diff --git a/.github/workflows/pip-build-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/pip-build-linux.yml
index f7c88d34d..2bfa253ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pip-build-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pip-build-linux.yml
@@ -2,19 +2,14 @@ name: pip build linux
 
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
-# Temporary workaround to allow node16
-env:
-  ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION: true
-
 jobs:
   build:
     name: build pip wheel
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # cf. https://github.com/GUDHI/gudhi-deploy/blob/main/Dockerfile_for_pip
-    container: gudhi/pip_for_gudhi:2024.10.02
+    container: gudhi/pip_for_gudhi:2024.12.02
     steps:
-      # Should use actions/checkout@v4, but requires node20, not available for quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Build wheel for Python 3.9
@@ -37,8 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           $PYTHON39/bin/python -m pytest -v src/python/test/test_cubical_complex.py
           $PYTHON39/bin/python -m pytest -v src/python/test/test_rips_complex.py
       - name: Upload linux python wheel
-        # Should use actions/upload-artifact@v4, but requires node20, not available for quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: linux python wheel
           path: build_39/src/python/wheelhouse/*.whl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pip-packaging-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/pip-packaging-linux.yml
index a649baa03..4bb56e326 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pip-packaging-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pip-packaging-linux.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ jobs:
     name: build pip wheel
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # cf. https://github.com/GUDHI/gudhi-deploy/blob/main/Dockerfile_for_pip
-    container: gudhi/pip_for_gudhi:2024.10.02
+    container: gudhi/pip_for_gudhi:2024.12.02
     steps:
-      # Should use actions/checkout@v4, but requires node20, not available for quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
       # Python 3.8 specific case where NumPy 2.x will not be supported