diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 07c1dfad..e712a216 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ on:
 
 name: R-CMD-check
 
+permissions: read-all
+
 jobs:
   R-CMD-check:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
@@ -25,17 +27,15 @@ jobs:
           - {os: macos-latest,   r: 'release'}
 
           - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
-          # Use 3.6 to trigger usage of RTools35
-          - {os: windows-latest, r: '3.6'}
           # use 4.1 to check with rtools40's older compiler
           - {os: windows-latest, r: '4.1'}
 
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-1'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-2'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-3'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-4'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'oldrel-1'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'oldrel-2'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'oldrel-3'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'oldrel-4'}
 
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ jobs:
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with:
           upload-snapshots: true
+          build_args: 'c("--no-manual","--compact-vignettes=gs+qpdf")'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
index a7276e85..c9f0165d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ on:
 
 name: pkgdown
 
+permissions: read-all
+
 jobs:
   pkgdown:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-commands.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-commands.yaml
index eea58c5c..d1f76509 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-commands.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-commands.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ on:
 
 name: Commands
 
+permissions: read-all
+
 jobs:
   document:
     if: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request && (github.event.comment.author_association == 'MEMBER' || github.event.comment.author_association == 'OWNER') && startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/document') }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
index 960234cd..fefc52e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ on:
 
 name: test-coverage
 
+permissions: read-all
+
 jobs:
   test-coverage:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -23,23 +25,32 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
-          extra-packages: any::covr
+          extra-packages: any::covr, any::xml2
           needs: coverage
 
       - name: Test coverage
         run: |
-          covr::codecov(
+          cov <- covr::package_coverage(
             quiet = FALSE,
             clean = FALSE,
             install_path = file.path(normalizePath(Sys.getenv("RUNNER_TEMP"), winslash = "/"), "package")
           )
+          covr::to_cobertura(cov)
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        with:
+          fail_ci_if_error: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && true || false }}
+          file: ./cobertura.xml
+          plugin: noop
+          disable_search: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+
       - name: Show testthat output
         if: always()
         run: |
           ## --------------------------------------------------------------------
-          find ${{ runner.temp }}/package -name 'testthat.Rout*' -exec cat '{}' \; || true
+          find '${{ runner.temp }}/package' -name 'testthat.Rout*' -exec cat '{}' \; || true
         shell: bash
 
       - name: Upload test results