Merge branch 'master' into development

Author: pgleeson

.github/workflows/ci_versions.yml

@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ jobs:
             python-version: "3.9"
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}