diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 16ef516..d877fc8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [main, master]
 
-name: R-CMD-check
+name: R-CMD-check.yaml
+
+permissions: read-all
 
 jobs:
   R-CMD-check:
@@ -23,32 +25,37 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         config:
           - {os: macos-latest,   r: 'release'}
+
           - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
-          - {os: windows-latest, r: '4.2', rtools: '42'}
-          - {os: windows-latest, r: '4.1'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-1'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-2'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-3'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-4'}
+          # use 4.0 or 4.1 to check with rtools40's older compiler
+          - {os: windows-latest, r: 'oldrel-4'}
+
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'oldrel-1'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'oldrel-2'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'oldrel-3'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'oldrel-4'}
 
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
           r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
-          rtools-version: ${{ matrix.config.rtools }}
           http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
           use-public-rspm: true
 
+      - uses: r-hub/actions/setup-r-sysreqs@v1
+        with:
+          type: minimal
+
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
           extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
@@ -57,3 +64,4 @@ jobs:
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with:
           upload-snapshots: true
+          build_args: 'c("--no-manual","--compact-vignettes=gs+qpdf")'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
index 087f0b0..4bbce75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ on:
     types: [published]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-name: pkgdown
+name: pkgdown.yaml
+
+permissions: read-all
 
 jobs:
   pkgdown:
@@ -19,8 +21,10 @@ jobs:
       group: pkgdown-${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.run_id }}
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
 
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Deploy to GitHub pages 🚀
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.4.1
+        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.5.0
         with:
           clean: false
           branch: gh-pages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-commands.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-commands.yaml
index 71f335b..2edd93f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-commands.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-commands.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ on:
   issue_comment:
     types: [created]
 
-name: Commands
+name: pr-commands.yaml
+
+permissions: read-all
 
 jobs:
   document:
@@ -13,8 +15,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/pr-fetch@v2
         with:
@@ -50,8 +54,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/pr-fetch@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
index 2c5bb50..9882260 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [main, master]
 
-name: test-coverage
+name: test-coverage.yaml
+
+permissions: read-all
 
 jobs:
   test-coverage:
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
@@ -23,28 +25,37 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
-          extra-packages: any::covr
+          extra-packages: any::covr, any::xml2
           needs: coverage
 
       - name: Test coverage
         run: |
-          covr::codecov(
+          cov <- covr::package_coverage(
             quiet = FALSE,
             clean = FALSE,
-            install_path = file.path(Sys.getenv("RUNNER_TEMP"), "package")
+            install_path = file.path(normalizePath(Sys.getenv("RUNNER_TEMP"), winslash = "/"), "package")
           )
+          covr::to_cobertura(cov)
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        with:
+          fail_ci_if_error: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && true || false }}
+          file: ./cobertura.xml
+          plugin: noop
+          disable_search: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+
       - name: Show testthat output
         if: always()
         run: |
           ## --------------------------------------------------------------------
-          find ${{ runner.temp }}/package -name 'testthat.Rout*' -exec cat '{}' \; || true
+          find '${{ runner.temp }}/package' -name 'testthat.Rout*' -exec cat '{}' \; || true
         shell: bash
 
       - name: Upload test results
         if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: coverage-test-failures
           path: ${{ runner.temp }}/package