diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index e660e90..2e20c91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade build && python3 -m build
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
-  
\ No newline at end of file
+  
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/push_pr.yml
index 10c2c97..9caa5d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_pr.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
           lfs: true
diff --git a/spec2nii/jmrui.py b/spec2nii/jmrui.py
index 498d6fe..9ce02bb 100644
--- a/spec2nii/jmrui.py
+++ b/spec2nii/jmrui.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def readjMRUItxt(filename):
     data   = []
     recordData = False
     signal_index = 0
-    with open(filename, 'r') as txtfile:
+    with open(filename) as txtfile:
         for line in txtfile:
             headerComp = headerRe.match(line)
             if headerComp: