diff --git a/.github/workflows/contrib.yml b/.github/workflows/contrib.yml
index cb4f9117d6..100c332440 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/contrib.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/contrib.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: ['ubuntu-18.04']
+        os: ['ubuntu-latest']
         python-version: [3.8]
         nipype-extras: ['dev']
         check: ['specs', 'style']
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ jobs:
       CI_SKIP_TEST: 1
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Display Python version
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests
         run: tools/ci/check.sh
         if: ${{ matrix.check != 'skiptests' }}
-      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
           file: coverage.xml
         if: ${{ always() }}
       - name: Upload pytest test results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: pytest-results-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}
           path: test-results.xml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/package.yml b/.github/workflows/package.yml
index 92b093468a..2d4d665448 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package.yml
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ jobs:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: 3.8
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Display Python version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 9252958f2d..65aba65687 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ jobs:
       CI_SKIP_TEST: 1
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Display Python version
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests
         run: tools/ci/check.sh
         if: ${{ matrix.check != 'skiptests' }}
-      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
           file: coverage.xml
         if: ${{ always() }}
       - name: Upload pytest test results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: pytest-results-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}
           path: test-results.xml
diff --git a/nipype/algorithms/tests/test_CompCor.py b/nipype/algorithms/tests/test_CompCor.py
index eeb3ce42db..51b1ea60f7 100644
--- a/nipype/algorithms/tests/test_CompCor.py
+++ b/nipype/algorithms/tests/test_CompCor.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 def close_up_to_column_sign(a, b, rtol=1e-05, atol=1e-08, equal_nan=False):
     """SVD can produce sign flips on a per-column basis."""
+    a = np.asanyarray(a)
+    b = np.asanyarray(b)
     kwargs = dict(rtol=rtol, atol=atol, equal_nan=equal_nan)
     if np.allclose(a, b, **kwargs):
         return True
diff --git a/nipype/info.py b/nipype/info.py
index 4de8f9ff01..bfc4e2f841 100644
--- a/nipype/info.py
+++ b/nipype/info.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ def get_nipype_gitversion():
 NUMPY_MIN_VERSION = "1.17"
 SCIPY_MIN_VERSION = "0.14"
 TRAITS_MIN_VERSION = "4.6"
+TRAITS_MAX_VERSION = "6.4"
 DATEUTIL_MIN_VERSION = "2.2"
 SIMPLEJSON_MIN_VERSION = "3.8.0"
 PROV_MIN_VERSION = "1.5.2"
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ def get_nipype_gitversion():
     "rdflib>=%s" % RDFLIB_MIN_VERSION,
     "scipy>=%s" % SCIPY_MIN_VERSION,
     "simplejson>=%s" % SIMPLEJSON_MIN_VERSION,
-    "traits>=%s,!=5.0" % TRAITS_MIN_VERSION,
+    "traits>=%s,<%s,!=5.0" % (TRAITS_MIN_VERSION, TRAITS_MAX_VERSION),
     "filelock>=3.0.0",
     "etelemetry>=0.2.0",
     "looseversion",