diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 084f623..eb95173 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: 📦 Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: 🦀 Rust Toolchain & Cache
         uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
       - name: 📝 Check Rust Code Formatting
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: 📦 Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: 👮 Check Rust Code with Cargo Deny
-      uses: EmbarkStudios/cargo-deny-action@v1
+      uses: EmbarkStudios/cargo-deny-action@v2
 
   clippy:
     name: Clippy
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: 📦 Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: 🦀 Rust Toolchain & Cache
         uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
       - name: 📎 Check Rust Code with Clippy
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: 📦 Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: 🦀 Rust Toolchain & Cache
         uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
       - name: 📓 Check Docs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: 📦 Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: 🦀 Rust Toolchain & Cache
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cts.yml b/.github/workflows/cts.yml
index 557200c..1bf8596 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cts.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: 📦 Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: 🧱 Update Submodules
diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index 8164c10..c63b57f 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Based on https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/cargo-deny/blob/0.16.0/deny.template.toml
+# (diff with that version to see what has been manually changed here)
+
 # This template contains all of the possible sections and their default values
 
 # Note that all fields that take a lint level have these possible values:
@@ -11,6 +14,9 @@
 
 # Root options
 
+# The graph table configures how the dependency graph is constructed and thus
+# which crates the checks are performed against
+[graph]
 # If 1 or more target triples (and optionally, target_features) are specified,
 # only the specified targets will be checked when running `cargo deny check`.
 # This means, if a particular package is only ever used as a target specific
@@ -22,7 +28,7 @@
 targets = [
     # The triple can be any string, but only the target triples built in to
     # rustc (as of 1.40) can be checked against actual config expressions
-    #{ triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl" },
+    #"x86_64-unknown-linux-musl",
     # You can also specify which target_features you promise are enabled for a
     # particular target. target_features are currently not validated against
     # the actual valid features supported by the target architecture.
@@ -46,6 +52,9 @@ no-default-features = false
 # If set, these feature will be enabled when collecting metadata. If `--features`
 # is specified on the cmd line they will take precedence over this option.
 #features = []
+
+# The output table provides options for how/if diagnostics are outputted
+[output]
 # When outputting inclusion graphs in diagnostics that include features, this
 # option can be used to specify the depth at which feature edges will be added.
 # This option is included since the graphs can be quite large and the addition
@@ -57,33 +66,18 @@ feature-depth = 1
 # More documentation for the advisories section can be found here:
 # https://embarkstudios.github.io/cargo-deny/checks/advisories/cfg.html
 [advisories]
-# The path where the advisory database is cloned/fetched into
-db-path = "~/.cargo/advisory-db"
+# The path where the advisory databases are cloned/fetched into
+#db-path = "$CARGO_HOME/advisory-dbs"
 # The url(s) of the advisory databases to use
-db-urls = ["https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db"]
-# The lint level for security vulnerabilities
-vulnerability = "deny"
-# The lint level for unmaintained crates
-unmaintained = "warn"
-# The lint level for crates that have been yanked from their source registry
-yanked = "warn"
-# The lint level for crates with security notices.
-notice = "warn"
+#db-urls = ["https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db"]
 # A list of advisory IDs to ignore. Note that ignored advisories will still
 # output a note when they are encountered.
 ignore = [
     #"RUSTSEC-0000-0000",
+    #{ id = "RUSTSEC-0000-0000", reason = "you can specify a reason the advisory is ignored" },
+    #"a-crate-that-is-yanked@0.1.1", # you can also ignore yanked crate versions if you wish
+    #{ crate = "a-crate-that-is-yanked@0.1.1", reason = "you can specify why you are ignoring the yanked crate" },
 ]
-# Threshold for security vulnerabilities, any vulnerability with a CVSS score
-# lower than the range specified will be ignored. Note that ignored advisories
-# will still output a note when they are encountered.
-# * None - CVSS Score 0.0
-# * Low - CVSS Score 0.1 - 3.9
-# * Medium - CVSS Score 4.0 - 6.9
-# * High - CVSS Score 7.0 - 8.9
-# * Critical - CVSS Score 9.0 - 10.0
-#severity-threshold =
-
 # If this is true, then cargo deny will use the git executable to fetch advisory database.
 # If this is false, then it uses a built-in git library.
 # Setting this to true can be helpful if you have special authentication requirements that cargo-deny does not support.
@@ -94,8 +88,6 @@ ignore = [
 # More documentation for the licenses section can be found here:
 # https://embarkstudios.github.io/cargo-deny/checks/licenses/cfg.html
 [licenses]
-# The lint level for crates which do not have a detectable license
-unlicensed = "deny"
 # List of explicitly allowed licenses
 # See https://spdx.org/licenses/ for list of possible licenses
 # [possible values: any SPDX 3.11 short identifier (+ optional exception)].
@@ -105,28 +97,6 @@ allow = [
     "Unicode-DFS-2016",
     #"Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception",
 ]
-# List of explicitly disallowed licenses
-# See https://spdx.org/licenses/ for list of possible licenses
-# [possible values: any SPDX 3.11 short identifier (+ optional exception)].
-deny = [
-    #"Nokia",
-]
-# Lint level for licenses considered copyleft
-copyleft = "warn"
-# Blanket approval or denial for OSI-approved or FSF Free/Libre licenses
-# * both - The license will be approved if it is both OSI-approved *AND* FSF
-# * either - The license will be approved if it is either OSI-approved *OR* FSF
-# * osi - The license will be approved if it is OSI approved
-# * fsf - The license will be approved if it is FSF Free
-# * osi-only - The license will be approved if it is OSI-approved *AND NOT* FSF
-# * fsf-only - The license will be approved if it is FSF *AND NOT* OSI-approved
-# * neither - This predicate is ignored and the default lint level is used
-allow-osi-fsf-free = "neither"
-# Lint level used when no other predicates are matched
-# 1. License isn't in the allow or deny lists
-# 2. License isn't copyleft
-# 3. License isn't OSI/FSF, or allow-osi-fsf-free = "neither"
-default = "deny"
 # The confidence threshold for detecting a license from license text.
 # The higher the value, the more closely the license text must be to the
 # canonical license text of a valid SPDX license file.
@@ -137,17 +107,15 @@ confidence-threshold = 0.8
 exceptions = [
     # Each entry is the crate and version constraint, and its specific allow
     # list
-    #{ allow = ["Zlib"], name = "adler32", version = "*" },
+    #{ allow = ["Zlib"], crate = "adler32" },
 ]
 
 # Some crates don't have (easily) machine readable licensing information,
 # adding a clarification entry for it allows you to manually specify the
 # licensing information
 #[[licenses.clarify]]
-# The name of the crate the clarification applies to
-#name = "ring"
-# The optional version constraint for the crate
-#version = "*"
+# The package spec the clarification applies to
+#crate = "ring"
 # The SPDX expression for the license requirements of the crate
 #expression = "MIT AND ISC AND OpenSSL"
 # One or more files in the crate's source used as the "source of truth" for
@@ -156,8 +124,8 @@ exceptions = [
 # and the crate will be checked normally, which may produce warnings or errors
 # depending on the rest of your configuration
 #license-files = [
-    # Each entry is a crate relative path, and the (opaque) hash of its contents
-    #{ path = "LICENSE", hash = 0xbd0eed23 }
+# Each entry is a crate relative path, and the (opaque) hash of its contents
+#{ path = "LICENSE", hash = 0xbd0eed23 }
 #]
 
 [licenses.private]
@@ -197,24 +165,23 @@ workspace-default-features = "allow"
 external-default-features = "allow"
 # List of crates that are allowed. Use with care!
 allow = [
-    #{ name = "ansi_term", version = "=0.11.0" },
+    #"ansi_term@0.11.0",
+    #{ crate = "ansi_term@0.11.0", reason = "you can specify a reason it is allowed" },
 ]
 # List of crates to deny
 deny = [
-    # Each entry the name of a crate and a version range. If version is
-    # not specified, all versions will be matched.
-    #{ name = "ansi_term", version = "=0.11.0" },
-    #
+    #"ansi_term@0.11.0",
+    #{ crate = "ansi_term@0.11.0", reason = "you can specify a reason it is banned" },
     # Wrapper crates can optionally be specified to allow the crate when it
     # is a direct dependency of the otherwise banned crate
-    #{ name = "ansi_term", version = "=0.11.0", wrappers = [] },
+    #{ crate = "ansi_term@0.11.0", wrappers = ["this-crate-directly-depends-on-ansi_term"] },
 ]
 
 # List of features to allow/deny
 # Each entry the name of a crate and a version range. If version is
 # not specified, all versions will be matched.
 #[[bans.features]]
-#name = "reqwest"
+#crate = "reqwest"
 # Features to not allow
 #deny = ["json"]
 # Features to allow
@@ -235,14 +202,16 @@ deny = [
 
 # Certain crates/versions that will be skipped when doing duplicate detection.
 skip = [
-    #{ name = "ansi_term", version = "=0.11.0" },
+    #"ansi_term@0.11.0",
+    #{ crate = "ansi_term@0.11.0", reason = "you can specify a reason why it can't be updated/removed" },
 ]
 # Similarly to `skip` allows you to skip certain crates during duplicate
 # detection. Unlike skip, it also includes the entire tree of transitive
 # dependencies starting at the specified crate, up to a certain depth, which is
 # by default infinite.
 skip-tree = [
-    #{ name = "ansi_term", version = "=0.11.0", depth = 20 },
+    #"ansi_term@0.11.0", # will be skipped along with _all_ of its direct and transitive dependencies
+    #{ crate = "ansi_term@0.11.0", depth = 20 },
 ]
 
 # This section is considered when running `cargo deny check sources`.
@@ -263,8 +232,8 @@ allow-git = []
 
 [sources.allow-org]
 # 1 or more github.com organizations to allow git sources for
-github = [""]
+github = []
 # 1 or more gitlab.com organizations to allow git sources for
-gitlab = [""]
+gitlab = []
 # 1 or more bitbucket.org organizations to allow git sources for
-bitbucket = [""]
+bitbucket = []