diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index dc06989f0..2b53ff0ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - tox-env: py38
-            python-version: "3.8"
-            posargs: "-m 'not precommit'"
           - tox-env: py39
             python-version: "3.9"
           - tox-env: py310
@@ -30,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           - tox-env: py312
             python-version: "3.12"
           - tox-env: py313
-            python-version: "3.13.0-rc.2"
+            python-version: "3.13"
           - tox-env: pypy39
             python-version: "pypy3.9"
           - tox-env: pypy310
diff --git a/CI/requirements_ci.in b/CI/requirements_ci.in
index 25dfde7d7..974751142 100644
--- a/CI/requirements_ci.in
+++ b/CI/requirements_ci.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-tox==4.21.0
+tox==4.23.2
diff --git a/CI/requirements_ci.txt b/CI/requirements_ci.txt
index 8dd649f87..95bdb67c5 100644
--- a/CI/requirements_ci.txt
+++ b/CI/requirements_ci.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.9
 # by the following command:
 #
-#    pip-compile --generate-hashes --output-file=requirements_ci.txt requirements_ci.in
+#    pip-compile --generate-hashes --output-file=CI/requirements_ci.txt CI/requirements_ci.in
 #
 cachetools==5.5.0 \
     --hash=sha256:02134e8439cdc2ffb62023ce1debca2944c3f289d66bb17ead3ab3dede74b292 \
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ tomli==2.0.1 \
     # via
     #   pyproject-api
     #   tox
-tox==4.21.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:693ac51378255d34ad7aab6dd2ce9ab6a1cf1924eb930183fde850ad503b681d \
-    --hash=sha256:e64dd9847ff3a7ec90368be412d7efe61a39caf043222ffbe9ad638ea435f6f6
+tox==4.23.2 \
+    --hash=sha256:452bc32bb031f2282881a2118923176445bac783ab97c874b8770ab4c3b76c38 \
+    --hash=sha256:86075e00e555df6e82e74cfc333917f91ecb47ffbc868dcafbd2672e332f4a2c
     # via -r CI/requirements_ci.in
 typing-extensions==4.12.2 \
     --hash=sha256:04e5ca0351e0f3f85c6853954072df659d0d13fac324d0072316b67d7794700d \
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 69eeff90a..ed54cfff4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@
             "build >=1.2.2",
             "cookiecutter >=2.6.0",
             "coverage >=7.5.1",
-            "flit >=3.9.0",
+            "flit >=3.9.0,<4.0",
             "pre-commit >=3.5.0",
             "pytest-cookies >=0.7.0",
-            "pytest >=8.2.0",
-            "tox >=4.18.1",
+            "pytest >=8.2.3",
+            "tox >=4.23.2",
             "twine >=5.1.1",
             "watchdog >=4.0.0",
         ],
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f031c0a31..3a3cc4a20 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
-minversion = 4.18.1
-envlist = py{38,39,310,311,312,313}, pypy{39,310}, docs
+minversion = 4.23.2
+envlist = py{39,310,311,312,313}, pypy{39,310}, docs
 
 [testenv:docs]
 basepython = python
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
index b2651284f..396584fb5 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@5c7944e73c4c2a096b17a9cb74d65b6c2bbafbde # v2.9.1
+        uses:  step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: block
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ jobs:
             github.com:443
             pypi.org:443
       - name: Checkout Repository (no persist-credentials)
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Set up Python3
-        uses: actions/setup-python@f677139bbe7f9c59b41e40162b753c062f5d49a3 # v5.2.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
       - name: Config Commit Bot
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/cache-cleaner.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/cache-cleaner.yml
index 01524dd0c..59c1911df 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/cache-cleaner.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/cache-cleaner.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       actions: write
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@5c7944e73c4c2a096b17a9cb74d65b6c2bbafbde # v2.9.1
+        uses:  step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: block
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
             objects.githubusercontent.com:443
 
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
 
       - name: Cleanup
         run: |
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
index bafdd25fc..a73a7e803 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@5c7944e73c4c2a096b17a9cb74d65b6c2bbafbde # v2.9.1
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: block
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
             github.com:443
 
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
 
       - name: Dependency Review
-        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@5a2ce3f5b92ee19cbb1541a4984c76d921601d7c # v4.3.4
+        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@4081bf99e2866ebe428fc0477b69eb4fcda7220a # v4.4.0
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/first-pull-request.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/first-pull-request.yml
