diff --git a/.github/release.yml b/.github/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b29d80436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - dependencies
+      - Internal
+      - CI
+      - Documentation
+    authors:
+      - dependabot[bot]
+      - pre-commit-ci[bot]
+  categories:
+    - title: Breaking changes
+      labels:
+        - Breaking
+    - title: Features
+      labels:
+        - Feature
+    - title: Bug fixes
+      labels:
+        - Bug
+    - title: Translations
+      labels:
+        - Translations
+    - title: Packaging
+      labels:
+        - Packaging
+    - title: Other changes
+      labels:
+        - '*'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 3004ccf1f..5b74c0c21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  pre-commit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+
+      - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
+
   tests:
     name: Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a1b678919..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-name: pre-commit
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-
-jobs:
-  pre-commit:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
-
-      - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
diff --git a/docs/img/build-status.png b/docs/img/build-status.png
index bb043cb9e..863756b0f 100644
Binary files a/docs/img/build-status.png and b/docs/img/build-status.png differ
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ecddea9f4..121ac357f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ dev = [
   { include-group = "test" },
 ]
 test = [
-  # temporary pin of attrs
-  "attrs==22.1.0",
-  "importlib-metadata<5.0",
+  "importlib-metadata<9.0",
 
   # Pytest for running the tests.
   "pytest==9.*",
@@ -64,16 +62,18 @@ docs = [
 ]
 optional = [
   # Optional packages which may be used with REST framework.
-  "coreapi==2.3.1",
+  "coreapi==2.3.3",
   "coreschema==0.0.4",
   "django-filter",
-  "django-guardian>=2.4.0,<2.5",
+  "django-guardian>=2.4.0,<3.3",
   "inflection==0.5.1",
   "legacy-cgi; python_version>='3.13'",
   "markdown>=3.3.7",
   "psycopg[binary]>=3.1.8",
-  "pygments~=2.17.0",
-  "pyyaml>=5.3.1,<5.4",
+  "pygments>=2.17,<2.20",
+  "pyyaml>=5.3.1,<6.1",
+  # setuptools is needed for coreapi (imports pkg_resources)
+  "setuptools<82",
 ]
 django42 = [ "django>=4.2,<5.0" ]
 django50 = [ "django>=5.0,<5.1" ]