diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index ced1d704d0..93c21d076c 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
+    groups:
+      actions:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
     labels:
       - "github-actions"
       - "dependencies"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
index 607db63612..8083fa8a43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
@@ -196,11 +196,11 @@ jobs:
         echo "steps.script.outputs.old_tag=v${current_tag}"
         echo "old_tag=v${current_tag}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-    - name: Set up Python 3.11
+    - name: Set up Python 3.12
       if: success()
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.11'
+        python-version: '3.12'
 
     - name: Install Python dependencies
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-windows.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9f3e8e68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-windows.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: CI on Windows
+
+on:
+  # Run daily at 1:23 UTC
+  schedule:
+  - cron:  '23 1 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [windows-latest]
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+        python -m pip install --upgrade '.[all,test]'
+
+    - name: List installed Python packages
+      run: python -m pip list
+
+    - name: Test with pytest and coverage
+      # FIXME: ignore tests/test_scripts.py as runner breaks on Windows currently
+      run: |
+        coverage run --module pytest --ignore tests/test_scripts.py --ignore tests/contrib --ignore tests/benchmarks --ignore tests/test_notebooks.py
+
+    - name: Coverage report for core project
+      run: |
+        coverage report
+        coverage xml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 81324f2884..65d7e656dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -27,23 +27,26 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: '3.11'
+            python-version: '3.12'
+          # Apple silicon runner
+          - os: macos-14
+            python-version: '3.12'
 
     steps:
     - 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 }}
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-        python -m pip install --upgrade .[test]
+        python -m pip install --upgrade ".[all,test]"
 
     - name: List installed Python packages
       run: python -m pip list
@@ -66,10 +69,12 @@ jobs:
       if: >-
         github.event_name != 'schedule' &&
         matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
       with:
+        fail_ci_if_error: true
         files: ./coverage.xml
         flags: unittests-${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
     - name: Test Contrib module with pytest
       run: |
@@ -81,30 +86,35 @@ jobs:
         coverage xml
 
     - name: Report contrib coverage with Codecov
-      if: github.event_name != 'schedule' && matrix.python-version == '3.11' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+      if: github.event_name != 'schedule' && matrix.python-version == '3.12' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
       with:
+        fail_ci_if_error: true
         files: ./coverage.xml
         flags: contrib
+        token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
     - name: Test docstring examples with doctest
-      if: matrix.python-version == '3.11'
+      # TODO: Don't currently try to match amd64 and arm64 floating point for docs, but will in the future.
+      if: matrix.python-version == '3.12' && matrix.os != 'macos-14'
       run: coverage run --data-file=.coverage-doctest --module pytest src/ README.rst
 
     - name: Coverage report for doctest only
-      if: matrix.python-version == '3.11'
+      if: matrix.python-version == '3.12' && matrix.os != 'macos-14'
       run: |
         coverage report --data-file=.coverage-doctest
         coverage xml --data-file=.coverage-doctest -o doctest-coverage.xml
 
     - name: Report doctest coverage with Codecov
-      if: github.event_name != 'schedule' && matrix.python-version == '3.11' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+      if: github.event_name != 'schedule' && matrix.python-version == '3.12' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
       with:
+        fail_ci_if_error: true
         files: doctest-coverage.xml
         flags: doctest
+        token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
     - name: Run benchmarks
-      if: github.event_name == 'schedule' && matrix.python-version == '3.11'
+      if: github.event_name == 'schedule' && matrix.python-version == '3.12'
       run: |
         pytest --benchmark-sort=mean tests/benchmarks/test_benchmark.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 8319caaeb3..7d680f58d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
       with:
         languages: python
         # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ jobs:
         # queries: ./path/to/local/query, your-org/your-repo/queries@main
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies-head.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies-head.yml
index ab2e8e8de2..1e4651251f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies-head.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies-head.yml
@@ -17,20 +17,20 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.12']
 
     steps:
     - 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 }}
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-        python -m pip --no-cache-dir --quiet install --upgrade --pre .[test]
+        python -m pip --no-cache-dir --quiet install --upgrade --pre ".[all,test]"
         python -m pip list
 
     - name: List release candidates, alpha, and beta releases
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.12']
 
     steps:
     - 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 }}
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-        python -m pip --no-cache-dir --quiet install --upgrade .[test]
+        python -m pip --no-cache-dir --quiet install --upgrade ".[all,test]"
         python -m pip uninstall --yes scipy
         python -m pip install --upgrade --index-url https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple scipy
         python -m pip list
@@ -77,18 +77,18 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.12']
 
     steps:
     - 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 }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-        python -m pip --no-cache-dir --quiet install --upgrade .[test]
+        python -m pip --no-cache-dir --quiet install --upgrade ".[all,test]"
         python -m pip uninstall --yes iminuit
         python -m pip install --upgrade cython
         python -m pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/scikit-hep/iminuit.git
@@ -103,18 +103,18 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.12']
 
     steps:
     - 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 }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-        python -m pip --no-cache-dir --quiet install --upgrade .[test]
+        python -m pip --no-cache-dir --quiet install --upgrade ".[all,test]"
         python -m pip uninstall --yes uproot
         python -m pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/scikit-hep/uproot5.git
         python -m pip list
@@ -128,20 +128,20 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.12']
 
     steps:
     - 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 }}
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-        python -m pip --no-cache-dir --quiet install --upgrade .[test]
+        python -m pip --no-cache-dir --quiet install --upgrade ".[all,test]"
         python -m pip uninstall --yes matplotlib
         # Need to use --extra-index-url as dependencies aren't on scientific-python-nightly-wheels package index.
         # Need to use --pre as dev releases will need priority over stable releases.
@@ -165,18 +165,18 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.12']
 
     steps:
     - 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 }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-        python -m pip --no-cache-dir --quiet install --upgrade .[test]
+        python -m pip --no-cache-dir --quiet install --upgrade ".[all,test]"
         python -m pip uninstall --yes pytest
         python -m pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest.git
         python -m pip list
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index aa744303f6..155100d0ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.11'
+        python-version: '3.12'
 
     - name: Install Python dependencies
       run: |
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
         done
 
     - name: Upload artifact
-      uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v2
+      uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
       with:
         path: 'docs/_build/html'
 
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Setup Pages
-      uses: actions/configure-pages@v3
+      uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
 
     - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
       id: deployment
-      uses: actions/deploy-pages@v2
+      uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lower-bound-requirements.yml b/.github/workflows/lower-bound-requirements.yml
index 27e9a9cf4c..96b5c6a3d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lower-bound-requirements.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lower-bound-requirements.yml
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ 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 }}
 
     - name: Install dependencies and force lowest bound
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-        python -m pip --no-cache-dir install --constraint tests/constraints.txt .[test]
+        python -m pip --no-cache-dir install --constraint tests/constraints.txt ".[all,test]"
 
     - name: List installed Python packages
       run: python -m pip list
diff --git a/.github/workflows/notebooks.yml b/.github/workflows/notebooks.yml
index 47c6acaff0..7ab2b048f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/notebooks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/notebooks.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.12']
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
         # FIXME: c.f. https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/issues/2104
-        python -m pip install --upgrade .[test] 'jupyter-client<8.0.0'
+        python -m pip install --upgrade ".[all,test]" 'jupyter-client<8.0.0'
 
     - name: List installed Python packages
       run: python -m pip list
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-package.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-package.yml
index 187391b1a3..cd5d4a9ba7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-package.yml
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ jobs:
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
-    - name: Set up Python 3.11
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+    - name: Set up Python 3.12
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.11'
+        python-version: '3.12'
 
     - name: Install python-build and twine
       run: |
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
       run: python -m zipfile --list dist/pyhf-*.whl
 
     - name: Upload distribution artifact
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: dist-artifact
         path: dist
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Download distribution artifact
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: dist-artifact
         path: dist
@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@ jobs:
       if: >-
         (github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && github.repository == 'scikit-hep/pyhf')
         || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.publish == 'true' && github.repository == 'scikit-hep/pyhf')
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.8.10
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.8.14
       with:
         repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
         print-hash: true
 
     - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
       if: github.event_name == 'release' && github.event.action == 'published' && github.repository == 'scikit-hep/pyhf'
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.8.10
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.8.14
       with:
         print-hash: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/release_tests.yml
index 7fbbe46828..b149d22d11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_tests.yml
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: '3.11'
+            python-version: '3.12'
 
     steps:
     - 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 }}
 
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1087037b32..0a69bd27a6 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ci:
 
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.4.0
+    rev: v4.5.0
     hooks:
     - id: check-added-large-files
     - id: check-case-conflict
@@ -22,29 +22,38 @@ repos:
     - id: name-tests-test
       args: ["--pytest-test-first"]
     - id: requirements-txt-fixer
+      exclude: tests/constraints.txt
     - id: trailing-whitespace
       # exclude generated files
       exclude: ^validation/|\.dtd$|\.xml$
 
+- repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pygrep-hooks
+  rev: "v1.10.0"
+  hooks:
+    - id: rst-backticks
+    - id: rst-directive-colons
+    - id: rst-inline-touching-normal
+
 - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-  rev: "v0.0.292"
+  rev: "v0.3.5"
   hooks:
     - id: ruff
       args: ["--fix", "--show-fixes"]
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/psf/black-pre-commit-mirror
-    rev: 23.9.1
+    rev: 24.3.0
     hooks:
     - id: black-jupyter
+      types_or: [python, pyi, jupyter]
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/adamchainz/blacken-docs
     rev: 1.16.0
     hooks:
     - id: blacken-docs
-      additional_dependencies: [black==23.7.0]
+      additional_dependencies: [black==24.3.0]
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.5.1
+    rev: v1.9.0
     # check the oldest and newest supported Pythons
     hooks:
       - &mypy
@@ -55,15 +64,8 @@ repos:
           ['numpy', 'types-tqdm', 'click', 'types-jsonpatch', 'types-pyyaml', 'types-jsonschema', 'importlib_metadata', 'packaging']
         args: ["--python-version=3.8"]
       - <<: *mypy
-        name: mypy with Python 3.11
-        args: ["--python-version=3.11"]
-
--   repo: https://github.com/nbQA-dev/nbQA
-    rev: 1.7.0
-    hooks:
-    - id: nbqa-ruff
-      additional_dependencies: [ruff==0.0.292]
-      args: ["--extend-ignore=F821,F401,F841,F811"]
+        name: mypy with Python 3.12
+        args: ["--python-version=3.12"]
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
     rev: v2.2.6
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index bdab4e8207..bd5f4ea9cd 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.11"
+    python: "3.12"
   apt_packages:
     - curl
     - jq
diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index e1ede5548b..4d85eb20fb 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
     "description": "pure-Python HistFactory implementation with tensors and autodiff",
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
-    "title": "scikit-hep/pyhf: v0.7.4",
-    "version": "v0.7.4",
+    "title": "scikit-hep/pyhf: v0.7.6",
+    "version": "v0.7.6",
     "upload_type": "software",
     "creators": [
         {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "related_identifiers": [
         {
             "scheme": "url",
-            "identifier": "https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/tree/v0.7.4",
+            "identifier": "https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/tree/v0.7.6",
             "relation": "isSupplementTo"
         }
     ]
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 32128c124b..14b1444bb7 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ authors:
   given-names: "Giordon"
   orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6616-3433"
   affiliation: "SCIPP, University of California, Santa Cruz"
-title: "pyhf: v0.7.4"
-version: 0.7.4
+title: "pyhf: v0.7.6"
+version: 0.7.6
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1169739
-repository-code: "https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/releases/tag/v0.7.4"
-url: "https://pyhf.readthedocs.io/en/v0.7.4/"
+repository-code: "https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/releases/tag/v0.7.6"
+url: "https://pyhf.readthedocs.io/en/v0.7.6/"
 keywords:
   - python
   - physics
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b536b9a08c..eda8612ae8 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 pure-python fitting/limit-setting/interval estimation HistFactory-style
 =======================================================================
 
-|GitHub Project| |DOI| |JOSS DOI| |Scikit-HEP| |NSF Award Number| |NumFOCUS Affiliated Project|
+|GitHub Project| |DOI| |JOSS DOI| |Scikit-HEP| |NSF Award Number IRIS-HEP v1| |NSF Award Number IRIS-HEP v2| |NumFOCUS Affiliated Project|
 
 |Docs from latest| |Docs from main| |Jupyter Book tutorial| |Binder|
 
@@ -309,11 +309,11 @@ the preferred BibTeX entry for citation of ``pyhf`` includes both the
 
    @software{pyhf,
      author = {Lukas Heinrich and Matthew Feickert and Giordon Stark},
-     title = "{pyhf: v0.7.4}",
-     version = {0.7.4},
+     title = "{pyhf: v0.7.6}",
+     version = {0.7.6},
      doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1169739},
      url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1169739},
-     note = {https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/releases/tag/v0.7.4}
+     note = {https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/releases/tag/v0.7.6}
    }
 
    @article{pyhf_joss,
@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ Acknowledgements
 ----------------
 
 Matthew Feickert has received support to work on ``pyhf`` provided by NSF
-cooperative agreement `OAC-1836650 <https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1836650>`__ (IRIS-HEP)
+cooperative agreements `OAC-1836650 <https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1836650>`__
+and `PHY-2323298 <https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2323298>`__ (IRIS-HEP)
 and grant `OAC-1450377 <https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1450377>`__ (DIANA/HEP).
 
