diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index c0b7fc7d1..284d73d0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Setup python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0  # fetch the complete repo history (for setuptools-scm)
 
       - name: Cache pip
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
           key: pip-cache-${{ hashFiles('requirements/*.txt') }}
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ jobs:
           mkdir doc_cache  # make sure cache dir exists
 
       - name: Cache FastF1
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
+          save-always: true
           path: ./doc_cache
           key: fastf1-doc-cache-${{ hashFiles('*.*') }}
           restore-keys: |
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p docs/_build/html
 
       - name: Checkout current docs
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: gh-pages
           path: docs/_build/html
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
           git push origin gh-pages --force
 
       - name: Upload docs as artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: github.event_name != 'release'
         with:
           name: Documentation Build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5292ceaaf..871d6637f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0  # fetch the complete repo history (for setuptools-scm)
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: '3.12'
     - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/selective_cache_persist.yml b/.github/workflows/selective_cache_persist.yml
index 59e4e690b..f8e3f7ca9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/selective_cache_persist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/selective_cache_persist.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir test_cache  # make sure cache dir exists
 
       - name: Cache FastF1
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ./test_cache
           key: fastf1-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('*.*') }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/semver_test.yml b/.github/workflows/semver_test.yml
index 73357af03..fcb8cff97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semver_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semver_test.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0  # fetch the complete repo history (for setuptools-scm)
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: '3.12'
     - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index d92a5c7e2..2fe9f05ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Tests on ${{ matrix.python-version }} ${{ matrix.name-suffix }}
     steps:
       - name: Setup python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Cache pip
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
           key: pip-cache-${{ hashFiles('requirements/*.txt') }}
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ jobs:
           mkdir test_cache  # make sure cache dir exists
 
       - name: Cache FastF1
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
+          save-always: true
           path: ./test_cache
           key: fastf1-${{ matrix.python-version }}${{ matrix.cache-suffix }}-${{ hashFiles('*.*') }}
           restore-keys: |
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linting (Ruff)
     steps:
       - name: Setup python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Cache pip
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
           key: pip-cache-${{ hashFiles('requirements/*.txt') }}
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Setup python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
 
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Cache pip
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
           key: pip-cache-${{ hashFiles('requirements/*.txt') }}
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
       - name: Install dependencies