diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59976ca0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://help.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+
+updates:
+  
+  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions.
+  # Dependabot will raise pull requests
+  # for version updates for any outdated actions that it finds.
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "sunday"
+      
+  # Maintain dependencies for python packages.
+  # Dependabot will raise pull requests
+  # for version updates for any outdated package that it finds.
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+  
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 3d94f0b60..c121def69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
           - 5000:5000
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index e8bdbd4dd..7b5bcad4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   build-gh-pages:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Setup Python
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 9423d2f77..0df209e7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
   lint-black:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
   lint-pylint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
   check-translations:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
   run-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Setup Python
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
   coverage:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Setup Python