diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index d00b249..efabc2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.9", "3.11"]
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ jobs:
     needs: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.x'
+          python-version: '3.9'
       - name: Check distribution valid and test publish
         run: |
           pip install wheel twine
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ jobs:
     needs: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.x'
+          python-version: '3.9'
       - name: Bump version using self app
         id: app_version_bump
         run: |
@@ -163,10 +163,10 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.x'
+          python-version: '3.9'
       # currently there is no way of passing data between jobs except using artifact,
       # this might be an option, but just do another bump for now,
       # and anyway setup.py file will need to have some change since we checked out again
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 43dbbdd..b53dfd8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ruamel.yaml==0.17.21
-GitPython==3.1.37
+GitPython==3.1.41
 
 # currently not in use since patch-update support dropped
 #requests==2.28.1
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