 ``pyhf`` is a `NumFOCUS Affiliated Project <https://numfocus.org/sponsored-projects/affiliated-projects>`__.
@@ -361,11 +362,13 @@ and grant `OAC-1450377 <https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1450377
    :target: https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02823
 .. |Scikit-HEP| image:: https://scikit-hep.org/assets/images/Scikit--HEP-Project-blue.svg
    :target: https://scikit-hep.org/
-.. |NSF Award Number| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/NSF-1836650-blue.svg
+.. |NSF Award Number IRIS-HEP v1| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/NSF-1836650-blue.svg
    :target: https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1836650
+.. |NSF Award Number IRIS-HEP v2| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/NSF-2323298-blue.svg
+   :target: https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2323298
 .. |NumFOCUS Affiliated Project| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/NumFOCUS-Affiliated%20Project-orange.svg?style=flat&colorA=E1523D&colorB=007D8A
    :target: https://numfocus.org/sponsored-projects/affiliated-projects
-.. |Docs from latest| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-v0.7.4-blue.svg
+.. |Docs from latest| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-v0.7.6-blue.svg
    :target: https://pyhf.readthedocs.io/
 .. |Docs from main| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-main-blue.svg
    :target: https://scikit-hep.github.io/pyhf
@@ -380,7 +383,7 @@ and grant `OAC-1450377 <https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1450377
    :target: https://prefix.dev/channels/conda-forge/packages/pyhf
 .. |Supported Python versions| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/pyhf.svg
    :target: https://pypi.org/project/pyhf/
-.. |Docker Hub pyhf| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/pyhf-v0.7.4-blue?logo=Docker
+.. |Docker Hub pyhf| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/pyhf-v0.7.6-blue?logo=Docker
    :target: https://hub.docker.com/r/pyhf/pyhf/tags
 .. |Docker Hub pyhf CUDA| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/pyhf-CUDA-blue?logo=Docker
    :target: https://hub.docker.com/r/pyhf/cuda/tags
@@ -395,11 +398,11 @@ and grant `OAC-1450377 <https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1450377
 .. |Code style: black| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg
    :target: https://github.com/psf/black
 
-.. |GitHub Actions Status: CI| image:: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/workflows/CI/CD/badge.svg?branch=main
-   :target: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/actions?query=workflow%3ACI%2FCD+branch%3Amain
-.. |GitHub Actions Status: Docs| image:: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/workflows/Docs/badge.svg?branch=main
-   :target: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/actions?query=workflow%3ADocs+branch%3Amain
-.. |GitHub Actions Status: Publish| image:: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/workflows/publish%20distributions/badge.svg?branch=main
-   :target: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/actions?query=workflow%3A%22publish+distributions%22+branch%3Amain
-.. |GitHub Actions Status: Docker| image:: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/actions/workflows/docker.yml/badge.svg?branch=main
+.. |GitHub Actions Status: CI| image:: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg
+   :target: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amain
+.. |GitHub Actions Status: Docs| image:: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/actions/workflows/docs.yml/badge.svg
+   :target: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/actions/workflows/docs.yml?query=branch%3Amain
+.. |GitHub Actions Status: Publish| image:: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/actions/workflows/publish-package.yml/badge.svg
+   :target: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/actions/workflows/publish-package.yml?query=branch%3Amain
+.. |GitHub Actions Status: Docker| image:: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/actions/workflows/docker.yml/badge.svg
    :target: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/actions/workflows/docker.yml?query=branch%3Amain
diff --git a/binder/runtime.txt b/binder/runtime.txt
index 67ebc4e9a6..d2aca3a7e1 100644
--- a/binder/runtime.txt
+++ b/binder/runtime.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-python-3.11
+python-3.12
diff --git a/codemeta.json b/codemeta.json
index 78ab235043..1b9ca9c817 100644
--- a/codemeta.json
+++ b/codemeta.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "runtimePlatform": [
         "Python 3",
         "Python 3 Only",
+        "Python 3.12",
         "Python 3.11",
         "Python 3.10",
         "Python 3.8",
@@ -122,5 +123,5 @@
         "runtimePlatform": "Python 3"
     },
     "url": "https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf",
-    "version": "0.7.4"
+    "version": "0.7.6"
 }
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 50c2f31e95..154d279e35 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=python:3.11-slim-bullseye
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=python:3.12-slim-bullseye
 # hadolint ignore=DL3006
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} as base
 
diff --git a/docs/bib/general_citations.bib b/docs/bib/general_citations.bib
index 69f91c1373..adb743ada3 100644
--- a/docs/bib/general_citations.bib
+++ b/docs/bib/general_citations.bib
@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+% 2023-11-28
+@article{Agin:2023yoq,
+    author = "Agin, Diyar and Fuks, Benjamin and Goodsell, Mark D. and Murphy, Taylor",
+    title = "{Monojets reveal overlapping excesses for light compressed higgsinos}",
+    eprint = "2311.17149",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ph",
+    month = "11",
+    year = "2023",
+    journal = ""
+}
+
+% 2023-10-19
+@article{Smith:2023ssh,
+    author = "Smith, Rachel E. C. and Ochoa, In\^es and In\'acio, R\'uben and Shoemaker, Jonathan and Kagan, Michael",
+    title = "{Differentiable Vertex Fitting for Jet Flavour Tagging}",
+    eprint = "2310.12804",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ex",
+    month = "10",
+    year = "2023",
+    journal = ""
+}
+
 % 2023-09-25
 @inproceedings{Feickert:2023ajm,
     author = "Feickert, Matthew and Katz, Daniel S. and Neubauer, Mark S. and Sexton-Kennedy, Elizabeth and Stewart, Graeme A.",
@@ -24,14 +48,17 @@ @article{Kagan:2023gxz
 
 % 2023-06-06
 @article{Eschle:2023ikn,
-    author = "Eschle, J. and others",
-    title = "{Potential of the Julia programming language for high energy physics computing}",
+    author = "Eschle, Jonas and others",
+    title = "{Potential of the Julia Programming Language for High Energy Physics Computing}",
     eprint = "2306.03675",
     archivePrefix = "arXiv",
     primaryClass = "hep-ph",
-    month = "6",
-    year = "2023",
-    journal = ""
+    doi = "10.1007/s41781-023-00104-x",
+    journal = "Comput. Softw. Big Sci.",
+    volume = "7",
+    number = "1",
+    pages = "10",
+    year = "2023"
 }
 
 % 2023-02-02
diff --git a/docs/bib/use_citations.bib b/docs/bib/use_citations.bib
index 2d795f6304..b569eab851 100644
--- a/docs/bib/use_citations.bib
+++ b/docs/bib/use_citations.bib
@@ -1,3 +1,165 @@
+% 2024-01-05
+@article{Held:2024gwj,
+    author = "Held, Alexander and Kauffman, Elliott and Shadura, Oksana and Wightman, Andrew",
+    title = "{Physics analysis for the HL-LHC: concepts and pipelines in practice with the Analysis Grand Challenge}",
+    eprint = "2401.02766",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ex",
+    month = "1",
+    year = "2024",
+    journal = ""
+}
+
+% 2024-01-05
+@article{Bandyopadhyay:2024plc,
+    author = "Bandyopadhyay, Priyotosh and Parashar, Snehashis and Sen, Chandrima and Song, Jeonghyeon",
+    title = "{Probing Inert Triplet Model at a multi-TeV muon collider via vector boson fusion with forward muon tagging}",
+    eprint = "2401.02697",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ph",
+    reportNumber = "IITH-PH-0002/23, KIAS-P23063",
+    month = "1",
+    year = "2024",
+    journal = ""
+}
+
+% 2024-01-03
+@article{Kauffman:2024bov,
+    author = "Kauffman, Elliott and Held, Alexander and Shadura, Oksana",
+    title = "{Machine Learning for Columnar High Energy Physics Analysis}",
+    eprint = "2401.01802",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ex",
+    month = "1",
+    year = "2024",
+    journal = ""
+}
+
+% 2023-12-27
+@article{Altakach:2023tsd,
+    author = "Altakach, Mohammad Mahdi and Kraml, Sabine and Lessa, Andre and Narasimha, Sahana and Pascal, Timoth\'ee and Reymermier, Th\'eo and Waltenberger, Wolfgang",
+    title = "{Global LHC constraints on electroweak-inos with SModelS v2.3}",
+    eprint = "2312.16635",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ph",
+    month = "12",
+    year = "2023",
+    journal = ""
+}
+
+% 2023-12-21
+@article{MicroBooNE:2023sds,
+    author = "{MicroBooNE Collaboration}",
+    title = "{First search for dark-trident processes using the MicroBooNE detector}",
+    eprint = "2312.13945",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ex",
+    month = "12",
+    year = "2023",
+    journal = ""
+}
+
+% 2023-12-20
+@article{DaRold:2023hst,
+    author = "Da Rold, Leandro and Epele, Manuel and Medina, Anibal D. and Mileo, Nicol\'as I. and Szynkman, Alejandro",
+    title = "{Double Higgs production at the HL-LHC: probing a loop-enhanced model with kinematical distributions}",
+    eprint = "2312.13149",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ph",
+    month = "12",
+    year = "2023",
+    journal = ""
+}
+
+% 2023-12-13
+@article{Frank:2023epx,
+    author = "Frank, Mariana and Fuks, Benjamin and Jueid, Adil and Moretti, Stefano and Ozdal, Ozer",
+    title = "{A novel search strategy for right-handed charged gauge bosons at the Large Hadron Collider}",
+    eprint = "2312.08521",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ph",
+    reportNumber = "CTPU-PTC-23-43",
+    month = "12",
+    year = "2023",
+    journal = ""
+}
+
+% 2023-12-06
+@article{ATLAS:2023ian,
+    author = "{ATLAS Collaboration}",
+    title = "{Search for short- and long-lived axion-like particles in $H\rightarrow a a \rightarrow 4\gamma$ decays with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC}",
+    eprint = "2312.03306",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ex",
+    reportNumber = "CERN-EP-2023-202",
+    month = "12",
+    year = "2023",
+    journal = ""
+}
+
+% 2023-11-24
+@article{Altmannshofer:2023hkn,
+    author = "Altmannshofer, Wolfgang and Crivellin, Andreas and Haigh, Huw and Inguglia, Gianluca and Martin Camalich, Jorge",
+    title = "{Light New Physics in $B\to K^{(*)}\nu\bar\nu$?}",
+    eprint = "2311.14629",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ph",
+    reportNumber = "PSI-PR-23-46, ZU-TH 77/23",
+    month = "11",
+    year = "2023",
+    journal = ""
+}
+
+% 2023-11-24
+@article{Belle-II:2023esi,
+    author = "Belle II Collaboration",
+    title = "{Evidence for $B^{+}\to K^{+}\nu\bar{\nu}$ Decays}",
+    eprint = "2311.14647",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ex",
+    reportNumber = "Belle II Preprint 2023-017, KEK Preprint 2023-35",
+    month = "11",
+    year = "2023",
+    journal = ""
+}
+
+% 2023-11-22
+@article{Holder:2023jbt,
+    author = "Holder, Ryan and Reddick, John and Cremonesi, Matteo and Berry, Doug and Cheng, Kun and Low, Matthew and Tait, Tim M. P. and Whiteson, Daniel",
+    title = "{Hadronic Mono-$W'$ Probes of Dark Matter at Colliders}",
+    eprint = "2311.13578",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ph",
+    reportNumber = "FERMILAB-PUB-23-764-PPD",
+    month = "11",
+    year = "2023",
+    journal = ""
+}
+
+% 2023-10-31
+@article{Tong:2023lms,
+    author = "Tong, Shelley and Corcoran, James and Fieg, Max and Fenton, Michael and Whiteson, Daniel",
+    title = "{New Physics in Single Resonant Top Quarks}",
+    eprint = "2311.00121",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ph",
+    month = "10",
+    year = "2023",
+    journal = ""
+}
+
+% 2023-10-13
+@article{Gavranovic:2023oam,
+    author = "Gavranovi\v{c}, Jan and Ker\v{s}evan, Borut Paul",
+    title = "{Systematic Evaluation of Generative Machine Learning Capability to Simulate Distributions of Observables at the Large Hadron Collider}",
+    eprint = "2310.08994",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ph",
+    month = "10",
+    year = "2023",
+    journal = ""
+}
+
 % 2023-10-11
 @article{MicroBooNE:2023icy,
     author = "{MicroBooNE Collaboration}",
@@ -26,20 +188,24 @@ @inproceedings{Feickert:2023hhr
 % 2023-09-20
 @article{Belfkir:2023vpo,
     author = "Belfkir, Mohamed and Jueid, Adil and Nasri, Salah",
-    title = "{Boosting dark matter searches at muon colliders with Machine Learning: the mono-Higgs channel as a case study}",
+    title = "{Boosting dark matter searches at muon colliders with machine learning: The mono-Higgs channel as a case study}",
     eprint = "2309.11241",
     archivePrefix = "arXiv",
     primaryClass = "hep-ph",
     reportNumber = "CTPU-PTC-23-37",
-    month = "9",
-    year = "2023",
-    journal = ""
+    doi = "10.1093/ptep/ptad144",
+    journal = "Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics",
+    volume = "2023",
+    number = "12",
+    pages = "123B03",
+    month = "12",
+    year = "2023"
 }
 
 % 2023-09-04
 @article{Fenton:2023ikr,
     author = "Fenton, Michael James and Shmakov, Alexander and Okawa, Hideki and Li, Yuji and Hsiao, Ko-Yang and Hsu, Shih-Chieh and Whiteson, Daniel and Baldi, Pierre",
-    title = "{Extended Symmetry Preserving Attention Networks for LHC Analysis}",
+    title = "{Reconstruction of Unstable Heavy Particles Using Deep Symmetry-Preserving Attention Networks}",
     eprint = "2309.01886",
     archivePrefix = "arXiv",
     primaryClass = "hep-ex",
@@ -90,9 +256,11 @@ @article{MahdiAltakach:2023bdn
     eprint = "2306.17676",
     archivePrefix = "arXiv",
     primaryClass = "hep-ph",
-    month = "6",
-    year = "2023",
-    journal = ""
+    doi = "10.21468/SciPostPhys.15.5.185",
+    journal = "SciPost Phys.",
+    volume = "15",
+    pages = "185",
+    year = "2023"
 }
 
