Merge branch 'master' into feature/backport-workflow

Author: atif09

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
           - "3.11"
           - "3.12"
@@ -28,23 +27,18 @@ jobs:
           - django~=5.1.0
           - django~=5.2.0
         exclude:
-          # Django 5.1+ requires Python >=3.10
-          - python-version: "3.9"
-            django-version: django~=5.1.0
-          - python-version: "3.9"
-            django-version: django~=5.2.0
           # Python 3.13 supported only in Django >=5.1.3
           - python-version: "3.13"
             django-version: django~=4.2.0
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 
       # Caches downloaded .deb packages to speed up future installations
       - name: Cache APT packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: /var/cache/apt/archives
           key: apt-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/workflows/ci.yml') }}

.github/workflows/pypi.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       id-token: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with: