diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 6d1f929..a3b9913 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -19,29 +19,37 @@ jobs:
       resource_class: gpu.nvidia.small.multi
     steps:
       - checkout
+
       - restore_cache:
           key: pip-and-local-cache
+
       - run:
           name: Setup Python 3.10
           command: pyenv install 3.10 && pyenv global 3.10
+
       - run:
           name: Install Dependencies
           command: |
             pip install --upgrade pip setuptools setuptools-scm wheel
             pip install --extra-index-url=https://pypi.nvidia.com cudf-cu11 cugraph-cu11
             pip install ".[dev]"
+
       - run:
           name: Run black
           command: black --check --verbose --diff --color --config=pyproject.toml ./adbcug_adapter ./tests/
+
       - run:
           name: Run flake8
           command: flake8 ./adbcug_adapter ./tests
+
       - run:
           name: Run isort
           command: isort --check ./adbcug_adapter ./tests/
+
       - run:
           name: Run mypy
           command: mypy ./adbcug_adapter
+
       - save_cache:
           key: pip-and-local-cache
           paths:
@@ -57,26 +65,32 @@ jobs:
       resource_class: gpu.nvidia.small.multi
     steps:
       - checkout
+
       - restore_cache:
           key: pip-and-local-cache
+
       - run:
           name: Setup Python
           command: |
             pyenv install << parameters.python_version >>
             pyenv global << parameters.python_version >>
+
       - run:
           name: Install Dependencies
           command: |
             pip install --upgrade pip setuptools setuptools-scm wheel
             pip install --extra-index-url=https://pypi.nvidia.com cudf-cu11 cugraph-cu11
             pip install ".[dev]"
+
       - run:
           name: Setup Docker
           command: |
             sudo systemctl start docker
             docker create --name adb -p 8529:8529 -e ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD= arangodb/arangodb
             docker start adb
+
       - run: 
           name: Run PyTest
           command: pytest --cov=adbcug_adapter --cov-report xml --cov-report term-missing -v --color=yes --no-cov-on-fail --code-highlight=yes --cov-fail-under=75
+
       # - coveralls/upload
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/analyze.yml b/.github/workflows/analyze.yml
index 900aa9c..1a9688d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/analyze.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/analyze.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9774930..73b81f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,31 +3,24 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   release:
     types: [published]
-env:
-  PACKAGE_DIR: adbcug_adapter
-  TESTS_DIR: tests
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-    name: release
+    name: Release package
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - name: Fetch complete history for all tags and branches
         run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
-      - name: Setup python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.9"
+          python-version: "3.10"
 
-      - name: Install packages
+      - name: Install release packages
         run: pip install setuptools wheel twine setuptools-scm[toml]
 
-      - name: Remove (old) distribution
-        run: rm -rf dist
-
       - name: Build distribution
         run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
 
@@ -46,9 +39,9 @@ jobs:
   changelog:
     needs: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: changelog
+    name: Update Changelog
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -60,10 +53,10 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Setup python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.9"
+          python-version: "3.10"
 
       - name: Install release packages
         run: pip install wheel gitchangelog pystache