diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 4388ec6a..d4fc59d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -19,25 +19,26 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Checkout Schemas repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: IATI/IATI-Schemas
           ref: version-2.01
           path: IATI-Schemas
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.9'
           cache: 'pip'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get -y install libxml2-utils python3-dev python3-lxml
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
           python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
@@ -64,6 +65,6 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
       contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: fastify/github-action-merge-dependabot@v3.6
+      - uses: fastify/github-action-merge-dependabot@v3.11
         with:
           github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6de5c6ed..77f0ddaa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Sphinx==6.1.3
-pytest==7.2.1
+Sphinx==7.4.7
+pytest==8.3.5