diff --git a/.github/workflows/bindings-go.yml b/.github/workflows/bindings-go.yml
index ff420f2b..83473e46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bindings-go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bindings-go.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu-22:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           go-version: '^1.23'
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - run: |
           cd bindings/go
           make test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bindings-ruby.yml b/.github/workflows/bindings-ruby.yml
index 680862fb..c3f158e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bindings-ruby.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bindings-ruby.yml
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ jobs:
       - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
           ruby-version: '3.2'
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - run: rake test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 823dba7d..8ce887fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout with full history
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: ccache
         uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2.16
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ jobs:
 #
 #    steps:
 #      - name: Clone
-#        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+#        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 #
 #      - name: Build
 #        uses: cross-platform-actions/action@v0.27.0
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: add oneAPI to apt
         shell: bash
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Build
         id: cmake_build
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: add oneAPI to apt
         shell: bash
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Build
         id: cmake_build
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup ${{ matrix.sys }}
         uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Add msbuild to PATH
         uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v2
@@ -646,31 +646,31 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload SDL2.dll
         if: matrix.sdl2 == 'ON'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.s2arc }}_SDL2.dll
           path: build/bin/${{ matrix.build }}/SDL2.dll
 
       - name: Upload whisper dll
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: whisper_${{ matrix.arch }}.dll
           path: build/bin/${{ matrix.build }}/whisper.dll
 
       - name: Upload ggml dll
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: ggml_${{ matrix.arch }}.dll
           path: build/bin/${{ matrix.build }}/ggml.dll
 
       - name: Upload ggml base dll
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: ggml_base_${{ matrix.arch }}.dll
           path: build/bin/${{ matrix.build }}/ggml-base.dll
 
       - name: Upload ggml cpu dll
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: ggml_cpu_${{ matrix.arch }}.dll
           path: build/bin/${{ matrix.build }}/ggml-cpu.dll
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload binaries
         if: matrix.sdl2 == 'ON' && ${{ needs.determine-tag.outputs.should_release }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: whisper-bin-${{ matrix.arch }}.zip
           path: whisper-bin-${{ matrix.arch }}.zip
@@ -711,10 +711,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Export GitHub Actions cache environment variables
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
           script: |
             core.exportVariable('ACTIONS_CACHE_URL', process.env.ACTIONS_CACHE_URL || '');
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload binaries
         if: matrix.blas == 'ON' && matrix.sdl2 == 'ON' && ${{ needs.determine-tag.outputs.should_release }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: whisper-blas-bin-${{ matrix.arch }}.zip
           path: whisper-blas-bin-${{ matrix.arch }}.zip
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ jobs:
             sdl2_ver: 2.28.5
     steps:
       - name: Clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Install Ninja
         id: install_ninja
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload binaries
         if: ${{ needs.determine-tag.outputs.should_release }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: whisper-cublas-${{ matrix.cuda-toolkit }}-bin-${{ matrix.arch }}.zip
           path: whisper-cublas-${{ matrix.cuda-toolkit }}-bin-${{ matrix.arch }}.zip
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup emsdk
         uses: mymindstorm/setup-emsdk@v14
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Configure
         run: |
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload artifacts
         if: ${{ needs.determine-tag.outputs.should_release }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           path: whisper-${{ needs.determine-tag.outputs.tag_name }}-xcframework.zip
           name: whisper-${{ needs.determine-tag.outputs.tag_name }}-xcframework.zip
@@ -1070,12 +1070,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           path: whisper
 
       - name: Install Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: zulu
           java-version: 21
@@ -1099,10 +1099,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: set up JDK 11
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           java-version: '11'
           distribution: 'temurin'
@@ -1125,36 +1125,36 @@ jobs:
     needs: ['windows']
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Install Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: zulu
           java-version: 20
 
       - name: Download Whisper Windows lib
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: whisper_x64.dll
 
       - name: Download GGML Windows lib
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: ggml_x64.dll
 
       - name: Download GGML Base Windows lib
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: ggml_base_x64.dll
 
       - name: Download GGML CPU Windows lib
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: ggml_cpu_x64.dll
 
       - name: Download SDL2.dll
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: x64_SDL2.dll
 
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ jobs:
               Compress-Archive -Path "bindings/java/build/libs/whispercpp-*.jar" -DestinationPath "whispercpp.jar.zip"
 
       - name: Upload jar
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: whispercpp.jar.zip
           path: whispercpp.jar.zip
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Test quantize
         run: |
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ jobs:
       # Downloads all the artifacts from the previous jobs
       - name: Download artifacts
         id: download-artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           path: ./artifact
 
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set environment variables
         id: set_vars
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Build
         shell: bash
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.16
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.16
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.16
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.16
@@ -1458,7 +1458,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: ccache
         uses: ggml-org/ccache-action@v1.2.16
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Test
         id: ggml-ci
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Test
         id: ggml-ci
@@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Test
         id: ggml-ci
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Test
         id: ggml-ci
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Test
         id: ggml-ci
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Clone
         id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Test
         id: ggml-ci
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 0e2fb1f2..57f062e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "tags=$TAGS" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Build and push Docker image (tagged)
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           context: .
           push: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/examples-wasm.yml b/.github/workflows/examples-wasm.yml
index ebbbdfe2..927438cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/examples-wasm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/examples-wasm.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup Pages
-        uses: actions/configure-pages@v4
+        uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
 
       - name: Setup emsdk
         uses: mymindstorm/setup-emsdk@v14
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
           find staging -type f | sort
 
       - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v4
         with:
           path: ./staging
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/examples.yml b/.github/workflows/examples.yml
index 74ef8e0f..1c9ade5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/examples.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         node-version: [ 16.x, 18.x ]
     steps:
       - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Dependencies
         run: |
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev
 
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
           cache: 'npm'
diff --git a/close-issue.yml b/close-issue.yml
index 276a217d..f661de1c 100644
--- a/close-issue.yml
+++ b/close-issue.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v5
+      - uses: actions/stale@v10
         with:
           exempt-issue-labels: "refactor,help wanted,good first issue,research,bug,roadmap"
           days-before-issue-stale: 30