 % 2023-06-19
@@ -147,13 +315,30 @@ @article{Shadura:2023zks
 % 2023-04-04
 @article{Guo:2023jkz,
     author = "Guo, Qilong and Gao, Leyun and Mao, Yajun and Li, Qiang",
-    title = "{Search for vector-like leptons at a Muon Collider}",
+    title = "{Vector-like lepton searches at a muon collider in the context of the 4321 model*}",
     eprint = "2304.01885",
     archivePrefix = "arXiv",
     primaryClass = "hep-ph",
-    month = "4",
-    year = "2023",
-    journal = ""
+    doi = "10.1088/1674-1137/ace5a7",
+    journal = "Chin. Phys. C",
+    volume = "47",
+    number = "10",
+    pages = "103106",
+    year = "2023"
+}
+
+% 2023-03-07
+@article{Zhang:2023jvh,
+    author = "Zhang, Wenxing and Li, Hao-Lin and Liu, Kun and Ramsey-Musolf, Michael J. and Zeng, Yonghao and Arunasalam, Suntharan",
+    title = "{Probing electroweak phase transition in the singlet Standard Model via bb\ensuremath{\gamma}\ensuremath{\gamma} and 4l channels}",
+    eprint = "2303.03612",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ph",
+    doi = "10.1007/JHEP12(2023)018",
+    journal = "JHEP",
+    volume = "12",
+    pages = "018",
+    year = "2023"
 }
 
 % 2023-02-24
@@ -212,6 +397,22 @@ @article{Berger:2023bat
     year = "2023"
 }
 
+% 2022-12-20
+@article{Belle:2022tfo,
+    author = "Belle Collaboration",
+    title = "{Search for a Heavy Neutrino in \ensuremath{\tau} Decays at Belle}",
+    eprint = "2212.10095",
+    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
+    primaryClass = "hep-ex",
+    reportNumber = "Belle Preprint 2022-27, KEK Preprint 2022-36",
+    doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.211802",
+    journal = "Phys. Rev. Lett.",
+    volume = "131",
+    number = "21",
+    pages = "211802",
+    year = "2023"
+}
+
 % 2022-12-06
 @article{Belle-II:2022yaw,
     author = "Belle II Collaboration",
@@ -320,7 +521,7 @@ @article{Belle:2022gbl
     eprint = "2207.07476",
     archivePrefix = "arXiv",
     primaryClass = "hep-ex",
-    reportNumber = "BELLE-CONF-2201",
+    reportNumber = "BELLE-CONF-2201, Belle Preprint 2023-13, KEK Preprint 2023-17",
     month = "7",
     year = "2022",
     journal = ""
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 06ead2b2a7..60ab7b974d 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -531,5 +531,5 @@ def setup(app):
 linkcheck_retries = 50
 
 # JupyterLite configuration
-# Use Path as jupyterlite-sphinx expects PosixPath
-jupyterlite_dir = Path("lite")
+# jupyterlite-sphinx v0.13.0+ expects str
+jupyterlite_dir = str(Path("lite"))
diff --git a/docs/contributors.rst b/docs/contributors.rst
index c2d0b0a698..d29fd0974b 100644
--- a/docs/contributors.rst
+++ b/docs/contributors.rst
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ Contributors include:
 - Beojan Stanislaus
 - Daniel Werner
 - Jonas Rembser
+- Lorenz Gaertner
diff --git a/docs/development.rst b/docs/development.rst
index 324b8110bf..fa6149a8a9 100644
--- a/docs/development.rst
+++ b/docs/development.rst
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ contrib module, or notebooks, and so instead to test the core codebase a develop
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    nox --session tests --python 3.11
+    nox --session tests --python 3.12
 
 Contrib module matplotlib image tests
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ To run the visualization tests for the ``contrib`` module with the ``pytest-mpl`
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    nox --session tests --python 3.11 -- contrib
+    nox --session tests --python 3.12 -- contrib
 
 If the image files need to be regenerated, run the tests with the
 ``--mpl-generate-path=tests/contrib/baseline`` option or just run
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ or pass ``coverage`` as a positional argument to the ``nox`` ``tests`` session
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    nox --session tests --python 3.11 -- coverage
+    nox --session tests --python 3.12 -- coverage
 
 Coverage Report
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/docs/examples/notebooks/ImpactPlot.ipynb b/docs/examples/notebooks/ImpactPlot.ipynb
index aa045c124f..3a3fdd9019 100644
--- a/docs/examples/notebooks/ImpactPlot.ipynb
+++ b/docs/examples/notebooks/ImpactPlot.ipynb
@@ -172,9 +172,11 @@
     "    model, _, b, e = fitresults()\n",
     "    widths = pyhf.tensorlib.concatenate(\n",
     "        [\n",
-    "            model.config.param_set(k).width()\n",
-    "            if model.config.param_set(k).constrained\n",
-    "            else [None] * model.config.param_set(k).n_parameters\n",
+    "            (\n",
+    "                model.config.param_set(k).width()\n",
+    "                if model.config.param_set(k).constrained\n",
+    "                else [None] * model.config.param_set(k).n_parameters\n",
+    "            )\n",
     "            for k, v in model.config.par_map.items()\n",
     "        ]\n",
     "    )\n",
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 278abc2447..fbb5bf9925 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .. pyhf documentation master file, created by
    sphinx-quickstart on Fri Feb  9 11:58:49 2018.
    You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
-   contain the root `toctree` directive.
+   contain the root ``toctree`` directive.
 
 .. toctree::
    :hidden:
diff --git a/docs/lite/jupyterlite.py b/docs/lite/jupyterlite.py
index e0804ed5a3..c3e8d22015 100644
--- a/docs/lite/jupyterlite.py
+++ b/docs/lite/jupyterlite.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import piplite
 
 # Install pyhf in the browser
-await piplite.install(["pyhf==0.7.4", "matplotlib>=3.0.0"])
+await piplite.install(["pyhf==0.7.6", "matplotlib>=3.0.0"])
 # %matplotlib inline
 import pyhf
 
diff --git a/docs/release-notes.rst b/docs/release-notes.rst
index c11d6c2019..720321de7e 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/release-notes.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
+.. include:: release-notes/v0.7.6.rst
+.. include:: release-notes/v0.7.5.rst
 .. include:: release-notes/v0.7.4.rst
 .. include:: release-notes/v0.7.3.rst
 .. include:: release-notes/v0.7.2.rst
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/v0.7.5.rst b/docs/release-notes/v0.7.5.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6687a55370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release-notes/v0.7.5.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+|release v0.7.5|_
+=================
+
+This is a patch release from ``v0.7.4`` → ``v0.7.5``.
+
+Fixes
+-----
+
+* Remove operating system dependent components of schema validation to allow for
+  validation on Windows.
+  (PR :pr:`2357`)
+
+.. |release v0.7.5| replace:: ``v0.7.5``
+.. _`release v0.7.5`: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/releases/tag/v0.7.5
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/v0.7.6.rst b/docs/release-notes/v0.7.6.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35ced6792e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release-notes/v0.7.6.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+|release v0.7.6|_
+=================
+
+This is a patch release from ``v0.7.5`` → ``v0.7.6``.
+
+Fixes
+-----
+
+* For the JAX backend access ``jax.config`` from the ``jax`` top level API to
+  avoid support issues with ``jax`` and ``jaxlib`` ``v0.4.20+``.
+  (PR :pr:`2376`)
+* Add information in the warnings for :func:`pyhf.infer.test_statistics.qmu` and
+  :func:`pyhf.infer.test_statistics.qmu_tilde` that provides users with the
+  higher level ``pyhf.infer`` APIs ``kwarg`` to set the correct test statistic.
+  (PR :pr:`2390`)
+* Correct the variable assignment for the one-sigma and two-sigma limit band
+  artists in :func:`pyhf.contrib.viz.brazil.plot_brazil_band` to match the
+  stated return structure.
+  (PR :pr:`2411`)
+* In the ``pyhf.infer`` module, correct the ``fixed_params`` type in the docs
+  to be to :obj:`tuple` or :obj:`list`.
+  (PR :pr:`2420`)
+
+Contributors
+------------
+
+``v0.7.6`` benefited from contributions from:
+
+* Lorenz Gaertner
+
+.. |release v0.7.6| replace:: ``v0.7.6``
+.. _`release v0.7.6`: https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/releases/tag/v0.7.6
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index ba75fae440..1828383486 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 import nox
 
-ALL_PYTHONS = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+ALL_PYTHONS = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
 # Default sessions to run if no session handles are passed
-nox.options.sessions = ["lint", "tests-3.11"]
+nox.options.sessions = ["lint", "tests-3.12"]
 
 
 DIR = Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ def tests(session):
 
     Examples:
 
-        $ nox --session tests --python 3.11
-        $ nox --session tests --python 3.11 -- contrib  # run the contrib module tests
-        $ nox --session tests --python 3.11 -- tests/test_tensor.py  # run specific tests
-        $ nox --session tests --python 3.11 -- coverage  # run with coverage but slower
+        $ nox --session tests --python 3.12
+        $ nox --session tests --python 3.12 -- contrib  # run the contrib module tests
+        $ nox --session tests --python 3.12 -- tests/test_tensor.py  # run specific tests
+        $ nox --session tests --python 3.12 -- coverage  # run with coverage but slower
     """
-    session.install("--upgrade", "--editable", ".[test]")
+    session.install("--upgrade", "--editable", ".[all,test]")
     session.install("--upgrade", "pytest")
 
     # Allow tests to be run with coverage
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def regenerate(session):
     """
     Regenerate Matplotlib images.
     """
-    session.install("--upgrade", "--editable", ".[test]")
+    session.install("--upgrade", "--editable", ".[all,test]")
     session.install("--upgrade", "pytest", "matplotlib")
     if not sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
         session.error(
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def notebooks(session: nox.Session):
     """
     Run the notebook tests.
     """
-    session.install("--upgrade", "--editable", ".[test]")
+    session.install("--upgrade", "--editable", ".[all,test]")
     session.run(
         "pytest",
         "--override-ini",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1e50c697ce..034be5f52f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ classifiers = [
     "Environment :: WebAssembly :: Emscripten",
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+    "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",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics",
@@ -66,10 +68,18 @@ Homepage = "https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 shellcomplete = ["click_completion"]
+# TODO: 'tensorflow' supports all platform_machine for tensorflow v2.16.1+
+# but TensorFlow only supports python_version 3.8 up through tensorflow v2.13.1.
+# So until Python 3.8 support is dropped, split requirments on python_version
+# before and after 3.9.
+# NOTE: macos x86 support is deprecated from tensorflow v2.17.0 onwards.
 tensorflow = [
-    "tensorflow>=2.7.0; platform_machine != 'arm64'",  # c.f. PR #1962
-    "tensorflow-macos>=2.7.0; platform_machine == 'arm64' and platform_system == 'Darwin'",  # c.f. PR #2119
-    "tensorflow-probability>=0.11.0",  # c.f. PR #1657
+    # python == 3.8
+    "tensorflow>=2.7.0; python_version < '3.9' and platform_machine != 'arm64'",  # c.f. PR #1962, #2452
+    "tensorflow-macos>=2.7.0; python_version < '3.9' and platform_machine == 'arm64' and platform_system == 'Darwin'",  # c.f. PR #2119, #2452
+    "tensorflow-probability>=0.11.0; python_version < '3.9'",  # c.f. PR #1657, #2452
+    # python >= 3.9
+    "tensorflow-probability[tf]>=0.24.0; python_version >= '3.9'"  # c.f. PR #2452
 ]
 torch = ["torch>=1.10.0"]  # c.f. PR #1657
 jax = [
@@ -87,7 +97,6 @@ all = ["pyhf[backends,xmlio,contrib,shellcomplete]"]
 
 # Developer extras
 test = [
-    "pyhf[all]",
     "scikit-hep-testdata>=0.4.11",
     "pytest>=6.0",
     "coverage[toml]>=6.0.0",
@@ -98,7 +107,7 @@ test = [
     "pytest-mpl",
     "ipympl>=0.3.0",
     "pydocstyle",
-    "papermill~=2.3.4",
+    "papermill~=2.5.0",
     "scrapbook~=0.5.0",
     "jupyter",
     "graphviz",
@@ -114,13 +123,13 @@ docs = [
     "ipywidgets",
     "sphinx-issues",
     "sphinx-copybutton>=0.3.2,!=0.5.1",
-    "jupyterlite-sphinx>=0.8.0",
+    "jupyterlite-sphinx>=0.13.1",  # c.f. https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/pull/2458
     "jupyterlite-pyodide-kernel>=0.0.7",
     "jupytext>=1.14.0",
     "ipython!=8.7.0",  # c.f. https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/pull/2068
 ]
 develop = [
-    "pyhf[test,docs]",
+    "pyhf[all,test,docs]",
     "tbump>=6.7.0",
     "pre-commit",
     "nox",
@@ -216,6 +225,8 @@ filterwarnings = [
     "ignore:module 'sre_constants' is deprecated:DeprecationWarning",  # tensorflow v2.12.0+ for Python 3.11+
     "ignore:ml_dtypes.float8_e4m3b11 is deprecated.",  #FIXME: Can remove when jaxlib>=0.4.12
     "ignore:jsonschema.RefResolver is deprecated as of v4.18.0, in favor of the:DeprecationWarning",  # Issue #2139
+    "ignore:Skipping device Apple Paravirtual device that does not support Metal 2.0:UserWarning",  # Can't fix given hardware/virtualized device
+    'ignore:Type google._upb._message.[A-Z]+ uses PyType_Spec with a metaclass that has custom:DeprecationWarning',  # protobuf via tensorflow
 ]
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
@@ -233,10 +244,9 @@ exclude_also = [
 
 [tool.mypy]
 files = "src"
-python_version = "3.11"
+python_version = "3.12"
 warn_unused_configs = true
 strict = true
-show_error_codes = true
 enable_error_code = ["ignore-without-code", "redundant-expr", "truthy-bool"]
 warn_unreachable = true
 
@@ -283,25 +293,28 @@ module = [
 ignore_errors = true
 
 [tool.ruff]
+src = ["src"]
+line-length = 88
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
 select = [
   "E", "F", "W", # flake8
   "UP",          # pyupgrade
   "RUF",         # Ruff-specific
   "TID",         # flake8-tidy-imports
 ]
-line-length = 88
 ignore = [
   "E402",
   "E501",
   "RUF001", # String contains ambiguous unicode character
   "RUF005", # unpack-instead-of-concatenating-to-collection-literal
 ]
-src = ["src"]
 typing-modules = ["pyhf.typing"]
 unfixable = [
   "F841", # Removes unused variables
 ]
 flake8-tidy-imports.ban-relative-imports = "all"
 
