diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
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--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
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-# tox enviroments that run on both pull requests and merge to main
-name: ci
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    strategy:
-      # fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, '3.10']
-        # you can separate the tox-envs in different .yml files
-        # see version 0.10.1
-        # https://github.com/joaomcteixeira/python-project-skeleton/releases/tag/v0.10.1
-        # below the list of tox envs that you wish to include in the matrix
-        tox-envs: [docs, lint, build, test, pr]
-        # workaround to ignore 'pr' when merging to main
-        # see: https://github.community/t/how-to-conditionally-include-exclude-items-in-matrix-eg-based-on-branch/16853/6
-        isMerge:
-            - ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
-        exclude:
-          - isMerge: true
-            tox-envs: pr
-
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-        pip install tox
-
-    - name: unit tests
-      run: tox -e ${{ matrix.tox-envs }}
-
-    # from https://github.com/codecov/codecov-action
-    - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-      if: matrix.tox-envs == 'test'
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2
-      with:
-        files: ./coverage.xml
-        fail_ci_if_error: true
-        verbose: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/runner.yml b/.github/workflows/runner.yml
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index 0000000..c14836c
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# tox enviroments that run on both pull requests and merge to main
+name: ci
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    strategy:
+      # fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11']
+        # you can separate the tox-envs in different .yml files
+        # see version 0.10.1
+        # https://github.com/joaomcteixeira/python-project-skeleton/releases/tag/v0.10.1
+        # below the list of tox envs that you wish to include in the matrix
+        tox-envs: [docs, lint, build, test]
+
+    runs-on: pps
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+        pip install tox
+
+    - name: unit tests
+      run: tox -e ${{ matrix.tox-envs }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-bump-and-package.yml b/.github/workflows/version-bump-and-package.yml
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--- a/.github/workflows/version-bump-and-package.yml
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-# taken and upgraded from:
-# https://github.com/haddocking/pdb-tools/blob/f019d163d8f8cc5a0cba288e02f5a63a969719f6/.github/workflows/bump-version-on-push.yml
-name: version bump and deploy
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  bump-version:
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: "!startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, '[SKIP]')"
-
-    steps:
-
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      with:
-        # I setup a new token for my GitHub user and added that token
-        # to the secrets in the repository
-        # When I tried
-        # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/authentication-in-a-workflow
-        # I had some problems, they could be my fault, but yet, I felt using a
-        # dedicated token would be better and enough
-        token: ${{ secrets.AC_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-        python-version: '3.x'
-
-    - name: Setup Git
-      run: |
-        git config user.name "joaomcteixeira"
-        git config user.email 'joaomcteixeira@users.noreply.github.com'
-        git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.AC_GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY
-        git checkout "${GITHUB_REF:11}"
-
-    - name: Setup env variables
-      run: |
-        echo "SKIPBUMP=FALSE" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install bump2version setuptools wheel twine
-
-    # If a commit starts with [MAJOR] a new major verion upgrade will be
-    # triggered. Use with caution as Major upgrades denote backwards
-    # incompatibility. Yet I like it to be integrated in the CI
-    - name: Bump Major Version
-      env:
-        COMMIT_MSG: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
-      run: |
-        bump2version major
-        echo "SKIPBUMP=TRUE" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      if: "startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, '[MAJOR]')"
-
-    - name: Bump Minor Version
-      env:
-        COMMIT_MSG: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
-      run: |
-        bump2version minor
-        echo "SKIPBUMP=TRUE" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      if: "startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, '[FEATURE]')"
-
-    # Default action
-    - name: Bump Patch Version
-      env:
-        COMMIT_MSG: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
-      run: |
-        bump2version patch
-      if: env.SKIPBUMP == 'FALSE'
-
-    - name: Commit version change to master
-      run: |
-        git push --follow-tags
-
-    - name: Build and publish
-      env:
-        TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USER }}
-        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASS }}
-      run: |
-        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-        # note that here testpypi is used instead of the main pypi
-        # because this is a test project
-        # read more at: https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/packaging-projects/
-        twine upload --repository testpypi dist/*