diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm_downloads.yml b/.github/workflows/npm_downloads.yml
index 7ca169ca..879bbcf1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm_downloads.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm_downloads.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ on:
   # Run this workflow weekly:
   schedule:
     # cron: '<minutes> <hours> <day_of_month> <month> <day_of_week>'
-    - cron: '0 8 * * 6'
+    - cron: '10 10 * * 4'
 
   # Allow the workflow to be manually run:
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index db4c5e79..520be8fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ on:
   # Run workflow on a weekly schedule:
   schedule:
     # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
-    - cron:  '30 1 * * 6'
+    - cron:  '10 10 * * 4'
 
   # Allow the workflow to be manually run:
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_install.yml b/.github/workflows/test_install.yml
index 98999086..fd373134 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_install.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_install.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ on:
   # Run workflow on a weekly schedule:
   schedule:
     # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
-    - cron:  '30 1 * * 6'
+    - cron:  '10 10 * * 4'
 
   # Run workflow upon completion of `publish` workflow run:
   workflow_run:
diff --git a/remove-utf8-bom/test/test.js b/remove-utf8-bom/test/test.js
index 112c3b14..69a23424 100644
--- a/remove-utf8-bom/test/test.js
+++ b/remove-utf8-bom/test/test.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 // MODULES //
 
 var tape = require( 'tape' );
-var Buffer = require( '@stdlib/buffer/ctor' );
+var string2buffer = require( '@stdlib/buffer/from-string' );
 var removeUTF8BOM = require( './../lib' );
 
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ tape( 'the function removes a UTF-8 byte order mark (BOM) from the beginning of
 	str = removeUTF8BOM( '\ufeffbeep' );
 	t.equal( str, 'beep', 'returns beep' );
 
-	str = (new Buffer( '\ufeffboop' )).toString();
+	str = string2buffer( '\ufeffboop' ).toString();
 	str = removeUTF8BOM( str );
 	t.equal( str, 'boop', 'returns boop' );