-[tool.ruff.per-file-ignores]
+[tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
 "docs/lite/jupyterlite.py" = ["F401", "F704"]
+"**.ipynb" = ["F821", "F401", "F841", "F811", "E703"]
diff --git a/src/pyhf/cli/__init__.py b/src/pyhf/cli/__init__.py
index 0d65039661..ed53c296af 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/cli/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """The pyhf command line interface."""
+
 from pyhf.cli.cli import pyhf as cli
 from pyhf.cli.rootio import cli as rootio
 from pyhf.cli.spec import cli as spec
diff --git a/src/pyhf/cli/cli.py b/src/pyhf/cli/cli.py
index a1a486fe54..cd458a6329 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/cli/cli.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/cli/cli.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """The pyhf Command Line Interface."""
+
 import logging
 
 import click
diff --git a/src/pyhf/cli/complete.py b/src/pyhf/cli/complete.py
index 58fda5604f..c39e6e9784 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/cli/complete.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/cli/complete.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 '''Shell completions for pyhf.'''
+
 import click
 
 try:
diff --git a/src/pyhf/cli/infer.py b/src/pyhf/cli/infer.py
index a877469efc..f2b0dce107 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/cli/infer.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/cli/infer.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """The inference CLI group."""
+
 import logging
 
 import click
diff --git a/src/pyhf/cli/patchset.py b/src/pyhf/cli/patchset.py
index 75bdb56887..4d31d4963d 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/cli/patchset.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/cli/patchset.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """The pyhf spec CLI subcommand."""
+
 import logging
 
 import click
diff --git a/src/pyhf/cli/rootio.py b/src/pyhf/cli/rootio.py
index 95d8872a84..c5d5840762 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/cli/rootio.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/cli/rootio.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """CLI subapps to handle conversion from ROOT."""
+
 import logging
 
 import click
diff --git a/src/pyhf/cli/spec.py b/src/pyhf/cli/spec.py
index 9772558169..08fdd73d94 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/cli/spec.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/cli/spec.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """The pyhf spec CLI subcommand."""
+
 import logging
 
 import click
@@ -149,9 +150,11 @@ def inspect(workspace, output_file, measurement):
                 ('(*) ' if measurement_name == default_measurement['name'] else '')
                 + measurement_name,
                 measurement_poi,
-                ','.join(measurement_parameters)
-                if measurement_parameters
-                else '(none)',
+                (
+                    ','.join(measurement_parameters)
+                    if measurement_parameters
+                    else '(none)'
+                ),
             )
         )
 
diff --git a/src/pyhf/contrib/cli.py b/src/pyhf/contrib/cli.py
index eaf2bb7e23..5bba47e4d4 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/contrib/cli.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/contrib/cli.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """CLI for functionality that will get migrated out eventually."""
+
 import logging
 import click
 from pathlib import Path
diff --git a/src/pyhf/contrib/utils.py b/src/pyhf/contrib/utils.py
index 02c9ffb5f2..7fa9550242 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/contrib/utils.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/contrib/utils.py
@@ -91,7 +91,12 @@ def download(archive_url, output_directory, force=False, compress=False):
                     with tarfile.open(
                         mode="r:*", fileobj=BytesIO(response.content)
                     ) as archive:
-                        archive.extractall(output_directory)
+                        # TODO: Simplify after pyhf is Python 3.12+ only
+                        # c.f. https://docs.python.org/3.12/library/tarfile.html#extraction-filters
+                        if hasattr(tarfile, "data_filter"):
+                            archive.extractall(output_directory, filter="data")
+                        else:
+                            archive.extractall(output_directory)
                 except tarfile.ReadError:
                     if not zipfile.is_zipfile(BytesIO(response.content)):
                         raise exceptions.InvalidArchive(
diff --git a/src/pyhf/contrib/viz/brazil.py b/src/pyhf/contrib/viz/brazil.py
index a8955f20eb..18b25d87bd 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/contrib/viz/brazil.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/contrib/viz/brazil.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Brazil Band Plots."""
+
 from collections import namedtuple
 
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
@@ -129,14 +130,14 @@ def plot_brazil_band(test_pois, cls_obs, cls_exp, test_size, ax, **kwargs):
             label=None if idx != 2 else r"$\mathrm{CL}_{s,\mathrm{exp}}$",
         )
         cls_exp_lines.append(_cls_exp_line)
-    one_sigma_band = ax.fill_between(
+    two_sigma_band = ax.fill_between(
         test_pois,
         cls_exp[0],
         cls_exp[-1],
         facecolor="yellow",
         label=r"$\pm2\sigma$ $\mathrm{CL}_{s,\mathrm{exp}}$",
     )
-    two_sigma_band = ax.fill_between(
+    one_sigma_band = ax.fill_between(
         test_pois,
         cls_exp[1],
         cls_exp[-2],
diff --git a/src/pyhf/data/citation.bib b/src/pyhf/data/citation.bib
index ea49d8f090..48348f61b0 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/data/citation.bib
+++ b/src/pyhf/data/citation.bib
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 @software{pyhf,
   author = {Lukas Heinrich and Matthew Feickert and Giordon Stark},
-  title = "{pyhf: v0.7.4}",
-  version = {0.7.4},
+  title = "{pyhf: v0.7.6}",
+  version = {0.7.6},
   doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1169739},
   url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1169739},
-  note = {https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/releases/tag/v0.7.4}
+  note = {https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/releases/tag/v0.7.6}
 }
 
 @article{pyhf_joss,
diff --git a/src/pyhf/infer/__init__.py b/src/pyhf/infer/__init__.py
index 5aaaf2c1c6..dc5531cd93 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/infer/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/infer/__init__.py
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ def hypotest(
         par_bounds (:obj:`tensor`): The extrema of values the model parameters
             are allowed to reach in the fit.
             The shape should be ``(n, 2)`` for ``n`` model parameters.
-        fixed_params (:obj:`tensor` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter constant to its starting
-            value during minimization.
+        fixed_params (:obj:`tuple` or :obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter
+            constant to its starting value during minimization.
         calctype (:obj:`str`): The calculator to create. Choose either 'asymptotics' (default) or 'toybased'.
         return_tail_probs (:obj:`bool`): Bool for returning :math:`\mathrm{CL}_{s+b}` and :math:`\mathrm{CL}_{b}`
         return_expected (:obj:`bool`): Bool for returning :math:`\mathrm{CL}_{\mathrm{exp}}`
diff --git a/src/pyhf/infer/calculators.py b/src/pyhf/infer/calculators.py
index ed9642e085..f9922c6d89 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/infer/calculators.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/infer/calculators.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 Using the calculators hypothesis tests can then be performed.
 """
+
 from pyhf.infer.mle import fixed_poi_fit
 from pyhf import get_backend
 from pyhf.infer import utils
@@ -61,8 +62,8 @@ def generate_asimov_data(
         par_bounds (:obj:`tensor`): The extrema of values the model parameters
             are allowed to reach in the fit.
             The shape should be ``(n, 2)`` for ``n`` model parameters.
-        fixed_params (:obj:`tensor` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter constant to its starting
-            value during minimization.
+        fixed_params (:obj:`tuple` or :obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter
+            constant to its starting value during minimization.
         return_fitted_pars (:obj:`bool`): Return the best-fit parameter values for the given ``asimov_mu``.
 
 
@@ -241,8 +242,8 @@ def __init__(
             par_bounds (:obj:`tensor`): The extrema of values the model parameters
                 are allowed to reach in the fit.
                 The shape should be ``(n, 2)`` for ``n`` model parameters.
-            fixed_params (:obj:`tensor` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter constant to its starting
-                value during minimization.
+            fixed_params (:obj:`tuple` or :obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter
+                constant to its starting value during minimization.
             test_stat (:obj:`str`): The test statistic to use as a numerical summary of the
               data: ``'qtilde'``, ``'q'``, or ``'q0'``.
 
@@ -685,8 +686,8 @@ def __init__(
             par_bounds (:obj:`tensor`): The extrema of values the model parameters
                 are allowed to reach in the fit.
                 The shape should be ``(n, 2)`` for ``n`` model parameters.
-            fixed_params (:obj:`tensor` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter constant to its starting
-                value during minimization.
+            fixed_params (:obj:`tuple` or :obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter
+                constant to its starting value during minimization.
             test_stat (:obj:`str`): The test statistic to use as a numerical summary of the
               data: ``'qtilde'``, ``'q'``, or ``'q0'``.
 
diff --git a/src/pyhf/infer/intervals/__init__.py b/src/pyhf/infer/intervals/__init__.py
index 0f2f928cdd..2acdfd3165 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/infer/intervals/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/infer/intervals/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Interval estimation"""
+
 import pyhf.infer.intervals.upper_limits
 
 __all__ = ["upper_limits.upper_limit"]
diff --git a/src/pyhf/infer/intervals/upper_limits.py b/src/pyhf/infer/intervals/upper_limits.py
index 6fbc27e6b3..601189cdbb 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/infer/intervals/upper_limits.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/infer/intervals/upper_limits.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Interval estimation"""
+
 import numpy as np
 from scipy.optimize import toms748
 
diff --git a/src/pyhf/infer/mle.py b/src/pyhf/infer/mle.py
index fffff84131..c269eb47c8 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/infer/mle.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/infer/mle.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Module for Maximum Likelihood Estimation."""
+
 from pyhf import get_backend
 from pyhf.exceptions import UnspecifiedPOI
 
@@ -106,8 +107,8 @@ def fit(data, pdf, init_pars=None, par_bounds=None, fixed_params=None, **kwargs)
         par_bounds (:obj:`list` of :obj:`list`/:obj:`tuple`): The extrema of values the model parameters
             are allowed to reach in the fit.
             The shape should be ``(n, 2)`` for ``n`` model parameters.
-        fixed_params (:obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter constant to its starting
-            value during minimization.
+        fixed_params (:obj:`tuple` or :obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter
+            constant to its starting value during minimization.
         kwargs: Keyword arguments passed through to the optimizer API
 
     Returns:
@@ -180,8 +181,8 @@ def fixed_poi_fit(
         par_bounds (:obj:`list` of :obj:`list`/:obj:`tuple`): The extrema of values the model parameters
             are allowed to reach in the fit.
             The shape should be ``(n, 2)`` for ``n`` model parameters.
-        fixed_params (:obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter constant to its starting
-            value during minimization.
+        fixed_params (:obj:`tuple` or :obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter
+            constant to its starting value during minimization.
         kwargs: Keyword arguments passed through to the optimizer API
 
     Returns:
diff --git a/src/pyhf/infer/test_statistics.py b/src/pyhf/infer/test_statistics.py
index 3af773d42c..97b6babe79 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/infer/test_statistics.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/infer/test_statistics.py
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ def qmu(mu, data, pdf, init_pars, par_bounds, fixed_params, return_fitted_pars=F
         par_bounds (:obj:`list` of :obj:`list`/:obj:`tuple`): The extrema of values the model parameters
             are allowed to reach in the fit.
             The shape should be ``(n, 2)`` for ``n`` model parameters.
-        fixed_params (:obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter constant to its starting
-            value during minimization.
+        fixed_params (:obj:`tuple` or :obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter
+            constant to its starting value during minimization.
         return_fitted_pars (:obj:`bool`): Return the best-fit parameter tensors
             the fixed-POI and unconstrained fits have converged on
             (i.e. :math:`\mu, \hat{\hat{\theta}}` and :math:`\hat{\mu}, \hat{\theta}`)
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ def qmu(mu, data, pdf, init_pars, par_bounds, fixed_params, return_fitted_pars=F
     if par_bounds[pdf.config.poi_index][0] == 0:
         log.warning(
             'qmu test statistic used for fit configuration with POI bounded at zero.\n'
-            + 'Use the qmu_tilde test statistic (pyhf.infer.test_statistics.qmu_tilde) instead.'
+            + 'Use the qmu_tilde test statistic (pyhf.infer.test_statistics.qmu_tilde) instead.\n'
+            + 'If you called this from pyhf.infer.mle or pyhf.infer.hypotest, set test_stat="qtilde".'
         )
     return _qmu_like(
         mu,
@@ -206,8 +207,8 @@ def qmu_tilde(
         par_bounds (:obj:`list` of :obj:`list`/:obj:`tuple`): The extrema of values the model parameters
             are allowed to reach in the fit.
             The shape should be ``(n, 2)`` for ``n`` model parameters.
-        fixed_params (:obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter constant to its starting
-            value during minimization.
+        fixed_params (:obj:`tuple` or :obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter
+            constant to its starting value during minimization.
         return_fitted_pars (:obj:`bool`): Return the best-fit parameter tensors
             the fixed-POI and unconstrained fits have converged on
             (i.e. :math:`\mu, \hat{\hat{\theta}}` and :math:`\hat{\mu}, \hat{\theta}`)
@@ -229,7 +230,8 @@ def qmu_tilde(
     if par_bounds[pdf.config.poi_index][0] != 0:
         log.warning(
             'qmu_tilde test statistic used for fit configuration with POI not bounded at zero.\n'
-            + 'Use the qmu test statistic (pyhf.infer.test_statistics.qmu) instead.'
+            + 'Use the qmu test statistic (pyhf.infer.test_statistics.qmu) instead.\n'
+            + 'If you called this from pyhf.infer.mle or pyhf.infer.hypotest, set test_stat="q".'
         )
     return _qmu_like(
         mu,
@@ -288,8 +290,8 @@ def tmu(mu, data, pdf, init_pars, par_bounds, fixed_params, return_fitted_pars=F
         par_bounds (:obj:`list` of :obj:`list`/:obj:`tuple`): The extrema of values the model parameters
             are allowed to reach in the fit.
             The shape should be ``(n, 2)`` for ``n`` model parameters.
-        fixed_params (:obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter constant to its starting
-            value during minimization.
+        fixed_params (:obj:`tuple` or :obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter
+            constant to its starting value during minimization.
         return_fitted_pars (:obj:`bool`): Return the best-fit parameter tensors
             the fixed-POI and unconstrained fits have converged on
             (i.e. :math:`\mu, \hat{\hat{\theta}}` and :math:`\hat{\mu}, \hat{\theta}`)
@@ -378,8 +380,8 @@ def tmu_tilde(
         par_bounds (:obj:`list` of :obj:`list`/:obj:`tuple`): The extrema of values the model parameters
             are allowed to reach in the fit.
             The shape should be ``(n, 2)`` for ``n`` model parameters.
-        fixed_params (:obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter constant to its starting
-            value during minimization.
+        fixed_params (:obj:`tuple` or :obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter
+            constant to its starting value during minimization.
         return_fitted_pars (:obj:`bool`): Return the best-fit parameter tensors
             the fixed-POI and unconstrained fits have converged on
             (i.e. :math:`\mu, \hat{\hat{\theta}}` and :math:`\hat{\mu}, \hat{\theta}`)
@@ -456,8 +458,8 @@ def q0(mu, data, pdf, init_pars, par_bounds, fixed_params, return_fitted_pars=Fa
         par_bounds (:obj:`list` of :obj:`list`/:obj:`tuple`): The extrema of values the model parameters
             are allowed to reach in the fit.
             The shape should be ``(n, 2)`` for ``n`` model parameters.
-        fixed_params (:obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter constant to its starting
-            value during minimization.
+        fixed_params (:obj:`tuple` or :obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): The flag to set a parameter
+            constant to its starting value during minimization.
         return_fitted_pars (:obj:`bool`): Return the best-fit parameter tensors
             the fixed-POI and unconstrained fits have converged on
             (i.e. :math:`\mu, \hat{\hat{\theta}}` and :math:`\hat{\mu}, \hat{\theta}`)
diff --git a/src/pyhf/infer/utils.py b/src/pyhf/infer/utils.py
index 1131b01de9..a9eeefac49 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/infer/utils.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/infer/utils.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def all_pois_floating(pdf, fixed_params):
     Args:
         pdf (~pyhf.pdf.Model): The statistical model adhering to the schema
          ``model.json``.
-        fixed_params (:obj:`list` or `tensor` of :obj:`bool`): Array of
+        fixed_params (:obj:`tuple` or :obj:`list` of :obj:`bool`): Array of
          :obj:`bool` indicating if model parameters are fixed.
 
