diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 6ae2ffe..ff94b32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ jobs:
     name: ${{ matrix.env.ROS_DISTRO }}-${{ matrix.env.ROS_REPO }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: industrial_ci
         uses: 'ros-industrial/industrial_ci@master'
         env: ${{ matrix.env }}
       - name: upload test artifacts (on failure)
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         if: failure()
         with:
           name: test-results
diff --git a/launch_param_builder/utils.py b/launch_param_builder/utils.py
index b2a517e..933ddd0 100644
--- a/launch_param_builder/utils.py
+++ b/launch_param_builder/utils.py
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ def load_file(file_path: Path):
     try:
         with open(file_path, "r") as file:
             return file.read()
-    except EnvironmentError:  # parent of IOError, OSError *and* WindowsError where available
+    except (
+        EnvironmentError
+    ):  # parent of IOError, OSError *and* WindowsError where availabl
         return None
 
 
@@ -72,7 +74,9 @@ def load_yaml(file_path: Path):
     try:
         with open(file_path, "r") as file:
             return yaml.load(file, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
-    except EnvironmentError:  # parent of IOError, OSError *and* WindowsError where available
+    except (
+        EnvironmentError
+    ):  # parent of IOError, OSError *and* WindowsError where availabl
         return None
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 23ae6b9..770b545 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@
     maintainer_email="jafar@picknik.ai",
     description="Python library for loading parameters in launch files",
     license="BSD",
-    tests_require=["pytest"],
+    extras_require={
+        "test": [
+            "pytest",
+        ],
+    },
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [],
     },