diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..700707ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_integration.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_integration.yml
index 4e686a90..c6226279 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_integration.yml
@@ -33,21 +33,12 @@ jobs:
     name: Integration
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
         with:
           version: '1'
           arch: x64
-      - uses: actions/cache@v1
-        env:
-          cache-name: cache-artifacts
-        with:
-          path: ~/.julia/artifacts
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-test-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('**/Project.toml') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-test-${{ env.cache-name }}-
-            ${{ runner.os }}-test-
-            ${{ runner.os }}-
+      - uses: julia-actions/cache@v2
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@v1
       - run: git config --global user.email "noreply@example.com"
       - run: git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
@@ -58,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           BCBI_TEST_USER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BCBI_TEST_USER_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           INTEGRATION_TEST_READ_ONLY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-processcoverage@v1
-      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         with:
-          file: lcov.info
+          files: lcov.info
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_unit.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_unit.yml
index ce4d0082..eb6ae56b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_unit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_unit.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 name: CI (unit tests)
+
 on:
   merge_group: # GitHub Merge Queue
   pull_request:
@@ -6,9 +7,12 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
     tags: '*'
+
 env:
   JULIA_PKG_UNPACK_REGISTRY: 'true'
+
 jobs:
+
   unit:
     name: Unit/Julia ${{ matrix.version }}/${{ matrix.os }}/${{ matrix.arch }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -29,35 +33,28 @@ jobs:
           - '1'
           - 'nightly'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
         with:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
-      - uses: actions/cache@v1
-        env:
-          cache-name: cache-artifacts
-        with:
-          path: ~/.julia/artifacts
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-test-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('**/Project.toml') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-test-${{ env.cache-name }}-
-            ${{ runner.os }}-test-
-            ${{ runner.os }}-
+      - uses: julia-actions/cache@v2
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@v1
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-runtest@v1
         env:
           AUTOMERGE_RUN_INTEGRATION_TESTS: "false"
+
   documentation:
     env:
       JULIA_PKG_UNPACK_REGISTRY: 'false'
     name: Documentation
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
         with:
           version: '1'
+      - uses: julia-actions/cache@v2
       - run: |
           julia --project=docs -e '
             using Pkg
@@ -70,14 +67,16 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           DOCUMENTER_KEY: ${{ secrets.DOCUMENTER_KEY }}
+
   doctests:
     name: Doctests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
         with:
           version: '1'
+      - uses: julia-actions/cache@v2
       - run: |
           julia --project=docs -e '
             using Pkg
diff --git a/.github/workflows/format_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/format_pr.yml
index 31c00b09..a3e7b270 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format_pr.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 name: Code Formatting
+
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
   workflow_dispatch:
+
 jobs:
   format_pr:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
+      - uses: julia-actions/cache@v2
       - name: Install the JuliaFormatter package
         run: julia --color=yes -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add(name = "JuliaFormatter", uuid = "98e50ef6-434e-11e9-1051-2b60c6c9e899")'
       - name: Precompile dependencies