     Returns:
diff --git a/src/pyhf/interpolators/code0.py b/src/pyhf/interpolators/code0.py
index ff972d506b..52d87fefba 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/interpolators/code0.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/interpolators/code0.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Piecewise-linear Interpolation. (Code 0)."""
+
 import logging
 import pyhf
 from pyhf.tensor.manager import get_backend
diff --git a/src/pyhf/interpolators/code1.py b/src/pyhf/interpolators/code1.py
index f5bbe71ff0..a9fa41c011 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/interpolators/code1.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/interpolators/code1.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Piecewise-Exponential Interpolation (Code 1)."""
+
 import logging
 import math
 import pyhf
diff --git a/src/pyhf/interpolators/code2.py b/src/pyhf/interpolators/code2.py
index ed305c44da..8dff3278e7 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/interpolators/code2.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/interpolators/code2.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Quadratic Interpolation (Code 2)."""
+
 import logging
 import pyhf
 from pyhf.tensor.manager import get_backend
diff --git a/src/pyhf/interpolators/code4.py b/src/pyhf/interpolators/code4.py
index a120bdf295..0290d0c52d 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/interpolators/code4.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/interpolators/code4.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Polynomial Interpolation (Code 4)."""
+
 import logging
 import math
 import pyhf
diff --git a/src/pyhf/interpolators/code4p.py b/src/pyhf/interpolators/code4p.py
index ec8b63afa7..8841eb0dd0 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/interpolators/code4p.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/interpolators/code4p.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Piecewise-Linear + Polynomial Interpolation (Code 4p)."""
+
 import logging
 import pyhf
 from pyhf.tensor.manager import get_backend
diff --git a/src/pyhf/modifiers/shapesys.py b/src/pyhf/modifiers/shapesys.py
index 39740e4cf8..c18ac90149 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/modifiers/shapesys.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/modifiers/shapesys.py
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ def _reindex_access_field(self, pdfconfig):
 
                 sample_mask = self._shapesys_mask[syst_index][singular_sample_index][0]
                 access_field_for_syst_and_batch[sample_mask] = selection
-                self._access_field[
-                    syst_index, batch_index
-                ] = access_field_for_syst_and_batch
+                self._access_field[syst_index, batch_index] = (
+                    access_field_for_syst_and_batch
+                )
 
     def _precompute(self):
         tensorlib, _ = get_backend()
diff --git a/src/pyhf/modifiers/staterror.py b/src/pyhf/modifiers/staterror.py
index 919811c9fe..a6d6d499c5 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/modifiers/staterror.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/modifiers/staterror.py
@@ -92,9 +92,12 @@ def finalize(self):
             relerrs = default_backend.sum(
                 [
                     [
-                        (modifier_data['data']['uncrt'][binnr] / nomsall[binnr]) ** 2
-                        if nomsall[binnr] > 0
-                        else 0.0
+                        (
+                            (modifier_data['data']['uncrt'][binnr] / nomsall[binnr])
+                            ** 2
+                            if nomsall[binnr] > 0
+                            else 0.0
+                        )
                         for binnr in range(len(modifier_data['data']['nom_data']))
                     ]
                     for modifier_data in self.builder_data[modname].values()
@@ -184,9 +187,9 @@ def _reindex_access_field(self, pdfconfig):
 
                 sample_mask = self._staterror_mask[syst_index][singular_sample_index][0]
                 access_field_for_syst_and_batch[sample_mask] = selection
-                self._access_field[
-                    syst_index, batch_index
-                ] = access_field_for_syst_and_batch
+                self._access_field[syst_index, batch_index] = (
+                    access_field_for_syst_and_batch
+                )
 
     def _precompute(self):
         if not self.param_viewer.index_selection:
diff --git a/src/pyhf/optimize/common.py b/src/pyhf/optimize/common.py
index 61eeafd889..2049939159 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/optimize/common.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/optimize/common.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Common Backend Shim to prepare minimization for optimizer."""
+
 from pyhf.tensor.manager import get_backend
 from pyhf.tensor.common import _TensorViewer
 
diff --git a/src/pyhf/optimize/mixins.py b/src/pyhf/optimize/mixins.py
index ca51fec978..f2bd7c4f82 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/optimize/mixins.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/optimize/mixins.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Helper Classes for use of automatic differentiation."""
+
 import logging
 
 import numpy as np
diff --git a/src/pyhf/optimize/opt_minuit.py b/src/pyhf/optimize/opt_minuit.py
index e78b81a9f2..17d11a16dc 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/optimize/opt_minuit.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/optimize/opt_minuit.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Minuit Optimizer Class."""
+
 from pyhf import exceptions
 from pyhf.optimize.mixins import OptimizerMixin
 import scipy
diff --git a/src/pyhf/optimize/opt_scipy.py b/src/pyhf/optimize/opt_scipy.py
index f334c36ad7..68c64bafe3 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/optimize/opt_scipy.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/optimize/opt_scipy.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """SciPy Optimizer Class."""
+
 from pyhf import exceptions
 from pyhf.optimize.mixins import OptimizerMixin
 import scipy
diff --git a/src/pyhf/optimize/opt_tflow.py b/src/pyhf/optimize/opt_tflow.py
index fd2965fb3e..178bc332ac 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/optimize/opt_tflow.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/optimize/opt_tflow.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Tensorflow Backend Function Shim."""
+
 from pyhf import get_backend
 import tensorflow as tf
 
diff --git a/src/pyhf/parameters/paramview.py b/src/pyhf/parameters/paramview.py
index cac057f8b5..0238832747 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/parameters/paramview.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/parameters/paramview.py
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ def extract_index_access(baseviewer, subviewer, indices):
 
         # the transpose is here so that modifier code doesn't have to do it
         indices_concatenated = tensorlib.astensor(
-            tensorlib.einsum('ij->ji', stitched)
-            if len(tensorlib.shape(stitched)) > 1
-            else stitched,
+            (
+                tensorlib.einsum('ij->ji', stitched)
+                if len(tensorlib.shape(stitched)) > 1
+                else stitched
+            ),
             dtype='int',
         )
     return index_selection, stitched, indices_concatenated
diff --git a/src/pyhf/patchset.py b/src/pyhf/patchset.py
index b72118835b..86acaef693 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/patchset.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/patchset.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """
 pyhf patchset provides a user-friendly interface for interacting with patchsets.
 """
+
 import logging
 import jsonpatch
 from pyhf import exceptions
diff --git a/src/pyhf/probability.py b/src/pyhf/probability.py
index 7851127ae3..0cc0330272 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/probability.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/probability.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """The probability density function module."""
+
 from pyhf import get_backend
 
 __all__ = ["Independent", "Normal", "Poisson", "Simultaneous"]
diff --git a/src/pyhf/schema/__init__.py b/src/pyhf/schema/__init__.py
index 61bb01c78e..0c08f018b2 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/schema/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/schema/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """
 See :class:`~pyhf.schema.Schema` for documentation.
 """
+
 import pathlib
 import sys
 from pyhf.schema.loader import load_schema
diff --git a/src/pyhf/schema/validator.py b/src/pyhf/schema/validator.py
index 1fbc36c686..2540a3d002 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/schema/validator.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/schema/validator.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import numbers
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Mapping, Union
 
 import jsonschema
@@ -70,12 +71,15 @@ def validate(
 
     version = version or variables.SCHEMA_VERSION
 
-    schema = load_schema(f'{version}/{schema_name}')
+    schema = load_schema(str(Path(version).joinpath(schema_name)))
 
-    # note: trailing slash needed for RefResolver to resolve correctly
+    # note: trailing slash needed for RefResolver to resolve correctly and by
+    # design, pathlib strips trailing slashes. See ref below:
+    # * https://bugs.python.org/issue21039
+    # * https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/65238
     resolver = jsonschema.RefResolver(
-        base_uri=f"file://{variables.schemas}/{version}/",
-        referrer=f"{schema_name}",
+        base_uri=f"{Path(variables.schemas).joinpath(version).as_uri()}/",
+        referrer=schema_name,
         store=variables.SCHEMA_CACHE,
     )
 
diff --git a/src/pyhf/tensor/jax_backend.py b/src/pyhf/tensor/jax_backend.py
index cb1c5291f9..5fabe4c2fc 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/tensor/jax_backend.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/tensor/jax_backend.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from jax.config import config
+from jax import config
 
 config.update('jax_enable_x64', True)
 
diff --git a/src/pyhf/tensor/numpy_backend.py b/src/pyhf/tensor/numpy_backend.py
index 8c540b47f3..ec33392e3b 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/tensor/numpy_backend.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/tensor/numpy_backend.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """NumPy Tensor Library Module."""
+
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
diff --git a/src/pyhf/tensor/pytorch_backend.py b/src/pyhf/tensor/pytorch_backend.py
index f597237093..c4cc80032a 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/tensor/pytorch_backend.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/tensor/pytorch_backend.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """PyTorch Tensor Library Module."""
+
 import torch
 import torch.autograd
 from torch.func import hessian
diff --git a/src/pyhf/tensor/tensorflow_backend.py b/src/pyhf/tensor/tensorflow_backend.py
index ce3030b7f9..72b7dc224e 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/tensor/tensorflow_backend.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/tensor/tensorflow_backend.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Tensorflow Tensor Library Module."""
+
 import logging
 import tensorflow as tf
 import tensorflow_probability as tfp
diff --git a/src/pyhf/typing.py b/src/pyhf/typing.py
index f012e3af22..19802e3da7 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/typing.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/typing.py
@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ class TensorBackend(Protocol):
     precision: str
     default_do_grad: bool
 
-    def _setup(self) -> None:
-        ...
+    def _setup(self) -> None: ...
 
 
 class Optimizer(Protocol):
@@ -159,8 +158,6 @@ class Optimizer(Protocol):
 
 
 class PDF(Protocol):
-    def sample(self, sample_shape: Shape) -> Any:
-        ...
+    def sample(self, sample_shape: Shape) -> Any: ...
 
-    def log_prob(self, value: Any) -> Any:
-        ...
+    def log_prob(self, value: Any) -> Any: ...
diff --git a/src/pyhf/utils.py b/src/pyhf/utils.py
index 45f3d89f3e..c9ad5d0185 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/utils.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/utils.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def citation(oneline=False):
 
         >>> import pyhf
         >>> pyhf.utils.citation(oneline=True)
-        '@software{pyhf,  author = {Lukas Heinrich and Matthew Feickert and Giordon Stark},  title = "{pyhf: v0.7.4}",  version = {0.7.4},  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1169739},  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1169739},  note = {https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/releases/tag/v0.7.4}}@article{pyhf_joss,  doi = {10.21105/joss.02823},  url = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02823},  year = {2021},  publisher = {The Open Journal},  volume = {6},  number = {58},  pages = {2823},  author = {Lukas Heinrich and Matthew Feickert and Giordon Stark and Kyle Cranmer},  title = {pyhf: pure-Python implementation of HistFactory statistical models},  journal = {Journal of Open Source Software}}'
+        '@software{pyhf,  author = {Lukas Heinrich and Matthew Feickert and Giordon Stark},  title = "{pyhf: v0.7.6}",  version = {0.7.6},  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1169739},  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1169739},  note = {https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/releases/tag/v0.7.6}}@article{pyhf_joss,  doi = {10.21105/joss.02823},  url = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02823},  year = {2021},  publisher = {The Open Journal},  volume = {6},  number = {58},  pages = {2823},  author = {Lukas Heinrich and Matthew Feickert and Giordon Stark and Kyle Cranmer},  title = {pyhf: pure-Python implementation of HistFactory statistical models},  journal = {Journal of Open Source Software}}'
 
     Keyword Args:
         oneline (:obj:`bool`): Whether to provide citation with new lines (default) or as a one-liner.
diff --git a/src/pyhf/workspace.py b/src/pyhf/workspace.py
index 00abcf77f4..08b285d25e 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/workspace.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/workspace.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 * the observed data (optional)
 * fit configurations ("measurements")
 """
+
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import collections
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@
 from pyhf import exceptions, schema
 from pyhf.mixins import _ChannelSummaryMixin
 from pyhf.pdf import Model
+import functools
+import operator
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -464,8 +467,8 @@ def data(self, model, include_auxdata=True):
 
         """
         try:
-            observed_data = sum(
-                (self.observations[c] for c in model.config.channels), []
+            observed_data = functools.reduce(
+                operator.iadd, (self.observations[c] for c in model.config.channels), []
             )
         except KeyError:
             log.error(
@@ -706,7 +709,9 @@ def rename(self, modifiers=None, samples=None, channels=None, measurements=None)
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def combine(cls, left, right, join='none', merge_channels=False):
+    def combine(
+        cls, left, right, join='none', merge_channels=False, validate: bool = True
+    ):
         """
         Return a new workspace specification that is the combination of the two workspaces.
 
