diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
index 6c94bf043..14a8247d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository (non-PR)
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request_target'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Check out the repository (PR)
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate integration test matrix
         id: generate-matrix
-        uses: actions/github-script@v4
+        uses: actions/github-script@v6
         env:
           CHANGES: ${{ steps.get-changes.outputs.changes }}
         with:
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request_target'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
       # this is necessary for the `pull_request_target` event
       - name: Check out the repository (PR)
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ jobs:
           REDSHIFT_TEST_HOST: ${{ secrets.REDSHIFT_TEST_HOST }}
         run: tox
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         if: always()
         with:
           name: logs
@@ -178,9 +178,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get current date
         if: always()
         id: date
-        run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H_%M_%S')" #no colons allowed for artifacts
+        run: |
+          echo "date=$(date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H_%M_%S')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT #no colons allowed for artifacts
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         if: always()
         with:
           name: integration_results_${{ matrix.python-version }}_${{ matrix.os }}_${{ matrix.adapter }}-${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}.csv
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Posting scheduled run failures
-        uses: ravsamhq/notify-slack-action@v1
+        uses: ravsamhq/notify-slack-action@v2
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' }}
         with:
           notification_title: 'Redshift nightly integration test failed'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index e15057d51..cab72b59c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -110,9 +110,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get current date
         if: always()
         id: date
-        run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H_%M_%S')" #no colons allowed for artifacts
+        #no colons allowed for artifacts
+        run: |
+          echo "date=$(date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H_%M_%S')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         if: always()
         with:
           name: unit_results_${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}.csv
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -154,7 +156,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           check-wheel-contents dist/*.whl --ignore W007,W008
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      - name: Check if this is an alpha version
+        id: check-is-alpha
+        run: |
+          export is_alpha=0
+          if [[ "$(ls -lh dist/)" == *"a1"* ]]; then export is_alpha=1; fi
+          echo "is_alpha=$is_alpha" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: dist
           path: dist/
@@ -184,7 +192,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade wheel
           python -m pip --version
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: dist
           path: dist/