diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index ec718ef..ffc5236 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       # Check for updates to uv environment files every week
       interval: "weekly"
+    groups:
+      python-packages:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-template.yml b/.github/workflows/test-template.yml
index c417d9e..bb33c5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-template.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-template.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       # checks out the repo
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       # run pre-commit
       - name: Python setup
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       OS: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Python setup
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index c10424d..ad14daf 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ repos:
     -   id: yamllint
         exclude: pre-commit-config.yaml
 -   repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: "v0.14.4"
+    rev: "v0.14.6"
     hooks:
     -   id: ruff-format
     -   id: ruff-check
 -   repo: https://github.com/rhysd/actionlint
-    rev: v1.7.8
+    rev: v1.7.9
     hooks:
     -   id: actionlint
 -   repo: https://gitlab.com/vojko.pribudic.foss/pre-commit-update