diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/cd_publish.yml
index 06d91bc9f..e05f2468c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd_publish.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   publish:
     name: External
-    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/cd_release.yml@v2.6.0
+    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/cd_release.yml@v2.7.1
     if: github.repository == 'emmo-repo/EMMOntoPy' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     with:
       git_username: EMMOntoPy Developers
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_dependabot.yml
index 8eea00efa..82cb45685 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_dependabot.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   update-dependabot-branch:
     name: External
-    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_prs.yml@v2.6.0
+    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_prs.yml@v2.7.1
     if: github.repository_owner == 'emmo-repo' && startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'dependabot/') && github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
     secrets:
       PAT: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PAT }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd_updated_master.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd_updated_master.yml
index 217e20de4..d9cfbe69e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd_updated_master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd_updated_master.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   updates-to-master:
     name: External
-    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_cd_updated_default_branch.yml@v2.6.0
+    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_cd_updated_default_branch.yml@v2.7.1
     if: github.repository_owner == 'emmo-repo'
     with:
       git_username: EMMOntoPy Developers
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_dependabot.yml
index f4f98d08e..43e82a658 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_dependabot.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   create-collected-pr:
     name: External
-    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_update_dependencies.yml@v2.6.0
+    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_update_dependencies.yml@v2.7.1
     if: github.repository_owner == 'emmo-repo'
     with:
       git_username: EMMOntoPy Developers
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_workflow.yml
index 3968ba973..ff3d01376 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_workflow.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   tests:
     name: External
-    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yml@v2.6.0
+    uses: SINTEF/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yml@v2.7.1
     with:
       # General
       install_extras: "[dev,docs]"
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ 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: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Python 3.9
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: "3.9"
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 275fd0ba3..ff568cf07 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ defusedxml>=0.7.1,<1
 graphviz>=0.16,<0.21
 numpy>=1.19.5,<2
 openpyxl>=3.0.9,<3.2
-Owlready2>=0.28,!=0.32,!=0.34,<0.44
+Owlready2>=0.28,!=0.32,!=0.34,<0.46
 packaging>=21.0,<24
 pandas>=1.2,<2.2
 Pygments>=2.7.4,<3
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 981dcec15..50236927c 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pre-commit>=2.21.0,<3; python_version<"3.8"
-pre-commit~=3.5; python_version>="3.8"
+pre-commit~=3.6; python_version>="3.8"
 pylint~=2.17; python_version<"3.8"
 pylint~=3.0; python_version>="3.8"
 pytest~=7.4
diff --git a/requirements_docs.txt b/requirements_docs.txt
index 90b4b390c..db310d3a7 100644
--- a/requirements_docs.txt
+++ b/requirements_docs.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 mike~=2.0
 mkdocs~=1.5
 mkdocs-awesome-pages-plugin~=2.9
-mkdocs-material~=9.4; python_version>="3.8"
+mkdocs-material~=9.5; python_version>="3.8"
 mkdocs-material~=9.2; python_version<"3.8"
 mkdocstrings[python-legacy]~=0.24.0; python_version>="3.8"
 mkdocstrings[python-legacy]~=0.22.0; python_version<"3.8"