diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/build_deploy.yml
index e36259a19..ae8930209 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_deploy.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.12"
           cache: 'pip'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -26,18 +26,6 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install -q -r requirements.txt -c constraints.txt
           pip freeze
-          sudo snap install --edge vale
-
-      - name: Run Vale
-        run: |
-          git clone https://github.com/errata-ai/Microsoft.git
-          cp -r ./Microsoft/Microsoft ./styles
-          VALEFILES=$(find ./docs/ -type f -name "*.md" -print)
-          vale --no-exit $VALEFILES
-
-      # TODO Raise linkcheck barrier again.
-      # - name: Run linkcheck
-      #   run: make linkcheck
 
       - name: Prepare deploy
         run: make deploy
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index c2a005df1..3f0f98f25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d92b4a0a8..0430482f4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ sphinx-sitemap
 sphinx-togglebutton
 sphinxcontrib-spelling
 sphinxext-opengraph
+vale==2.30.0