index 94ec3a6c3..752f7fa56 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/first-pull-request.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/first-pull-request.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@5c7944e73c4c2a096b17a9cb74d65b6c2bbafbde # v2.9.1
+        uses:  step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: block
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/label.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/label.yml
index 6bc496d24..014a30a34 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/label.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/label.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@5c7944e73c4c2a096b17a9cb74d65b6c2bbafbde # v2.9.1
+        uses:  step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: block
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/main.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 48eb4c5eb..1265f7849 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ jobs:
           - "3.x"
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@5c7944e73c4c2a096b17a9cb74d65b6c2bbafbde # v2.9.1
+        uses:  step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
       - name: Set up Python__PYTHON_VERSION__
         uses: actions/setup-python@39cd14951b08e74b54015e9e001cdefcf80e669f # v5.1.1
         with:
@@ -58,21 +58,20 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ 'ubuntu-latest' ]
         python-version:
-          - "3.8"
           - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
           - "3.11"
           - "3.12"
-          - "3.13.0-rc.1"
+          - "3.13"
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@5c7944e73c4c2a096b17a9cb74d65b6c2bbafbde # v2.9.1
+        uses:  step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
       - name: Set up Python__PYTHON_VERSION__
-        uses: actions/setup-python@f677139bbe7f9c59b41e40162b753c062f5d49a3 # v5.2.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
         with:
           python-version: __PYTHON_VERSION__
           cache: pip
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --require-hashes -r CI/requirements_ci.txt
       - name: Environment Caching
-        uses: actions/cache@0c45773b623bea8c8e75f6c82b208c3cf94ea4f9 # v4.0.2
+        uses: actions/cache@6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a # v4.1.2
         with:
           path: .tox
           {%- raw %}
@@ -110,13 +109,13 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -l {0}
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@5c7944e73c4c2a096b17a9cb74d65b6c2bbafbde # v2.9.1
+        uses:  step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
       - name: Setup Conda (Micromamba) with Python__PYTHON_VERSION__
-        uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@f8b8a1e23a26f60a44c853292711bacfd3eac822 # v1.9.0
+        uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@617811f69075e3fd3ae68ca64220ad065877f246 # v2.0.0
         with:
           cache-downloads: true
           environment-file: environment-dev.yml
@@ -155,11 +154,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@5c7944e73c4c2a096b17a9cb74d65b6c2bbafbde # v2.9.1
+        uses:  step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
       - name: Coveralls Finished
-        uses: coverallsapp/github-action@643bc377ffa44ace6394b2b5d0d3950076de9f63 # v2.3.0
+        uses: coverallsapp/github-action@cfd0633edbd2411b532b808ba7a8b5e04f76d2c8 # v2.3.4
         with:
           parallel-finished: true
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
index c3f00f1b5..97157ad49 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@5c7944e73c4c2a096b17a9cb74d65b6c2bbafbde # v2.9.1
+        uses:  step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: block
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@ jobs:
             files.pythonhosted.org:443
             github.com:443
             pypi.org:443
+            ruf-repo-cdn.sigstore.dev:443
             upload.pypi.org:443
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
       - name: Set up Python3
-        uses: actions/setup-python@f677139bbe7f9c59b41e40162b753c062f5d49a3 # v5.2.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
       - name: Install CI libraries
@@ -40,4 +41,4 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m flit build
       - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@0ab0b79471669eb3a4d647e625009c62f9f3b241 # v1.10.1
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@fb13cb306901256ace3dab689990e13a5550ffaa # v1.11.0
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
index e3bfd6790..3c5ce7746 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@5c7944e73c4c2a096b17a9cb74d65b6c2bbafbde # v2.9.1
+        uses:  step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: block
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ jobs:
             www.bestpractices.dev:443
 
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Run Analysis
-        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@dc50aa9510b46c811795eb24b2f1ba02a914e534 # v2.3.3
+        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@62b2cac7ed8198b15735ed49ab1e5cf35480ba46 # v2.4.0
         with:
