diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8f9e503..9ab8cfb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_build.yml b/.github/workflows/test_build.yml
index 6daedae..db3776e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_build.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1a08913..a73e751 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PyMuPDF==1.27.2.3
 
 # NLP & Security Analysis
 presidio-analyzer==2.2.359
-spacy==3.8.14
+spacy==3.8.13
 # spaCy language models (pinned to exact versions for reproducibility)
 # IMPORTANT: model minor version MUST match the spaCy core minor version
 # (spaCy 3.8.x <-> models 3.8.x). The models declare spacy>=3.8.0,<3.9.0.
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ pyinstaller==6.21.0
 
 # Development Tools
 isort==5.13.2
-pytest==9.1.0
+pytest==9.1.1
 mypy==1.20.2