diff --git a/.github/workflows/new_tasks.yml b/.github/workflows/new_tasks.yml
index 6aa437585..baae04bf9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/new_tasks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/new_tasks.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Scan for changed tasks
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2  # OR "2" -> To retrieve the preceding commit.
 
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install uv
         if: steps.changed-tasks.outputs.tasks_any_modified == 'true' || steps.changed-tasks.outputs.api_any_modified == 'true'
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v10.0.1
         with:
-          enable-cache: true
+          enable-cache: "auto"
+          prune-cache: true
           python-version: "3.10"
           activate-environment: true
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -63,10 +64,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test with pytest
         # if new tasks are added, run tests on them
         if: steps.changed-tasks.outputs.tasks_any_modified == 'true'
+        env:
+          HF_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HF_TOKEN }}
         run: pytest -x -s -vv tests/test_tasks.py
         # if api is modified, run tests on it
       - name: Test more tasks with pytest
         env:
           API: true
+          HF_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HF_TOKEN }}
         if: steps.changed-tasks.outputs.api_any_modified == 'true'
         run: pytest -x -s -vv -n=auto tests/test_tasks.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 0c25b762b..c712a4d7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v7
       with:
         python-version: "3.x"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index 36def10d6..e39725c7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v10.0.1
         with:
-          enable-cache: true
+          enable-cache: "auto"
+          prune-cache: true
           python-version: "3.10"
           activate-environment: true
       - name: Install pip
@@ -54,17 +55,18 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v10.0.1
         with:
-          enable-cache: true
+          enable-cache: "auto"
+          prune-cache: true
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           activate-environment: true
 
       # Cache HuggingFace cache directory for CPU tests
       - name: Cache HuggingFace cache (CPU tests)
-        uses: actions/cache@v5
+        uses: actions/cache@v6
         id: cache-hf-cpu
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/huggingface
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@ jobs:
           uv pip install hf_xet
 
       - name: Test with pytest
+        env:
+          HF_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HF_TOKEN }}
         run: pytest -x --showlocals -s -vv -n=auto --ignore=tests/models/test_openvino.py --ignore=tests/models/test_hf_steered.py --ignore=tests/scripts/test_zeno_visualize.py
 
       # Save test artifacts
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 75834d27d..2200d9e3c 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ repos:
       - id: mixed-line-ending
         args: [ --fix=lf ]
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.15.12
+    rev: v0.16.3
     hooks:
       # Run the linter.
       - id: ruff-check
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ repos:
       # Run the formatter.
       - id: ruff-format
   - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-    rev: v2.4.2
+    rev: v2.4.3
     hooks:
       - id: codespell
         exclude: >
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ repos:
 
         args: [ --check-filenames, --check-hidden, --ignore-words=ignore.txt ]
   - repo: https://github.com/jackdewinter/pymarkdown
-    rev: v0.9.37
+    rev: v0.9.39
     hooks:
       - id: pymarkdown
         exclude: ^(lm_eval/tasks/.*|docs/footguns\.md)$