@@ -151,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           # Need to fetch more than the last commit so that setuptools-scm can
           # create the correct version string. If the number of commits since
@@ -167,7 +163,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git fetch origin 'refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.9"
 
@@ -194,21 +190,19 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish to Test PyPI
         if: success()
-        # Hash corresponds to v1.4.1
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@54b39fb9371c0b3a6f9f14bb8a67394defc7a806
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           user: __token__
           password: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_PASSWORD }}
-          repository_url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+          repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
           # Allow existing releases on test PyPI without errors.
           # NOT TO BE USED in PyPI!
-          skip_existing: true
+          skip-existing: true
 
       - name: Publish to PyPI
         # Only for releases
         if: success() && github.event_name == 'release'
-        # Hash corresponds to v1.4.1
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@54b39fb9371c0b3a6f9f14bb8a67394defc7a806
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           user: __token__
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos_windows.yml b/.github/workflows/macos_windows.yml
index f6679c85..65b394a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos_windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos_windows.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ defaults:
     # https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/132
     shell: bash
 
+# Cancel any previous run of the test job.
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   test:
 
@@ -34,15 +39,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
 
-      # Cancel any previous run of the test job; [pin v0.12.1 (2024-01-25)]
-      - name: Cancel Previous Runs
-        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@85880fa0301c86cca9da44039ee3bb12d3bedbfa
-        with:
-          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
-
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           # Need to fetch more than the last commit so that setuptools-scm can
           # create the correct version string. If the number of commits since
@@ -58,8 +57,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git fetch origin 'refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'
 
       - name: Setup miniconda
-        # [pin v3.0.1 (2023-11-29)]
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@11b562958363ec5770fef326fe8ef0366f8cbf8a
+        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 4af809dd..ac729aa6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ latest
 
   - Fix remaining outdated ``python setup.py`` commands.
 
+  - Many small things to keep the package updated.
+
 
 v1.8.2 : convert & pip-full
 ---------------------------
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 5053eb47..39f554bc 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ scooby
 xarray
 empymod
 cython
-discretize>=0.7.3
+discretize
 matplotlib
 
 # SETUP RELATED
 setuptools_scm
 
 # FOR DOCUMENTATION
-sphinx > 3
-numpydoc >= 0.9
+sphinx
+numpydoc
 sphinx_design
 sphinx_numfig
 pydata_sphinx_theme