diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7a148ce2d..5267a4708 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ jobs:
 
         strategy:
             matrix:
-                python-version: ['3.9', '3.11']
-                aiida-core-version: ['2.7']
+                python-version: ['3.9', '3.12']
+                aiida-core-version: ['2.8']
             fail-fast: false
 
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -36,15 +36,15 @@ jobs:
         steps:
 
             - name: Check out app
-              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+              uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
             - name: Set up Python
-              uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+              uses: actions/setup-python@v6
               with:
                   python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
             - name: Install uv
-              uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
+              uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
               with:
                   activate-environment: true
                   python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
               run: pytest -v tests --cov=aiidalab_qe --skip-slow
 
             - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
-              uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+              uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
               with:
                   flags: python-${{ matrix.python-version }}
                   token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e2e34029a..645e0725b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # 1) Global ARGs
 ###############################################################################
 ARG FULL_STACK_VER=2025.1027
-ARG UV_VER=0.8.4
+ARG UV_VER=0.11.1
 ARG QE_VER=7.4
 ARG QE_DIR=/opt/conda/envs/quantum-espresso-${QE_VER}
 ARG HQ_VER=0.19.0