diff --git a/.copier-answers.yml b/.copier-answers.yml
index d2c34cfc4db..f0685016de0 100644
--- a/.copier-answers.yml
+++ b/.copier-answers.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Do NOT update manually; changes here will be overwritten by Copier
-_commit: v1.17.2
+_commit: v1.21.1
 _src_path: gh:oca/oca-addons-repo-template
 ci: GitHub
+convert_readme_fragments_to_markdown: false
 generate_requirements_txt: true
 github_check_license: true
 github_ci_extra_env: {}
@@ -19,4 +20,6 @@ repo_description: Set of general modules related to HR management
 repo_name: HR modules
 repo_slug: hr
 repo_website: https://github.com/OCA/hr
+use_pyproject_toml: false
+use_ruff: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 1693a1253bd..fa17fcd4e85 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Stale PRs and issues policy
-        uses: actions/stale@v4
+        uses: actions/stale@v9
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           # General settings.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       # * Issues that are pending more information
       # * Except Issues marked as "no stale"
       - name: Needs more information stale issues policy
-        uses: actions/stale@v4
+        uses: actions/stale@v9
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           ascending: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 326c1255676..d069c6a2abf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ jobs:
         run: oca_init_test_database
       - name: Run tests
         run: oca_run_tests
-      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
       - name: Update .pot files
         run: oca_export_and_push_pot https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GIT_PUSH_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
         if: ${{ matrix.makepot == 'true' && github.event_name == 'push' && github.repository_owner == 'OCA' }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9c283fd41f6..0090721f5d2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
 /.venv
 /.pytest_cache
+/.ruff_cache
 
 # C extensions
 *.so
diff --git a/.oca_hooks.cfg b/.oca_hooks.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f3e3e42674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.oca_hooks.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[MESSAGES_CONTROL]
+disable=xml-deprecated-data-node,xml-deprecated-tree-attribute
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 4a4ab46a374..d949a94831a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ exclude: |
   ^docs/_templates/.*\.html$|
   # Don't bother non-technical authors with formatting issues in docs
   readme/.*\.(rst|md)$|
+  # Ignore build and dist directories in addons
+  /build/|/dist/|
+  # Ignore test files in addons
+  /tests/samples/.*|
   # You don't usually want a bot to modify your legal texts
   (LICENSE.*|COPYING.*)
 default_language_version:
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@ repos:
         language: fail
         files: '[a-zA-Z0-9_]*/i18n/en\.po$'
   - repo: https://github.com/oca/maintainer-tools
-    rev: 969238e47c07d0c40573acff81d170f63245d738
+    rev: 9a170331575a265c092ee6b24b845ec508e8ef75
     hooks:
       # update the NOT INSTALLABLE ADDONS section above
       - id: oca-update-pre-commit-excluded-addons
@@ -48,6 +52,7 @@ repos:
           - --org-name=OCA
           - --repo-name=hr
           - --if-source-changed
+          - --keep-source-digest
   - repo: https://github.com/OCA/odoo-pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v0.0.25
     hooks: