diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3fdd1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
+    directory: /
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+  # # Maintain dependencies for Python
+  # - package-ecosystem: pip
+  #   directory: /
+  #   schedule:
+  #     interval: weekly
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release-changelog.yml
index b20dcea8..c23dfeb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release-changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release-changelog.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Build Changelog
         id: github_release
-        uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v1
+        uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v4
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
index feafb118..15719783 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Install Python 3
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: 3.8
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Python linting
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Black Python linting
-        uses: lgeiger/black-action@master
+        uses: lgeiger/black-action@v1.0.1
         with:
           args: . --check
   deploy:
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [lint, test]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test-publish.yml
index e9ccf720..988ddbd4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test-publish.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Install Python 3
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: 3.8
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Python linting
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Black Python linting
-        uses: lgeiger/black-action@master
+        uses: lgeiger/black-action@v1.0.1
         with:
           args: . --check
 
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [lint, test]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pylint --fail-under=10 `find -regextype egrep -regex '(.*.py)$'` |
           tee pylint.txt
       - name: Upload pylint.txt as artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: pylint report
           path: pylint.txt