           results_file: results.sarif
           results_format: sarif
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
       # Upload the results as artifacts (optional). Commenting out will disable uploads of run results in SARIF
       # format to the repository Actions tab.
       - name: Upload Artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@50769540e7f4bd5e21e526ee35c689e35e0d6874 # v4.4.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # v4.4.3
         with:
           name: SARIF file
           path: results.sarif
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/tag-testpypi.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/tag-testpypi.yml
index 3153c57c6..3f89a46de 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/tag-testpypi.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/tag-testpypi.yml
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@5c7944e73c4c2a096b17a9cb74d65b6c2bbafbde # v2.9.1
+        uses:  step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
       - name: Create Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@c062e08bd532815e2082a85e87e3ef29c3e6d191 # 2.0.8
         env:
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@5c7944e73c4c2a096b17a9cb74d65b6c2bbafbde # v2.9.1
+        uses:  step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: block
@@ -50,11 +50,12 @@ jobs:
             files.pythonhosted.org:443
             github.com:443
             pypi.org:443
+            ruf-repo-cdn.sigstore.dev:443
             test.pypi.org:443
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
       - name: Set up Python3
-        uses: actions/setup-python@f677139bbe7f9c59b41e40162b753c062f5d49a3 # v5.2.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
       - name: Install CI libraries
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m flit build
       - name: Publish distribution 📦 to Test PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@0ab0b79471669eb3a4d647e625009c62f9f3b241 # v1.10.1
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@fb13cb306901256ace3dab689990e13a5550ffaa # v1.11.0
         with:
           repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
           skip-existing: true
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/workflow-warning.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/workflow-warning.yml
index 8543babf9..51fb6840f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/workflow-warning.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/workflow-warning.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@5c7944e73c4c2a096b17a9cb74d65b6c2bbafbde # v2.9.1
+        uses:  step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: block
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/CI/requirements_ci.in b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/CI/requirements_ci.in
index c1c2f8742..291e299f7 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/CI/requirements_ci.in
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/CI/requirements_ci.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-bump-my-version==0.26.0
+bump-my-version==0.28.0
 coveralls==4.0.1
-pip==24.2.0
+pip==24.3.1
 flit==3.9.0
-tox==4.18.0
-tox-gh==1.3.2
+tox==4.23.2
+tox-gh==1.4.4
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/CI/requirements_ci.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/CI/requirements_ci.txt
index f8a27d3d9..9d4c7f7de 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/CI/requirements_ci.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/CI/requirements_ci.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.9
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    pip-compile --generate-hashes --output-file=CI/requirements_ci.txt CI/requirements_ci.in
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ bracex==2.4 \
     --hash=sha256:a27eaf1df42cf561fed58b7a8f3fdf129d1ea16a81e1fadd1d17989bc6384beb \
     --hash=sha256:efdc71eff95eaff5e0f8cfebe7d01adf2c8637c8c92edaf63ef348c241a82418
     # via wcmatch
-bump-my-version==0.26.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:9e2c01b7639960379440c4a371b3c8c0aa66cf6979985f1c9ba2e7c2fb4a185f \
-    --hash=sha256:fe35ebae91e92deebe809ce06bfa37303e45e4f087ad4a371f605702e767623f
+bump-my-version==0.28.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:cc84ace477022a4cc8c401ef5c035f2f752df45488be90ccb764a47f7de0e395 \
+    --hash=sha256:ff3cb51bb15509ae8ebb8e8efa3eaa7c02209677f45457c8b007ef2f5bef7179
     # via -r CI/requirements_ci.in
-cachetools==5.4.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:3ae3b49a3d5e28a77a0be2b37dbcb89005058959cb2323858c2657c4a8cab474 \
-    --hash=sha256:b8adc2e7c07f105ced7bc56dbb6dfbe7c4a00acce20e2227b3f355be89bc6827
+cachetools==5.5.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:02134e8439cdc2ffb62023ce1debca2944c3f289d66bb17ead3ab3dede74b292 \
+    --hash=sha256:2cc24fb4cbe39633fb7badd9db9ca6295d766d9c2995f245725a46715d050f2a
     # via tox
 certifi==2024.7.4 \
     --hash=sha256:5a1e7645bc0ec61a09e26c36f6106dd4cf40c6db3a1fb6352b0244e7fb057c7b \
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ docutils==0.20.1 \
     --hash=sha256:96f387a2c5562db4476f09f13bbab2192e764cac08ebbf3a34a95d9b1e4a59d6 \
     --hash=sha256:f08a4e276c3a1583a86dce3e34aba3fe04d02bba2dd51ed16106244e8a923e3b
     # via flit
-filelock==3.15.4 \
-    --hash=sha256:2207938cbc1844345cb01a5a95524dae30f0ce089eba5b00378295a17e3e90cb \
-    --hash=sha256:6ca1fffae96225dab4c6eaf1c4f4f28cd2568d3ec2a44e15a08520504de468e7
+filelock==3.16.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:2082e5703d51fbf98ea75855d9d5527e33d8ff23099bec374a134febee6946b0 \
+    --hash=sha256:c249fbfcd5db47e5e2d6d62198e565475ee65e4831e2561c8e313fa7eb961435
     # via
     #   tox
     #   virtualenv
@@ -231,9 +231,9 @@ packaging==24.1 \
     # via
     #   pyproject-api
     #   tox
-platformdirs==4.2.2 \
-    --hash=sha256:2d7a1657e36a80ea911db832a8a6ece5ee53d8de21edd5cc5879af6530b1bfee \
-    --hash=sha256:38b7b51f512eed9e84a22788b4bce1de17c0adb134d6becb09836e37d8654cd3
+platformdirs==4.3.6 \
+    --hash=sha256:357fb2acbc885b0419afd3ce3ed34564c13c9b95c89360cd9563f73aa5e2b907 \
+    --hash=sha256:73e575e1408ab8103900836b97580d5307456908a03e92031bab39e4554cc3fb
     # via
     #   tox
     #   virtualenv
@@ -350,9 +350,9 @@ pygments==2.18.0 \
     --hash=sha256:786ff802f32e91311bff3889f6e9a86e81505fe99f2735bb6d60ae0c5004f199 \
     --hash=sha256:b8e6aca0523f3ab76fee51799c488e38782ac06eafcf95e7ba832985c8e7b13a
     # via rich
-pyproject-api==1.7.1 \
-    --hash=sha256:2dc1654062c2b27733d8fd4cdda672b22fe8741ef1dde8e3a998a9547b071eeb \
