update actions deps + cancel strategy

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 on: [push, pull_request]
 name: tests
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', github.event.repository.default_branch) && github.sha || '' }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 jobs:
   linux:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -12,14 +15,10 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.9.1
-        with:
-          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
@@ -38,13 +37,9 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.11"]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.9.1
-        with:
-          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
@@ -63,10 +58,10 @@ jobs:
   linters:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
     - name: 'Run linters'
       run: |
-        python3 -m pip install black ruff rstcheck toml-sort sphinx-rtd-theme
+        python3 -m pip install --upgrade black ruff rstcheck toml-sort sphinx-rtd-theme
         python3 -m pip freeze
         make lint-all