diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d60f0707
--- /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: "monthly"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 1a07ebd6..61da26fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-# from https://discourse.julialang.org/t/easy-workflow-file-for-setting-up-github-actions-ci-for-your-julia-package/49765
-
 name: CI
+
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
@@ -9,49 +8,45 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
     tags: '*'
+
+# needed to allow julia-actions/cache to delete old caches that it has created
+permissions:
+  actions: write
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   test:
-    name: Julia ${{ matrix.version }} - ${{ matrix.os }} - ${{ matrix.arch }} - ${{ github.event_name }}
+    name: Julia ${{ matrix.version }} - ${{ matrix.os }} - ${{ github.event_name }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         version:
-          - '1.0' # Replace this with the minimum Julia version that your package supports. E.g. if your package requires Julia 1.5 or higher, change this to '1.5'.
-          - '1' # Leave this line unchanged. '1' will automatically expand to the latest stable 1.x release of Julia.
-          - 'nightly'
+          - 'min'
+          - '1'
+          - 'pre'
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
-        arch:
-          - x64
     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
       - 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 }}
+          fail_ci_if_error: true
   docs:
     name: Documentation
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
+      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
         with:
           version: '1'
       - run: |