-    --hash=sha256:7ebc6cd10710f89f4cf2a2731710a98abce37ebff19427116ff2174c9236a827
+pyproject-api==1.8.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:3d7d347a047afe796fd5d1885b1e391ba29be7169bd2f102fcd378f04273d228 \
+    --hash=sha256:77b8049f2feb5d33eefcc21b57f1e279636277a8ac8ad6b5871037b243778496
     # via tox
 python-dotenv==1.0.1 \
     --hash=sha256:e324ee90a023d808f1959c46bcbc04446a10ced277783dc6ee09987c37ec10ca \
@@ -393,32 +393,31 @@ tomlkit==0.13.0 \
     --hash=sha256:08ad192699734149f5b97b45f1f18dad7eb1b6d16bc72ad0c2335772650d7b72 \
     --hash=sha256:7075d3042d03b80f603482d69bf0c8f345c2b30e41699fd8883227f89972b264
     # via bump-my-version
-tox==4.18.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:0a457400cf70615dc0627eb70d293e80cd95d8ce174bb40ac011011f0c03a249 \
-    --hash=sha256:5dfa1cab9f146becd6e351333a82f9e0ade374451630ba65ee54584624c27b58
+tox==4.23.2 \
+    --hash=sha256:452bc32bb031f2282881a2118923176445bac783ab97c874b8770ab4c3b76c38 \
+    --hash=sha256:86075e00e555df6e82e74cfc333917f91ecb47ffbc868dcafbd2672e332f4a2c
     # via
     #   -r CI/requirements_ci.in
     #   tox-gh
-tox-gh==1.3.2 \
-    --hash=sha256:beb8d277d5d7c1a1f09c107e4ef80bd7dd2f8f5d020edfaf4c1e3ae8fd45bf6f \
-    --hash=sha256:c2d6e977f66712e7cd5e5d1b655a1bd4c91ebaf3be104befdb53c81587292d7e
+tox-gh==1.4.4 \
+    --hash=sha256:4ea585f66585b90f5826b1677cfc9453747792a0f9ff83d468603bc17556e07b \
+    --hash=sha256:b962e0f8c4619e98d11c2a135939876691e148b843b7dac4cff7de1dc4f7c215
     # via -r CI/requirements_ci.in
 typing-extensions==4.12.2 \
     --hash=sha256:04e5ca0351e0f3f85c6853954072df659d0d13fac324d0072316b67d7794700d \
     --hash=sha256:1a7ead55c7e559dd4dee8856e3a88b41225abfe1ce8df57b7c13915fe121ffb8
     # via
-    #   annotated-types
     #   pydantic
     #   pydantic-core
-    #   rich
     #   rich-click
+    #   tox
 urllib3==2.2.2 \
     --hash=sha256:a448b2f64d686155468037e1ace9f2d2199776e17f0a46610480d311f73e3472 \
     --hash=sha256:dd505485549a7a552833da5e6063639d0d177c04f23bc3864e41e5dc5f612168
     # via requests
-virtualenv==20.26.3 \
-    --hash=sha256:4c43a2a236279d9ea36a0d76f98d84bd6ca94ac4e0f4a3b9d46d05e10fea542a \
-    --hash=sha256:8cc4a31139e796e9a7de2cd5cf2489de1217193116a8fd42328f1bd65f434589
+virtualenv==20.27.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:142c6be10212543b32c6c45d3d3893dff89112cc588b7d0879ae5a1ec03a47ba \
+    --hash=sha256:f11f1b8a29525562925f745563bfd48b189450f61fb34c4f9cc79dd5aa32a1f4
     # via tox
 wcmatch==8.5.2 \
     --hash=sha256:17d3ad3758f9d0b5b4dedc770b65420d4dac62e680229c287bf24c9db856a478 \
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/environment-dev.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/environment-dev.yml
index 8123e22f6..8af12b978 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/environment-dev.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/environment-dev.yml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
   - python >=3.9,<3.13
   # Dev tools and testing
-  - pip >=24.2.0
-  - bump-my-version >=0.25.1
+  - pip >=24.3.1
+  - bump-my-version >=0.28.0
   - watchdog >=4.0.0
   - flake8 >=7.1.1
   - flake8-rst-docstrings >=0.3.0
   - flit >=3.9.0,<4.0
-  - tox >=4.17.1
+  - tox >=4.23.2
   - coverage >=7.5.0
   - coveralls >=4.0.1
   {%- if cookiecutter.command_line_interface|lower == 'click' %}
