diff --git a/.github/.dependabot.yaml b/.github/.dependabot.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94ef9b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.dependabot.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Maintain dependencies for pip
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+
+   # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index ba1e21a..2439e5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -17,15 +17,17 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Git clone
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Set up virtual environment
-      uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Setup Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         channels: defaults, conda-forge
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: conda install numpy scipy scikit-learn codecov pytest-cov
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+        pip install .[dev]
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: pytest -v --cov=tclf --pyargs tclf
     - name: Code coverage
-      run: codecov
+      run: codecov
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