@@ -733,6 +738,7 @@ def combine(cls, left, right, join='none', merge_channels=False):
             right (~pyhf.workspace.Workspace): Another workspace
             join (:obj:`str`): How to join the two workspaces. Pick from "none", "outer", "left outer", or "right outer".
             merge_channels (:obj:`bool`): Whether or not to merge channels when performing the combine. This is only done with "outer", "left outer", and "right outer" options.
+            validate (:obj:`bool`): Whether to validate against a JSON schema.
 
         Returns:
             ~pyhf.workspace.Workspace: A new combined workspace object
@@ -770,7 +776,7 @@ def combine(cls, left, right, join='none', merge_channels=False):
             'observations': new_observations,
             'version': new_version,
         }
-        return cls(newspec)
+        return cls(newspec, validate=validate)
 
     @classmethod
     def sorted(cls, workspace):
diff --git a/src/pyhf/writexml.py b/src/pyhf/writexml.py
index 8d3ecd3ca3..ff7aac800b 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/writexml.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/writexml.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def _export_root_histogram(hist_name, data):
 # https://stackoverflow.com/a/4590052
 def indent(elem, level=0):
     i = "\n" + level * "  "
-    if elem:
+    if elem is not None:
         if not elem.text or not elem.text.strip():
             elem.text = i + "  "
         if not elem.tail or not elem.tail.strip():
diff --git a/tbump.toml b/tbump.toml
index 34a0361310..edc6fa00e6 100644
--- a/tbump.toml
+++ b/tbump.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github_url = "https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/"
 
 [version]
-current = "0.7.4"
+current = "0.7.6"
 
 # Example of a semver regexp.
 # Make sure this matches current_version before
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ regex = '''
 
 [git]
 # The current version will get updated when tbump is run
-message_template = "Bump version: 0.7.4 → {new_version}"
+message_template = "Bump version: 0.7.6 → {new_version}"
 tag_template = "v{new_version}"
 
 # For each file to patch, add a [[file]] config
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 2f969e3444..ad2d9d7cba 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -167,6 +167,6 @@ def datadir(tmp_path, request):
         dir_util.copy_tree(test_dir, str(tmp_path))
         # shutil is nicer, but doesn't work: https://bugs.python.org/issue20849
         # Once pyhf is Python 3.8+ only then the below can be used.
-        # shutil.copytree(test_dir, tmpdir)
+        # shutil.copytree(test_dir, tmp_path)
 
     return tmp_path
diff --git a/tests/contrib/test_contrib_utils.py b/tests/contrib/test_contrib_utils.py
index 5a0b69261b..4af73adf2d 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/test_contrib_utils.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/test_contrib_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import tarfile
 import zipfile
-from pathlib import Path
 from shutil import rmtree
 
 import pytest
@@ -10,70 +9,69 @@
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
-def tarfile_path(tmpdir):
-    with open(
-        tmpdir.join("test_file.txt").strpath, "w", encoding="utf-8"
-    ) as write_file:
+def tarfile_path(tmp_path):
+    with open(tmp_path.joinpath("test_file.txt"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as write_file:
         write_file.write("test file")
     with tarfile.open(
-        tmpdir.join("test_tar.tar.gz").strpath, mode="w:gz", encoding="utf-8"
+        tmp_path.joinpath("test_tar.tar.gz"), mode="w:gz", encoding="utf-8"
     ) as archive:
-        archive.add(tmpdir.join("test_file.txt").strpath)
-    return Path(tmpdir.join("test_tar.tar.gz").strpath)
+        archive.add(tmp_path.joinpath("test_file.txt"))
+    return tmp_path.joinpath("test_tar.tar.gz")
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
-def tarfile_uncompressed_path(tmpdir):
-    with open(
-        tmpdir.join("test_file.txt").strpath, "w", encoding="utf-8"
-    ) as write_file:
+def tarfile_uncompressed_path(tmp_path):
+    with open(tmp_path.joinpath("test_file.txt"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as write_file:
         write_file.write("test file")
     with tarfile.open(
-        tmpdir.join("test_tar.tar").strpath, mode="w", encoding="utf-8"
+        tmp_path.joinpath("test_tar.tar"), mode="w", encoding="utf-8"
     ) as archive:
-        archive.add(tmpdir.join("test_file.txt").strpath)
-    return Path(tmpdir.join("test_tar.tar").strpath)
+        archive.add(tmp_path.joinpath("test_file.txt"))
+    return tmp_path.joinpath("test_tar.tar")
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
-def zipfile_path(tmpdir):
-    with open(
-        tmpdir.join("test_file.txt").strpath, "w", encoding="utf-8"
-    ) as write_file:
+def zipfile_path(tmp_path):
+    with open(tmp_path.joinpath("test_file.txt"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as write_file:
         write_file.write("test file")
-    with zipfile.ZipFile(tmpdir.join("test_zip.zip").strpath, "w") as archive:
-        archive.write(tmpdir.join("test_file.txt").strpath)
-    return Path(tmpdir.join("test_zip.zip").strpath)
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(tmp_path.joinpath("test_zip.zip"), "w") as archive:
+        archive.write(tmp_path.joinpath("test_file.txt"))
+    return tmp_path.joinpath("test_zip.zip")
 
 
-def test_download_untrusted_archive_host(tmpdir, requests_mock):
+def test_download_untrusted_archive_host(tmp_path, requests_mock):
     archive_url = "https://www.pyhfthisdoesnotexist.org"
     requests_mock.get(archive_url)
 
     with pytest.raises(InvalidArchiveHost):
-        download(archive_url, tmpdir.join("likelihoods").strpath)
+        download(archive_url, tmp_path.joinpath("likelihoods"))
 
 
-def test_download_invalid_archive(tmpdir, requests_mock):
+def test_download_invalid_archive(tmp_path, requests_mock):
     archive_url = "https://www.hepdata.net/record/resource/1408476?view=true"
     requests_mock.get(archive_url, status_code=404)
 
     with pytest.raises(InvalidArchive):
-        download(archive_url, tmpdir.join("likelihoods").strpath)
+        download(archive_url, tmp_path.joinpath("likelihoods"))
 
 
-def test_download_compress(tmpdir, requests_mock):
+def test_download_compress(tmp_path, requests_mock):
     archive_url = "https://www.hepdata.net/record/resource/1408476?view=true"
     requests_mock.get(archive_url)
 
-    download(archive_url, tmpdir.join("likelihoods").strpath, compress=True)
+    download(archive_url, tmp_path.joinpath("likelihoods"), compress=True)
 
 
 def test_download_archive_type(
-    tmpdir, mocker, requests_mock, tarfile_path, tarfile_uncompressed_path, zipfile_path
+    tmp_path,
+    mocker,
+    requests_mock,
+    tarfile_path,
+    tarfile_uncompressed_path,
+    zipfile_path,
 ):
     archive_url = "https://www.hepdata.net/record/resource/1408476?view=true"
-    output_directory = tmpdir.join("likelihoods").strpath
+    output_directory = tmp_path.joinpath("likelihoods")
     # Give BytesIO a tarfile
     requests_mock.get(archive_url, content=open(tarfile_path, "rb").read())
     download(archive_url, output_directory)
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ def test_download_archive_type(
     requests_mock.get(archive_url, content=open(zipfile_path, "rb").read())
     # Run without and with existing output_directory to cover both
     # cases of the shutil.rmtree logic
-    rmtree(Path(output_directory))
+    rmtree(output_directory)
     download(archive_url, output_directory)  # without
     download(archive_url, output_directory)  # with
 
@@ -97,13 +95,13 @@ def test_download_archive_type(
         download(archive_url, output_directory)
 
 
-def test_download_archive_force(tmpdir, requests_mock, tarfile_path):
+def test_download_archive_force(tmp_path, requests_mock, tarfile_path):
     archive_url = "https://www.cern.ch/record/resource/123456789"
     requests_mock.get(
         archive_url, content=open(tarfile_path, "rb").read(), status_code=200
     )
 
     with pytest.raises(InvalidArchiveHost):
-        download(archive_url, tmpdir.join("likelihoods").strpath, force=False)
+        download(archive_url, tmp_path.joinpath("likelihoods"), force=False)
 
-    download(archive_url, tmpdir.join("likelihoods").strpath, force=True)
+    download(archive_url, tmp_path.joinpath("likelihoods"), force=True)
diff --git a/tests/test_calculator.py b/tests/test_calculator.py
index 97b5fa4e3d..973d1e27bc 100644
--- a/tests/test_calculator.py
+++ b/tests/test_calculator.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def test_asymptotic_calculator_has_fitted_pars(test_stat):
         assert pytest.approx([1.0, 1.0], rel=rtol) == pyhf.tensorlib.tolist(
             fitted_pars.free_fit_to_data
         )
+        # lower tolerance for amd64 and arm64 to agree
         assert pytest.approx(
-            [7.6470499e-05, 1.4997178], rel=rtol
+            [7.6470499e-05, 1.4997178], rel=1e-3
         ) == pyhf.tensorlib.tolist(fitted_pars.free_fit_to_asimov)
diff --git a/tests/test_examples.py b/tests/test_examples.py
index 9d4c2a1e1c..fa545726ec 100644
--- a/tests/test_examples.py
+++ b/tests/test_examples.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import shlex
 
 
-def test_2bin_1channel(tmpdir, script_runner):
+def test_2bin_1channel(tmp_path, script_runner):
     command = f"pyhf inspect {'docs/examples/json/2-bin_1-channel.json':s}"
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
diff --git a/tests/test_export.py b/tests/test_export.py
index bba0aa224e..5c1ebed6e2 100644
--- a/tests/test_export.py
+++ b/tests/test_export.py
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ def test_integer_data(datadir, mocker):
     mocker.patch("pyhf.writexml._ROOT_DATA_FILE")
 
     channel = pyhf.writexml.build_channel(spec, channel_spec, {})
-    assert channel
+    assert channel is not None
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
diff --git a/tests/test_infer.py b/tests/test_infer.py
index f6a5bc6e92..0ccd072b94 100644
--- a/tests/test_infer.py
+++ b/tests/test_infer.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def check_uniform_type(in_list):
     )
 
 
-def test_toms748_scan(tmpdir, hypotest_args):
+def test_toms748_scan(tmp_path, hypotest_args):
     """
     Test the upper limit toms748 scan returns the correct structure and values
     """
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def test_upper_limit_with_kwargs(hypotest_args):
     )
 
 
-def test_mle_fit_default(tmpdir, hypotest_args):
+def test_mle_fit_default(tmp_path, hypotest_args):
     """
     Check that the default return structure of pyhf.infer.mle.fit is as expected
     """
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def test_mle_fit_default(tmpdir, hypotest_args):
     assert pyhf.tensorlib.shape(result) == (model.config.npars,)
 
 
-def test_mle_fit_return_fitted_val(tmpdir, hypotest_args):
+def test_mle_fit_return_fitted_val(tmp_path, hypotest_args):
     """
     Check that the return structure of pyhf.infer.mle.fit with the
     return_fitted_val keyword arg is as expected
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def test_mle_fit_return_fitted_val(tmpdir, hypotest_args):
     assert pyhf.tensorlib.shape(result[1]) == ()
 
 
-def test_hypotest_default(tmpdir, hypotest_args):
+def test_hypotest_default(tmp_path, hypotest_args):
     """
     Check that the default return structure of pyhf.infer.hypotest is as expected
     """
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def test_hypotest_default(tmpdir, hypotest_args):
     assert isinstance(result, type(tb.astensor(result)))
 
 
-def test_hypotest_poi_outofbounds(tmpdir, hypotest_args):
+def test_hypotest_poi_outofbounds(tmp_path, hypotest_args):
     """
     Check that the fit errors for POI outside of parameter bounds
     """
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def test_hypotest_poi_outofbounds(tmpdir, hypotest_args):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('test_stat', ['q0', 'q', 'qtilde'])
-def test_hypotest_return_tail_probs(tmpdir, hypotest_args, test_stat):
+def test_hypotest_return_tail_probs(tmp_path, hypotest_args, test_stat):
     """
     Check that the return structure of pyhf.infer.hypotest with the
     return_tail_probs keyword arg is as expected
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def test_hypotest_return_tail_probs(tmpdir, hypotest_args, test_stat):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('test_stat', ['q0', 'q', 'qtilde'])
-def test_hypotest_return_expected(tmpdir, hypotest_args, test_stat):
+def test_hypotest_return_expected(tmp_path, hypotest_args, test_stat):
     """
     Check that the return structure of pyhf.infer.hypotest with the
     addition of the return_expected keyword arg is as expected
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def test_hypotest_return_expected(tmpdir, hypotest_args, test_stat):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('test_stat', ['q0', 'q', 'qtilde'])
-def test_hypotest_return_expected_set(tmpdir, hypotest_args, test_stat):
+def test_hypotest_return_expected_set(tmp_path, hypotest_args, test_stat):
     """
     Check that the return structure of pyhf.infer.hypotest with the
     addition of the return_expected_set keyword arg is as expected
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ def test_hypotest_return_expected_set(tmpdir, hypotest_args, test_stat):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('return_expected', [True, False])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('return_expected_set', [True, False])
 def test_hypotest_return_calculator(
-    tmpdir,
+    tmp_path,
     hypotest_args,
     calctype,
     kwargs,
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ def test_significance_to_pvalue_roundtrip(backend):
     assert np.allclose(sigma, back_to_sigma, atol=0, rtol=rtol)
 