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ dependencies:
   - pytest-cov >=5.0.0
   {%- endif %}
   {%- if cookiecutter.use_black == 'y' %}
-  - black ==24.8.0
+  - black ==24.10.0
   - blackdoc ==0.3.9
   - isort ==5.13.2
   {%- endif %}
   - numpydoc >=1.8.0
   - pre-commit >=3.5.0
-  - ruff >=0.5.7
+  - ruff >=0.7.0
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
index c607a0f2b..d5d7bd293 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ maintainers = [
   {name = "{{ cookiecutter.full_name.replace('\"', '\\\"') }}", email = "{{ cookiecutter.email }}"}
 ]
 readme = {file = "README.rst", content-type = "text/x-rst"}
-requires-python = ">=3.8.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.9.0"
 keywords = ["{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}"]
 {%- if cookiecutter.open_source_license in license_classifiers %}
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Operating System :: OS Independent",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -53,13 +52,13 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
   # Dev tools and testing
-  "pip >=24.2.0",
-  "bump-my-version >=0.26.0",
+  "pip >=24.3.1",
+  "bump-my-version >=0.28.0",
   "watchdog >=4.0.0",
   "flake8 >=7.1.1",
   "flake8-rst-docstrings >=0.3.0",
   "flit >=3.9.0,<4.0",
-  "tox >=4.18.0",
+  "tox >=4.23.2",
   "coverage >=7.5.0",
   "coveralls >=4.0.1",
   "mypy",
@@ -69,11 +68,11 @@ dev = [
   "pytest-cov >=5.0.0",
   {%- endif %}
   {%- if cookiecutter.use_black == 'y' %}
-  "black ==24.8.0",
+  "black ==24.10.0",
   "blackdoc ==0.3.9",
   "isort ==5.13.2",
   {%- endif %}
-  "ruff >=0.5.7",
+  "ruff >=0.7.0",
   "pre-commit >=3.5.0"
 ]
 {%- if cookiecutter.make_docs == 'y' %}
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ docs = [
   {%- endif %}
   "sphinx-rtd-theme >=1.0",
   "nbsphinx",
-  "pandoc",
   "ipython",
   "ipykernel",
   "jupyter_client"
@@ -117,7 +115,6 @@ all = ["{{ cookiecutter.project_name | replace(" ", "-") }}[dev]"]
 
 [tool.black]
 target-version = [
-  "py38",
   "py39",
   "py310",
   "py311",
@@ -318,7 +315,6 @@ testpaths = "tests"
 [tool.ruff]
 src = ["{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}"]
 line-length = 150
-target-version = "py38"
 exclude = [
   ".eggs",
   ".git",
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tox.ini b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tox.ini
index 94f48f9f5..50fba0204 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tox.ini
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tox.ini
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 [tox]
-min_version = 4.18.0
+min_version = 4.23.2
 envlist =
     lint
-    py{38,39,310,311,312,313}
+    py{39,310,311,312,313}
     {%- if cookiecutter.make_docs ==  'y' %}
     docs
     {%- endif %}
 requires =
     flit >= 3.9.0,<4.0
-    pip >= 24.2.0
+    pip >= 24.3.1
 opts =
     --verbose
 
 [gh]
 python =
-    3.8 = py38-coveralls
     3.9 = py39-coveralls
     3.10 = py310-coveralls
     3.11 = py311-coveralls
@@ -25,13 +24,13 @@ python =
 skip_install = True
 deps =
     {%- if cookiecutter.use_black == 'y' %}
-    black ==24.8.0
+    black ==24.10.0
     blackdoc ==0.3.9
     isort ==5.13.2
     {%- endif %}
     flake8 >=7.1.1
     flake8-rst-docstrings >=0.3.0
-    ruff >=0.5.7
+    ruff >=0.7.0
     numpydoc >=1.8.0
 commands =
     make lint