diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9bb86a1..afd2f60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Python 3.7
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: 3.7
+        python-version: '3.7'
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_dependabot.yml
index 1c3c338..2592840 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_dependabot.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
         ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd_updated_main.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd_updated_main.yml
index 430711f..c1f821b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd_updated_main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd_updated_main.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         ref: ${{ env.DEPENDABOT_BRANCH }}
         fetch-depth: 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_dependabot.yml
index 2f9e59a..1af95b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_dependabot.yml
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         ref: ${{ env.DEFAULT_REPO_BRANCH }}
 
     - name: Set up Python 3.7
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: 3.7
+        python-version: '3.7'
 
     - name: Install `pre-commit` and dependencies
       run: |
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Fetch PR body
       id: pr_body
-      uses: chuhlomin/render-template@v1.7
+      uses: chuhlomin/render-template@v1.8
       with:
         template: .github/static/single_dependency_pr_body.txt
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dic2owl_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/dic2owl_ci.yml
index 3d0cec2..95de8ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dic2owl_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dic2owl_ci.yml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Python 3.7
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: 3.7
+        python-version: '3.7'
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Python 3.7
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: 3.7
+        python-version: '3.7'
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9']
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index dcd8b8f..0489019 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+default_language_version:
+  python: python3.7
+
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
   rev: v4.4.0
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ repos:
     exclude: ^.*(\.ttl|\.cif)$
 
 - repo: https://github.com/ambv/black
-  rev: 23.9.1
+  rev: 23.3.0
   hooks:
   - id: black
     args:
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ repos:
     files: ^dic2owl/.*$
 
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-  rev: v1.5.1
+  rev: v1.4.1
   hooks:
   - id: mypy
     exclude: ^tests/.*$
diff --git a/dic2owl/requirements.txt b/dic2owl/requirements.txt
index 3460cd9..d5672df 100644
--- a/dic2owl/requirements.txt
+++ b/dic2owl/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-EMMOntoPy>=0.2.0,<1
-PyCifRW>=4.4.3,<5
+EMMOntoPy>=0.6.0,<1
+PyCifRW>=4.4.5,<5
diff --git a/dic2owl/requirements_dev.txt b/dic2owl/requirements_dev.txt
index ef4560a..ce1c125 100644
--- a/dic2owl/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/dic2owl/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pre-commit~=2.21; python_version<"3.8"
-pre-commit~=3.3; python_version>="3.8"
-pylint~=2.17
+pre-commit~=3.4; python_version>="3.8"
+pylint>=2.13.9,<3; python_version<"3.8"
+pylint~=3.0; python_version>="3.8"
 pytest~=7.4
 pytest-cov~=4.1