diff --git a/.github/workflows/local_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/local_tests.yml
index 1da5e317390..df5695c965c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/local_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/local_tests.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@
 
 name: Local
 
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
 jobs:
   local_build_container:
     runs-on: panda-arc
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2 # Clones to $GITHUB_WORKSPACE. NOTE: this requires git > 2.18 (not on ubuntu 18.04 by default) to get .git directory
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4 # Clones to $GITHUB_WORKSPACE. NOTE: this requires git > 2.18 (not on ubuntu 18.04 by default) to get .git directory
 
     - name: Build docker container from project root
       run: echo $GITHUB_WORKSPACE; cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE && DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --progress=plain --target developer -t panda_local:${{ github.sha }} .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/parallel_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/parallel_tests.yml
index 805415a6470..d58d93e7948 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/parallel_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/parallel_tests.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install ssl
       run: apt-get -qq install -y libssl-dev
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: 3.9
     - name: Install Python dev headers
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: panda-arc
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1 # Clones code into to /home/runner/work/panda
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4 # Clones code into to /home/runner/work/panda
 
     - name: Build docker container from project root
       run: cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE && docker build -t panda_local .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_docker.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_docker.yml
index 4787f019c12..8867c720020 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_docker.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: Build and Publish Docker Container and Pypanda Docs # Only for main panda-re repo, not forks
 
 on:
+  workflow_run:
   push:
     branches:
       - dev
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository  == 'panda-re/panda' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev'
     runs-on: panda-arc
     outputs:
-      upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
       v-version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.v-version }}
     steps:
       - name: Install git
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ jobs:
             panda/debian/pandare_*.deb
 
       - name: Store the PyPanda distribution packages
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: python-package-distributions
+          name: pypanda
           path: panda/debian/pandare-*.whl
           if-no-files-found: error
         
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           username: pandare
           password: ${{secrets.pandare_dockerhub}}
+
       
       #- name: 'Login to GHCR Registry'
       #  if: ${{ matrix.ubuntu_version == env.PANDA_CONTAINER_UBUNTU_VERSION }}
@@ -151,9 +152,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Download all the dists
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
-        name: python-package-distributions
+        name: pypanda
         path: dist/
         
     - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
@@ -176,13 +177,14 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Build Bionic container
       # Push both dev and regular container
-      run:  DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --progress=plain --target=panda -t pandare/panda_stable:${GITHUB_SHA} $GITHUB_WORKSPACE;
-            docker tag pandare/panda_stable:${GITHUB_SHA} pandare/panda_stable:latest
-            docker push pandare/panda_stable:${GITHUB_SHA};
-            docker push pandare/panda_stable;
-            #DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --progress=plain --target=developer -t pandare/pandadev:${GITHUB_SHA} $GITHUB_WORKSPACE;
-            #docker tag pandare/panadev:${GITHUB_SHA} pandare/pandadev:latest
-            #docker push pandare/pandadev;
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+      with:
+        push: true
+        context: ${{ github.workspace }}
+        tags: |
+          pandare/panda_stable:${{ github.sha }}
+          pandare/panda_stable:latest
+        target: panda
 
     - name: Checkout docs and reset
       run: rm -rf "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/auto_pydoc";
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index d2425d5a088..dd3378ae001 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/stale@v3
+    - uses: actions/stale@v9
       with:
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         days-before-close: 30