 
-def test_emperical_distribution(tmpdir, hypotest_args):
+def test_emperical_distribution(tmp_path, hypotest_args):
     """
     Check that the empirical distribution of the test statistic gives
     expected results
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ def test_emperical_distribution(tmpdir, hypotest_args):
     )
 
 
-def test_toy_calculator(tmpdir, hypotest_args):
+def test_toy_calculator(tmp_path, hypotest_args):
     """
     Check that the toy calculator is performing as expected
     """
diff --git a/tests/test_interpolate.py b/tests/test_interpolate.py
index ef8e382b66..52b5830f12 100644
--- a/tests/test_interpolate.py
+++ b/tests/test_interpolate.py
@@ -178,9 +178,7 @@ def test_code0_validation(backend, do_tensorized_calc):
 def test_code1_validation(backend, do_tensorized_calc):
     histogramssets = [[[[0.9], [1.0], [1.1]]]]
     alphasets = pyhf.tensorlib.astensor([[-2, -1, 0, 1, 2]])
-    expected = pyhf.tensorlib.astensor(
-        [[[[0.9**2], [0.9], [1.0], [1.1], [1.1**2]]]]
-    )
+    expected = pyhf.tensorlib.astensor([[[[0.9**2], [0.9], [1.0], [1.1], [1.1**2]]]])
 
     interpolator = pyhf.interpolators.get(1, do_tensorized_calc=do_tensorized_calc)(
         histogramssets, subscribe=False
diff --git a/tests/test_notebooks.py b/tests/test_notebooks.py
index 07b978c2ff..bc005f2201 100644
--- a/tests/test_notebooks.py
+++ b/tests/test_notebooks.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()
-def common_kwargs(tmpdir):
-    outputnb = tmpdir.join('output.ipynb')
+def common_kwargs(tmp_path):
+    outputnb = tmp_path.joinpath('output.ipynb')
     return {
         'output_path': str(outputnb),
         'kernel_name': f'python{sys.version_info.major}',
diff --git a/tests/test_scripts.py b/tests/test_scripts.py
index 0dd88e9b8a..9d00814c8e 100644
--- a/tests/test_scripts.py
+++ b/tests/test_scripts.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import tarfile
 import time
 from importlib import import_module, reload
-from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
@@ -15,16 +14,14 @@
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
-def tarfile_path(tmpdir):
-    with open(
-        tmpdir.join("test_file.txt").strpath, "w", encoding="utf-8"
-    ) as write_file:
+def tarfile_path(tmp_path):
+    with open(tmp_path.joinpath("test_file.txt"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as write_file:
         write_file.write("test file")
     with tarfile.open(
-        tmpdir.join("test_tar.tar.gz").strpath, mode="w:gz", encoding="utf-8"
+        tmp_path.joinpath("test_tar.tar.gz"), mode="w:gz", encoding="utf-8"
     ) as archive:
-        archive.add(tmpdir.join("test_file.txt").strpath)
-    return Path(tmpdir.join("test_tar.tar.gz").strpath)
+        archive.add(tmp_path.joinpath("test_file.txt"))
+    return tmp_path.joinpath("test_tar.tar.gz")
 
 
 def test_version(script_runner):
@@ -57,29 +54,29 @@ def test_citation(script_runner, flag):
 
 
 # see test_import.py for the same (detailed) test
-def test_import_prepHistFactory(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s} --hide-progress'
+def test_import_prepHistFactory(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp} --hide-progress'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
     assert ret.stdout == ''
     assert ret.stderr == ''
 
-    parsed_xml = json.loads(temp.read())
+    parsed_xml = json.loads(temp.read_text())
     spec = {'channels': parsed_xml['channels']}
     pyhf.schema.validate(spec, 'model.json')
 
 
-def test_import_prepHistFactory_withProgress(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s}'
+def test_import_prepHistFactory_withProgress(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
     assert ret.stdout == ''
     assert ret.stderr != ''
 
 
-def test_import_prepHistFactory_stdout(tmpdir, script_runner):
+def test_import_prepHistFactory_stdout(tmp_path, script_runner):
     command = 'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
@@ -89,12 +86,12 @@ def test_import_prepHistFactory_stdout(tmpdir, script_runner):
     assert d
 
 
-def test_import_prepHistFactory_and_fit(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f"pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s}"
+def test_import_prepHistFactory_and_fit(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f"pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp}"
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    command = f"pyhf fit {temp.strpath:s}"
+    command = f"pyhf fit {temp}"
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
     assert ret.success
@@ -109,7 +106,7 @@ def test_import_prepHistFactory_and_fit(tmpdir, script_runner):
         "LogNormExample",
         "ConstExample",
     ]:
-        command = f"pyhf fit {temp.strpath:s} --value --measurement {measurement:s}"
+        command = f"pyhf fit {temp} --value --measurement {measurement:s}"
         ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
         assert ret.success
@@ -118,22 +115,22 @@ def test_import_prepHistFactory_and_fit(tmpdir, script_runner):
         assert "mle_parameters" in ret_json
         assert "twice_nll" in ret_json
 
-        tmp_out = tmpdir.join(f"{measurement:s}_output.json")
+        tmp_out = tmp_path.joinpath(f"{measurement:s}_output.json")
         # make sure output file works too
-        command += f" --output-file {tmp_out.strpath:s}"
+        command += f" --output-file {tmp_out}"
         ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
         assert ret.success
-        ret_json = json.load(tmp_out)
+        ret_json = json.load(tmp_out.open())
         assert "mle_parameters" in ret_json
         assert "twice_nll" in ret_json
 
 
-def test_import_prepHistFactory_and_cls(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s}'
+def test_import_prepHistFactory_and_cls(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    command = f'pyhf cls {temp.strpath:s}'
+    command = f'pyhf cls {temp}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
     assert ret.success
@@ -148,7 +145,7 @@ def test_import_prepHistFactory_and_cls(tmpdir, script_runner):
         'LogNormExample',
         'ConstExample',
     ]:
-        command = f'pyhf cls {temp.strpath:s} --measurement {measurement:s}'
+        command = f'pyhf cls {temp} --measurement {measurement:s}'
         ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
         assert ret.success
@@ -157,37 +154,37 @@ def test_import_prepHistFactory_and_cls(tmpdir, script_runner):
         assert 'CLs_obs' in d
         assert 'CLs_exp' in d
 
-        tmp_out = tmpdir.join(f'{measurement:s}_output.json')
+        tmp_out = tmp_path.joinpath(f'{measurement:s}_output.json')
         # make sure output file works too
-        command += f' --output-file {tmp_out.strpath:s}'
+        command += f' --output-file {tmp_out}'
         ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
         assert ret.success
-        d = json.load(tmp_out)
+        d = json.load(tmp_out.open())
         assert 'CLs_obs' in d
         assert 'CLs_exp' in d
 
 
-def test_import_usingMounts(datadir, tmpdir, script_runner):
+def test_import_usingMounts(datadir, tmp_path, script_runner):
     data = datadir.joinpath("xmlimport_absolutePaths")
 
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json --hide-progress -v {data}:/absolute/path/to -v {data}:/another/absolute/path/to --output-file {temp.strpath:s} {data.joinpath("config/example.xml")}'
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json --hide-progress -v {data}:/absolute/path/to -v {data}:/another/absolute/path/to --output-file {temp} {data.joinpath("config/example.xml")}'
 
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
     assert ret.stdout == ''
     assert ret.stderr == ''
 
-    parsed_xml = json.loads(temp.read())
+    parsed_xml = json.loads(temp.read_text())
     spec = {'channels': parsed_xml['channels']}
     pyhf.schema.validate(spec, 'model.json')
 
 
-def test_import_usingMounts_badDelimitedPaths(datadir, tmpdir, script_runner):
+def test_import_usingMounts_badDelimitedPaths(datadir, tmp_path, script_runner):
     data = datadir.joinpath("xmlimport_absolutePaths")
 
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json --hide-progress -v {data}::/absolute/path/to -v {data}/another/absolute/path/to --output-file {temp.strpath:s} {data.joinpath("config/example.xml")}'
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json --hide-progress -v {data}::/absolute/path/to -v {data}/another/absolute/path/to --output-file {temp} {data.joinpath("config/example.xml")}'
 
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert not ret.success
@@ -196,12 +193,12 @@ def test_import_usingMounts_badDelimitedPaths(datadir, tmpdir, script_runner):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("backend", ["numpy", "tensorflow", "pytorch", "jax"])
-def test_fit_backend_option(tmpdir, script_runner, backend):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f"pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s}"
+def test_fit_backend_option(tmp_path, script_runner, backend):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f"pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp}"
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    command = f"pyhf fit --backend {backend:s} {temp.strpath:s}"
+    command = f"pyhf fit --backend {backend:s} {temp}"
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
     assert ret.success
@@ -211,12 +208,12 @@ def test_fit_backend_option(tmpdir, script_runner, backend):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("backend", ["numpy", "tensorflow", "pytorch", "jax"])
-def test_cls_backend_option(tmpdir, script_runner, backend):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s}'
+def test_cls_backend_option(tmp_path, script_runner, backend):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    command = f'pyhf cls --backend {backend:s} {temp.strpath:s}'
+    command = f'pyhf cls --backend {backend:s} {temp}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
     assert ret.success
@@ -226,86 +223,98 @@ def test_cls_backend_option(tmpdir, script_runner, backend):
     assert 'CLs_exp' in d
 
 
-def test_import_and_export(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s}'
+def test_import_and_export(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    command = f"pyhf json2xml {temp.strpath:s} --output-dir {tmpdir.mkdir('output').strpath:s}"
+    output_dir_path = tmp_path / "output"
+    output_dir_path.mkdir()
+
+    command = f"pyhf json2xml {temp} --output-dir {output_dir_path}"
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
 
-def test_patch(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    patch = tmpdir.join('patch.json')
+def test_patch(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    patch = tmp_path.joinpath('patch.json')
 
-    patch.write(
+    patch.write_text(
         '''
 [{"op": "replace", "path": "/channels/0/samples/0/data", "value": [5,6]}]
     '''
     )
 
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s}'
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    command = f'pyhf cls {temp.strpath:s} --patch {patch.strpath:s}'
+    command = f'pyhf cls {temp} --patch {patch}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
-    command = f"pyhf json2xml {temp.strpath:s} --output-dir {tmpdir.mkdir('output_1').strpath:s} --patch {patch.strpath:s}"
+    output_dir_path = tmp_path / "output_1"
+    output_dir_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+
+    command = f"pyhf json2xml {temp} --output-dir {output_dir_path} --patch {patch}"
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
-    command = f'pyhf cls {temp.strpath:s} --patch -'
+    command = f'pyhf cls {temp} --patch -'
 
-    ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command), stdin=patch)
+    ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command), stdin=patch.open())
     assert ret.success
 
-    command = f"pyhf json2xml {temp.strpath:s} --output-dir {tmpdir.mkdir('output_2').strpath:s} --patch -"
-    ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command), stdin=patch)
+    output_dir_path = tmp_path / "output_2"
+    output_dir_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+
+    command = f"pyhf json2xml {temp} --output-dir {output_dir_path} --patch -"
+    ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command), stdin=patch.open())
     assert ret.success
 
 
-def test_patch_fail(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    patch = tmpdir.join('patch.json')
+def test_patch_fail(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    patch = tmp_path.joinpath('patch.json')
 
-    patch.write('''not,json''')
+    patch.write_text('''not,json''')
 
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s}'
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    command = f'pyhf cls {temp.strpath:s} --patch {patch.strpath:s}'
+    command = f'pyhf cls {temp} --patch {patch}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert not ret.success
 
-    command = f"pyhf json2xml {temp.strpath:s} --output-dir {tmpdir.mkdir('output').strpath:s} --patch {patch.strpath:s}"
+    output_dir_path = tmp_path / "output"
+    output_dir_path.mkdir()
+
+    command = f"pyhf json2xml {temp} --output-dir {output_dir_path} --patch {patch}"
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert not ret.success
 
 
-def test_bad_measurement_name(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s}'
+def test_bad_measurement_name(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    command = f'pyhf cls {temp.strpath:s} --measurement "a-fake-measurement-name"'
+    command = f'pyhf cls {temp} --measurement "a-fake-measurement-name"'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert not ret.success
     # assert 'no measurement by name' in ret.stderr  # numpy swallows the log.error() here, dunno why
 
 
-def test_testpoi(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s}'
+def test_testpoi(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
     pois = [1.0, 0.5, 0.001]
     results_exp = []
     results_obs = []
     for test_poi in pois:
-        command = f'pyhf cls {temp.strpath:s} --test-poi {test_poi:f}'
+        command = f'pyhf cls {temp} --test-poi {test_poi:f}'
         ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
         assert ret.success
@@ -331,13 +340,13 @@ def test_testpoi(tmpdir, script_runner):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "opts,success", [(["maxiter=1000"], True), (["maxiter=1"], False)]
 )
-def test_fit_optimizer(tmpdir, script_runner, optimizer, opts, success):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f"pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s}"
+def test_fit_optimizer(tmp_path, script_runner, optimizer, opts, success):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f"pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp}"
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
     optconf = " ".join(f"--optconf {opt}" for opt in opts)
-    command = f"pyhf fit --optimizer {optimizer} {optconf} {temp.strpath}"
+    command = f"pyhf fit --optimizer {optimizer} {optconf} {temp}"
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
     assert ret.success == success
@@ -347,39 +356,39 @@ def test_fit_optimizer(tmpdir, script_runner, optimizer, opts, success):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'opts,success', [(['maxiter=1000'], True), (['maxiter=1'], False)]
 )
-def test_cls_optimizer(tmpdir, script_runner, optimizer, opts, success):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s}'
+def test_cls_optimizer(tmp_path, script_runner, optimizer, opts, success):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
     optconf = " ".join(f"--optconf {opt}" for opt in opts)
-    command = f'pyhf cls {temp.strpath} --optimizer {optimizer} {optconf}'
+    command = f'pyhf cls {temp} --optimizer {optimizer} {optconf}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
     assert ret.success == success
 
