diff --git a/.github/actions/install_requirements/action.yml b/.github/actions/install_requirements/action.yml
index 958bea5e..4ffda023 100644
--- a/.github/actions/install_requirements/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/install_requirements/action.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ runs:
 
   steps:
     - name: Setup python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v7
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python_version }}
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Upload lockfiles
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
       with:
         name: lockfiles-${{ inputs.python_version }}
         path: lockfiles
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code.yml b/.github/workflows/code.yml
index 716b8d0a..906f659d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code.yml
@@ -10,18 +10,18 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: ["ubuntu-latest"] # can add windows-latest, macos-latest
-        python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        os: ["ubuntu-22.04"] # can add windows-latest, macos-latest
+        python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
         install: ["-e .[dev]"]
         # Make one version be non-editable to test both paths of version code
         include:
-          - os: "ubuntu-latest"
+          - os: "ubuntu-22.04"
             python: "3.8"
             install: ".[dev]"
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     container:
-      image: ghcr.io/epics-containers/epics-base-developer:7.0.9ec3
+      image: ghcr.io/epics-containers/epics-base-developer:7.0.10ec2
       volumes:
         - /opt/hostedtoolcache:/opt/hostedtoolcache
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           # Need this to get version number from last tag
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
         run: tox -e pytest
 
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.python }}/${{ matrix.os }}
           files: cov.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           # Need this to get version number from last tag
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -72,21 +72,21 @@ jobs:
           pipx run build --sdist
 
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.16.2
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v4.3.5
         with:
           output-dir: dist
         env:
-          # Force using an older manylinux image to support more OSs
-          CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux2014
           # Simple test that the wheel is loaded and available
           CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: python -c "import cothread; print(cothread.__version__)"
-          # Skip all PyPy wheels (GIL deadlock detected in ThreadState_New)
           # Skip all i686 wheels (cannot build numpy)
+          # Skip Python 3.14 due to test failures
+          # Skip Python 3.15 due to https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/160719
+          # Skip free-threading builds on all platforms
           # This leaves manylinux and musllinux wheels
-          CIBW_SKIP: pp* *i686*
+          CIBW_SKIP: "*i686* cp314* cp315* cp3??t-*"
 
       - name: Upload sdist and wheels as artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: dist-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python }}
           path: dist
@@ -105,14 +105,14 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Download dist
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
             pattern: dist*
             path: dist
             merge-multiple: true
 
       - name: Download lockfiles
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
             pattern: lockfiles*
             path: lockfiles
diff --git a/src/cothread/dbr.py b/src/cothread/dbr.py
index ad24a423..2715c886 100644
--- a/src/cothread/dbr.py
+++ b/src/cothread/dbr.py
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ def _require_value(value, dtype):
     over channel access.'''
     result = numpy.require(value, requirements = 'C', dtype = dtype)
     if result.shape == ():
-        result.shape = (1,)
+        result = numpy.reshape(result, (1,))
     assert result.ndim == 1, 'Can\'t put multidimensional arrays!'
     return result