diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_coverage.yml
index 18ebd5a..7a0eb2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_coverage.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
                 --output ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/build/coverage_report.xml
 
       - name: Submit coverage build
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5.5.2
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v6.0.0
         with:
           disable_search: true
           fail_ci_if_error: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_install.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_install.yml
index 5514bda..e1111ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_install.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_install.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload source package
         if: contains(matrix.compiler, 'gcc')
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: needle-source-package
           path: create_source_package/needle-*.tar.xz*
diff --git a/cmake/package-lock.cmake b/cmake/package-lock.cmake
index c7f0237..e0c7473 100644
--- a/cmake/package-lock.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package-lock.cmake
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # cmake-format: off
 
 # hibf
-set (NEEDLE_HIBF_VERSION bbca76409f5445f1404c206021fcfa37f1fd7054 CACHE STRING "")
+set (NEEDLE_HIBF_VERSION eca65729de77a5d411160c487adcafe8f972342b CACHE STRING "")
 CPMDeclarePackage (hibf
                    NAME hibf
                    GIT_TAG ${NEEDLE_HIBF_VERSION} # main
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ CPMDeclarePackage (chopper
 )
 
 # seqan3
-set (NEEDLE_SEQAN3_VERSION 3.4.0 CACHE STRING "")
+set (NEEDLE_SEQAN3_VERSION 3.4.2 CACHE STRING "")
 CPMDeclarePackage (seqan3
                    NAME seqan3
                    VERSION ${NEEDLE_SEQAN3_VERSION}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ CPMDeclarePackage (seqan3
 )
 
 # sharg
-set (NEEDLE_SHARG_VERSION 1.2.1 CACHE STRING "")
+set (NEEDLE_SHARG_VERSION 1.2.2 CACHE STRING "")
 CPMDeclarePackage (sharg
                    NAME sharg
                    VERSION ${NEEDLE_SHARG_VERSION}