 
-def test_inspect(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s} --hide-progress'
+def test_inspect(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp} --hide-progress'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    command = f'pyhf inspect {temp.strpath:s}'
+    command = f'pyhf inspect {temp}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
 
-def test_inspect_outfile(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s} --hide-progress'
+def test_inspect_outfile(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp} --hide-progress'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    tempout = tmpdir.join("inspect_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf inspect {temp.strpath:s} --output-file {tempout.strpath:s}'
+    tempout = tmp_path.joinpath("inspect_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf inspect {temp} --output-file {tempout}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
-    summary = json.loads(tempout.read())
+    summary = json.loads(tempout.read_text())
     assert [
         'channels',
         'measurements',
@@ -396,65 +405,63 @@ def test_inspect_outfile(tmpdir, script_runner):
     assert len(summary['systematics']) == 6
 
 
-def test_prune(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s} --hide-progress'
+def test_prune(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp} --hide-progress'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    command = (
-        f"pyhf prune -m staterror_channel1 --measurement GammaExample {temp.strpath:s}"
-    )
+    command = f"pyhf prune -m staterror_channel1 --measurement GammaExample {temp}"
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
 
-def test_prune_outfile(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s} --hide-progress'
+def test_prune_outfile(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp} --hide-progress'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    tempout = tmpdir.join("prune_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf prune -m staterror_channel1 --measurement GammaExample {temp.strpath:s} --output-file {tempout.strpath:s}'
+    tempout = tmp_path.joinpath("prune_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf prune -m staterror_channel1 --measurement GammaExample {temp} --output-file {tempout}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
-    spec = json.loads(temp.read())
+    spec = json.loads(temp.read_text())
     ws = pyhf.Workspace(spec)
     assert 'GammaExample' in ws.measurement_names
     assert 'staterror_channel1' in ws.model().config.parameters
-    pruned_spec = json.loads(tempout.read())
+    pruned_spec = json.loads(tempout.read_text())
     pruned_ws = pyhf.Workspace(pruned_spec)
     assert 'GammaExample' not in pruned_ws.measurement_names
     assert 'staterror_channel1' not in pruned_ws.model().config.parameters
 
 
-def test_rename(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s} --hide-progress'
+def test_rename(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp} --hide-progress'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    command = f'pyhf rename -m staterror_channel1 staterror_channelone --measurement GammaExample GamEx {temp.strpath:s}'
+    command = f'pyhf rename -m staterror_channel1 staterror_channelone --measurement GammaExample GamEx {temp}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
 
-def test_rename_outfile(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s} --hide-progress'
+def test_rename_outfile(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp} --hide-progress'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    tempout = tmpdir.join("rename_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf rename -m staterror_channel1 staterror_channelone --measurement GammaExample GamEx {temp.strpath:s} --output-file {tempout.strpath:s}'
+    tempout = tmp_path.joinpath("rename_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf rename -m staterror_channel1 staterror_channelone --measurement GammaExample GamEx {temp} --output-file {tempout}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
-    spec = json.loads(temp.read())
+    spec = json.loads(temp.read_text())
     ws = pyhf.Workspace(spec)
     assert 'GammaExample' in ws.measurement_names
     assert 'GamEx' not in ws.measurement_names
     assert 'staterror_channel1' in ws.model().config.parameters
     assert 'staterror_channelone' not in ws.model().config.parameters
-    renamed_spec = json.loads(tempout.read())
+    renamed_spec = json.loads(tempout.read_text())
     renamed_ws = pyhf.Workspace(renamed_spec)
     assert 'GammaExample' not in renamed_ws.measurement_names
     assert 'GamEx' in renamed_ws.measurement_names
@@ -462,10 +469,10 @@ def test_rename_outfile(tmpdir, script_runner):
     assert 'staterror_channelone' in renamed_ws.model().config.parameters
 
 
-def test_combine(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp_1 = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    temp_2 = tmpdir.join("renamed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp_1.strpath:s} --hide-progress'
+def test_combine(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp_1 = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    temp_2 = tmp_path.joinpath("renamed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp_1} --hide-progress'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
     rename_channels = {'channel1': 'channel2'}
@@ -482,18 +489,18 @@ def test_combine(tmpdir, script_runner):
     _opts_measurements = ''.join(
         ' --measurement ' + ' '.join(item) for item in rename_measurements.items()
     )
-    command = f"pyhf rename {temp_1.strpath:s} {_opts_channels:s} {_opts_measurements:s} --output-file {temp_2.strpath:s}"
+    command = f"pyhf rename {temp_1} {_opts_channels:s} {_opts_measurements:s} --output-file {temp_2}"
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    command = f'pyhf combine {temp_1.strpath:s} {temp_2.strpath:s}'
+    command = f'pyhf combine {temp_1} {temp_2}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
 
-def test_combine_outfile(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp_1 = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    temp_2 = tmpdir.join("renamed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp_1.strpath:s} --hide-progress'
+def test_combine_outfile(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp_1 = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    temp_2 = tmp_path.joinpath("renamed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp_1} --hide-progress'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
     rename_channels = {'channel1': 'channel2'}
@@ -510,35 +517,33 @@ def test_combine_outfile(tmpdir, script_runner):
     _opts_measurements = ''.join(
         ' --measurement ' + ' '.join(item) for item in rename_measurements.items()
     )
-    command = f"pyhf rename {temp_1.strpath:s} {_opts_channels:s} {_opts_measurements:s} --output-file {temp_2.strpath:s}"
+    command = f"pyhf rename {temp_1} {_opts_channels:s} {_opts_measurements:s} --output-file {temp_2}"
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    tempout = tmpdir.join("combined_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf combine {temp_1.strpath:s} {temp_2.strpath:s} --output-file {tempout.strpath:s}'
+    tempout = tmp_path.joinpath("combined_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf combine {temp_1} {temp_2} --output-file {tempout}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
-    combined_spec = json.loads(tempout.read())
+    combined_spec = json.loads(tempout.read_text())
     combined_ws = pyhf.Workspace(combined_spec)
     assert combined_ws.channels == ['channel1', 'channel2']
     assert len(combined_ws.measurement_names) == 8
 
 
-def test_combine_merge_channels(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp_1 = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    temp_2 = tmpdir.join("renamed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp_1.strpath} --hide-progress'
+def test_combine_merge_channels(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp_1 = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    temp_2 = tmp_path.joinpath("renamed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp_1} --hide-progress'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
-    command = (
-        f'pyhf prune {temp_1.strpath} --sample signal --output-file {temp_2.strpath}'
-    )
+    command = f'pyhf prune {temp_1} --sample signal --output-file {temp_2}'
 
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
-    command = f'pyhf combine --merge-channels --join "left outer" {temp_1.strpath} {temp_2.strpath}'
+    command = f'pyhf combine --merge-channels --join "left outer" {temp_1} {temp_2}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
@@ -547,17 +552,19 @@ def test_combine_merge_channels(tmpdir, script_runner):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'algorithms', [['md5'], ['sha256'], ['sha256', 'md5'], ['sha256', 'md5']]
 )
-def test_workspace_digest(tmpdir, script_runner, algorithms, do_json):
+def test_workspace_digest(tmp_path, script_runner, algorithms, do_json):
     results = {
         'md5': '7de8930ff37e5a4f6a31da11bda7813f',
         'sha256': '6d416ee67a40460499ea2ef596fb1e682a563d7df06e690018a211d35238aecc',
     }
 
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath} --hide-progress'
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp} --hide-progress'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    command = f"pyhf digest {temp.strpath} -a {' -a '.join(algorithms)}{' -j' if do_json else ''}"
+    command = (
+        f"pyhf digest {temp} -a {' -a '.join(algorithms)}{' -j' if do_json else ''}"
+    )
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
     assert all(algorithm in ret.stdout for algorithm in algorithms)
@@ -588,21 +595,23 @@ def test_workspace_digest(tmpdir, script_runner, algorithms, do_json):
         "https://doi.org/10.17182/hepdata.89408.v1/r2",
     ],
 )
-def test_patchset_download(tmpdir, script_runner, requests_mock, tarfile_path, archive):
+def test_patchset_download(
+    tmp_path, script_runner, requests_mock, tarfile_path, archive
+):
     requests_mock.get(archive, content=open(tarfile_path, "rb").read())
-    command = f'pyhf contrib download {archive} {tmpdir.join("likelihoods").strpath}'
+    command = f'pyhf contrib download {archive} {tmp_path.joinpath("likelihoods")}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
     # Run with all optional flags
-    command = f'pyhf contrib download --verbose --force {archive} {tmpdir.join("likelihoods").strpath}'
+    command = f'pyhf contrib download --verbose --force {archive} {tmp_path.joinpath("likelihoods")}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
     requests_mock.get(
         "https://www.pyhfthisdoesnotexist.org/record/resource/1234567", status_code=200
     )
-    command = f'pyhf contrib download --verbose https://www.pyhfthisdoesnotexist.org/record/resource/1234567 {tmpdir.join("likelihoods").strpath}'
+    command = f'pyhf contrib download --verbose https://www.pyhfthisdoesnotexist.org/record/resource/1234567 {tmp_path.joinpath("likelihoods")}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert not ret.success
     assert (
@@ -614,7 +623,7 @@ def test_patchset_download(tmpdir, script_runner, requests_mock, tarfile_path, a
     requests_mock.get(
         "https://httpstat.us/404/record/resource/1234567", status_code=404
     )
-    command = f'pyhf contrib download --verbose --force https://httpstat.us/404/record/resource/1234567 {tmpdir.join("likelihoods").strpath}'
+    command = f'pyhf contrib download --verbose --force https://httpstat.us/404/record/resource/1234567 {tmp_path.joinpath("likelihoods")}'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert not ret.success
     assert "gives a response code of 404" in ret.stderr
@@ -686,11 +695,11 @@ def test_patchset_inspect(datadir, script_runner):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('output_file', [False, True])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('with_metadata', [False, True])
-def test_patchset_extract(datadir, tmpdir, script_runner, output_file, with_metadata):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("extracted_output.json")
+def test_patchset_extract(datadir, tmp_path, script_runner, output_file, with_metadata):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("extracted_output.json")
     command = f'pyhf patchset extract {datadir.joinpath("example_patchset.json")} --name patch_channel1_signal_syst1'
     if output_file:
-        command += f" --output-file {temp.strpath}"
+        command += f" --output-file {temp}"
     if with_metadata:
         command += " --with-metadata"
 
@@ -698,7 +707,7 @@ def test_patchset_extract(datadir, tmpdir, script_runner, output_file, with_meta
 
     assert ret.success
     if output_file:
-        extracted_output = json.loads(temp.read())
+        extracted_output = json.loads(temp.read_text())
     else:
         extracted_output = json.loads(ret.stdout)
     if with_metadata:
@@ -721,17 +730,17 @@ def test_patchset_verify(datadir, script_runner):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('output_file', [False, True])
-def test_patchset_apply(datadir, tmpdir, script_runner, output_file):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("patched_output.json")
+def test_patchset_apply(datadir, tmp_path, script_runner, output_file):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("patched_output.json")
     command = f'pyhf patchset apply {datadir.joinpath("example_bkgonly.json")} {datadir.joinpath("example_patchset.json")} --name patch_channel1_signal_syst1'
     if output_file:
-        command += f" --output-file {temp.strpath}"
+        command += f" --output-file {temp}"
 
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
     assert ret.success
     if output_file:
-        extracted_output = json.loads(temp.read())
+        extracted_output = json.loads(temp.read_text())
     else:
         extracted_output = json.loads(ret.stdout)
     assert extracted_output['channels'][0]['samples'][0]['modifiers'][0]['data'] == {
@@ -740,24 +749,24 @@ def test_patchset_apply(datadir, tmpdir, script_runner, output_file):
     }
 
 
-def test_sort(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s} --hide-progress'
+def test_sort(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp} --hide-progress'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    command = f'pyhf sort {temp.strpath}'
+    command = f'pyhf sort {temp}'
 
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
 
 
-def test_sort_outfile(tmpdir, script_runner):
-    temp = tmpdir.join("parsed_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp.strpath:s} --hide-progress'
+def test_sort_outfile(tmp_path, script_runner):
+    temp = tmp_path.joinpath("parsed_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf xml2json validation/xmlimport_input/config/example.xml --basedir validation/xmlimport_input/ --output-file {temp} --hide-progress'
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
 
-    tempout = tmpdir.join("sort_output.json")
-    command = f'pyhf sort {temp.strpath} --output-file {tempout.strpath}'
+    tempout = tmp_path.joinpath("sort_output.json")
+    command = f'pyhf sort {temp} --output-file {tempout}'
 
     ret = script_runner.run(shlex.split(command))
     assert ret.success
diff --git a/tests/test_workspace.py b/tests/test_workspace.py
index 55ee0df046..e966d6c3f1 100644
--- a/tests/test_workspace.py
+++ b/tests/test_workspace.py
@@ -791,6 +791,28 @@ def test_combine_workspace(workspace_factory, join):
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("join", pyhf.Workspace.valid_joins)
+def test_combine_workspace_without_validation(mocker, workspace_factory, join):
+    ws = workspace_factory()
+    new_ws = ws.rename(
+        channels={channel: f"renamed_{channel}" for channel in ws.channels},
+        samples={sample: f"renamed_{sample}" for sample in ws.samples},
+        modifiers={
+            modifier: f"renamed_{modifier}"
+            for modifier, _ in ws.modifiers
+            if modifier != "lumi"
+        },
+        measurements={
+            measurement: f"renamed_{measurement}"
+            for measurement in ws.measurement_names
+        },
+    )
+
+    mocker.patch("pyhf.schema.validate")
+    pyhf.Workspace.combine(ws, new_ws, join=join, validate=False)
+    assert pyhf.schema.validate.called is False
+
+
 def test_workspace_equality(workspace_factory):
     ws = workspace_factory()
     ws_other = workspace_factory()