diff --git a/.github/FUNDING.yml b/.github/FUNDING.yml
index 08ccbf3..0f19288 100644
--- a/.github/FUNDING.yml
+++ b/.github/FUNDING.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # These are supported funding model platforms
 
-github: # Replace with up to 4 GitHub Sponsors-enabled usernames e.g., [user1, user2]
+github: [adbar]
 patreon: # Replace with a single Patreon username
 open_collective: # Replace with a single Open Collective username
 ko_fi: adbarbaresi
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e3f8b06..0000000
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
-# https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/working-with-dependabot/keeping-your-actions-up-to-date-with-dependabot
-
-version: 2
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: "pip" # See documentation for possible values
-    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
-    schedule:
-      interval: "monthly"
-    # create a group of dependencies to be updated together in one pull request
-    groups:
-      # specify a name for the group, which will be used in pull request titles
-      # and branch names
-      dependencies:
-        # define patterns to include dependencies in the group (based on
-        # dependency name)
-        patterns:
-          - "*"  # matches all dependencies in the package ecosystem
-
-  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
-    directory: "/"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "monthly"
-    groups:
-      github-actions:
-        patterns:
-          - "*"  # group all updates into a single larger pull request
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 8fc7a28..b4fb4ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ jobs:
         include:
         # other OS version necessary
         - os: macos-latest
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.12"
         - os: windows-latest
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.12"
     steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
     # Python and pip setup
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -37,8 +39,9 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Get pip cache dir
       id: pip-cache
+      shell: bash
       run: |
-        echo "::set-output name=dir::$(pip cache dir)"
+        echo "dir=$(pip cache dir)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
     - name: pip cache
       uses: actions/cache@v4
@@ -48,11 +51,8 @@ jobs:
         restore-keys: |
           ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
 
-    # package setup
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"
+      run: python -m pip install --upgrade -e ".[dev]"
 
     # tests
     - name: Lint with flake8
@@ -62,12 +62,10 @@ jobs:
         # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
         flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
 
-    - name: Code format with black
+    - name: Code format and type checking
+      if: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.13' }}
       run: |
         black --check --diff courlan
-
-    - name: Type checking with mypy
-      run: |
         mypy -p courlan
 
     - name: Test with pytest
@@ -76,6 +74,7 @@ jobs:
 
     # coverage
     - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+      if: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.13' }}
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
       env:
         CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}