diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_catalog_templates.yml b/.github/workflows/generate_catalog_templates.yml
index 384129c67..8e35ab540 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate_catalog_templates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate_catalog_templates.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@ jobs:
   user_manual:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: ammaraskar/sphinx-action@master
+    - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@7f4fc3e22c37d6ff65e88745f38bd3157c663f7c # v4
       with:
-        docs-folder: "user_manual/"
-        pre-build-command: pip install -r requirements.txt
-        build-command: make gettext
+        python-version: '3.12'
+        cache: 'pip'
+    - name: Install pip dependencies
+      run: pip --version; pip install -r requirements.txt
+    - name: Build using Makefile
+      run: cd user_manual && make gettext
     - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
       with:
         commit-message: Updates catalog templates (POT files fetched automatically by transifex)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sphinxbuild.yml b/.github/workflows/sphinxbuild.yml
index 656cdba74..cf609fa37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sphinxbuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sphinxbuild.yml
@@ -11,27 +11,36 @@ jobs:
   user_manual:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-    - uses: ammaraskar/sphinx-action@master
+    - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@7f4fc3e22c37d6ff65e88745f38bd3157c663f7c # v4
       with:
-        docs-folder: "user_manual/"
-        pre-build-command: pip install -r requirements.txt
-        build-command: make html
+        python-version: '3.12'
+        cache: 'pip'
+    - name: Install pip dependencies
+      run: pip --version; pip install -r requirements.txt
+    - name: Build using Makefile
+      run: cd user_manual && make html
   developer_manual:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-    - uses: ammaraskar/sphinx-action@master
+    - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@7f4fc3e22c37d6ff65e88745f38bd3157c663f7c # v4
       with:
-        docs-folder: "developer_manual/"
-        pre-build-command: pip install -r requirements.txt
-        build-command: make html
+        python-version: '3.12'
+        cache: 'pip'
+    - name: Install pip dependencies
+      run: pip --version; pip install -r requirements.txt
+    - name: Build using Makefile
+      run: cd developer_manual && make html
   admin_manual:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-    - uses: ammaraskar/sphinx-action@master
+    - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@7f4fc3e22c37d6ff65e88745f38bd3157c663f7c # v4
       with:
-        docs-folder: "admin_manual/"
-        pre-build-command: pip install -r requirements.txt
-        build-command: make html
+        python-version: '3.12'
+        cache: 'pip'
+    - name: Install pip dependencies
+      run: pip --version; pip install -r requirements.txt
+    - name: Build using Makefile
+      run: cd admin_manual && make html
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fd0f5dca5..18be24a7f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,31 +1,35 @@
 alabaster==0.7.13
-Babel==2.12.1
-certifi==2023.5.7
-charset-normalizer==3.1.0
-docutils==0.17.1
+Babel==2.13.1
+certifi==2023.7.22
+charset-normalizer==3.2.0
+docutils==0.18.1
 idna==3.4
 imagesize==1.4.1
-importlib-metadata==6.6.0
+importlib-metadata==6.8.0
 Jinja2==3.1.2
 MarkupSafe==2.1.3
-packaging==23.1
-Pillow==9.5.0
-Pygments==2.15.1
-PyYAML==6.0
-reportlab==4.0.4
+packaging==23.2
+Pillow==10.0.1
+Pygments==2.16.1
+PyYAML==6.0.1
+reportlab==4.0.6
 requests==2.31.0
-rst2pdf==0.100
+rst2pdf==0.101
 smartypants==2.0.1
 snowballstemmer==2.2.0
-Sphinx==4.5.0
-sphinx-rtd-theme==1.2.2
-sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.4
-sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.2
-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.1
+Sphinx==7.2.6
+sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2
+sphinx-rtd-theme==1.3.0
+sphinx-rtd-dark-mode==1.3.0
+sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.7
+sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.5
+sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.4
 sphinxcontrib-jquery==4.1
 sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
-sphinxcontrib-phpdomain==0.11.0
-sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3
-sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5
-urllib3==2.0.3
-zipp==3.15.0
+sphinxcontrib-phpdomain==0.11.1
+sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.6
+sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.9
+sphinx-toolbox==3.5.0
+sphinx-reredirects==0.1.3 
+urllib3==2.0.6
+zipp==3.16.2