diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 1c3b05f99c..60841fd13d 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,8 @@ updates:
     directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      # Check for updates to GitHub Actions every week
+      interval: "weekly"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index e0e00fc9ab..9f13a85de7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -151,12 +151,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Comment PR with the results
         if: env.has_changes == 'true'
-        uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@v2
+        uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@v3
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
-          filePath: tests/benchmarks/commit_msg.txt
-          comment_tag: benchmark
+          file-path: tests/benchmarks/commit_msg.txt
+          comment-tag: benchmark
 
       - name: Upload benchmark data
         if: always() && env.has_changes == 'true'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/regression_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/regression_tests.yml
index 8c7e450607..9e648d3ec1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/regression_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/regression_tests.yml
@@ -107,14 +107,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload coverage
         if: env.has_changes == 'true'
         id : codecov
-        uses: Wandalen/wretry.action@v3.5.0
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         with:
-          action: codecov/codecov-action@v4
-          with: |
-            token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-            name: codecov-umbrella
-            files: ./cov.xml
-            fail_ci_if_error: true
-            verbose: true
-          attempt_limit: 10
-          attempt_delay: 60000 # ms, 1 min
+          name: codecov-umbrella
+          files: ./cov.xml
+          fail_ci_if_error: true
+          verbose: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2d1439cc21..74a37b4e58 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build package
         run: python -m build --sdist --wheel
       - name: Publish package
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@27b31702a0e7fc50959f5ad993c78deac1bdfc29
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@67339c736fd9354cd4f8cb0b744f2b82a74b5c70
         with:
           user: __token__
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index 8a094ea55e..6e8ebc7a66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -113,14 +113,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload coverage
         if: env.has_changes == 'true'
         id : codecov
-        uses: Wandalen/wretry.action@v3.5.0
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         with:
-          action: codecov/codecov-action@v4
-          with: |
-            token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-            name: codecov-umbrella
-            files: ./cov.xml
-            fail_ci_if_error: true
-            verbose: true
-          attempt_limit: 10
-          attempt_delay: 60000 # ms, 1 min
+          name: codecov-umbrella
+          files: ./cov.xml
+          fail_ci_if_error: true
+          verbose: true
diff --git a/desc/io/optimizable_io.py b/desc/io/optimizable_io.py
index e15a21756e..2755a6a212 100644
--- a/desc/io/optimizable_io.py
+++ b/desc/io/optimizable_io.py
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ def _unjittable(x):
     # strings and functions can't be args to jitted functions, and ints/bools are pretty
     # much always flags or array sizes which also need to be a compile time constant
     if isinstance(x, (list, tuple)):
-        return any([_unjittable(y) for y in x])
+        return all([_unjittable(y) or y is None for y in x])
     if isinstance(x, dict):
-        return any([_unjittable(y) for y in x.values()])
+        return all([_unjittable(y) or y is None for y in x.values()])
     if hasattr(x, "dtype") and np.ndim(x) == 0:
         return np.issubdtype(x.dtype, np.bool_) or np.issubdtype(x.dtype, np.int_)
     return isinstance(
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ def _unjittable(x):
 
 def _make_hashable(x):
     # turn unhashable ndarray of ints into a hashable tuple
+    if isinstance(x, list):
+        return [_make_hashable(y) for y in x]
+    if isinstance(x, tuple):
+        return tuple([_make_hashable(y) for y in x])
+    if isinstance(x, dict):
+        return {key: _make_hashable(val) for key, val in x.items()}
     if hasattr(x, "shape"):
         return ("ndarray", x.shape, tuple(x.flatten()))
     return x
@@ -103,6 +109,12 @@ def _unmake_hashable(x):
     # turn tuple of ints and shape to ndarray
     if isinstance(x, tuple) and x[0] == "ndarray":
         return np.array(x[2]).reshape(x[1])
+    if isinstance(x, list):
+        return [_unmake_hashable(y) for y in x]
+    if isinstance(x, tuple):
+        return tuple([_unmake_hashable(y) for y in x])
+    if isinstance(x, dict):
+        return {key: _unmake_hashable(val) for key, val in x.items()}
     return x