diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-sboms.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-sboms.yaml
index 9a480ecd2..685d08844 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-sboms.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-sboms.yaml
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ on:
       - main
 
 env:
-  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.10"
+  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.13"
 
 jobs:
-
   Publish-SBOMS:
     name: "Publish SBOMs"
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-4core-16gb
@@ -18,21 +17,21 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       packages: write
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac #v4.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac #v4.0.0
 
-    - name: Setup Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@61a6322f88396a6271a6ee3565807d608ecaddd1 #v4.7.0
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@61a6322f88396a6271a6ee3565807d608ecaddd1 #v4.7.0
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
 
-    - uses: actions/cache@1bd1e32a3bdc45362d1e726936510720a7c30a57 # v4.2.0
-      with:
-        path: venv
-        key: ${{ hashFiles('requirements.txt') }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile') }}
+      - uses: actions/cache@1bd1e32a3bdc45362d1e726936510720a7c30a57 # v4.2.0
+        with:
+          path: venv
+          key: ${{ hashFiles('requirements.txt') }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile') }}
 
-    - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-      run: |
-        echo ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | oras login ghcr.io --username ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        run: |
+          echo ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | oras login ghcr.io --username ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin
 
-    - name: Update and publish SBOMs
-      run: make update-and-publish-sboms
+      - name: Update and publish SBOMs
+        run: make update-and-publish-sboms
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validations.yaml b/.github/workflows/validations.yaml
index e8954d9b3..01f696054 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validations.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validations.yaml
@@ -7,27 +7,27 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 env:
-  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.10"
+  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.13"
 
 jobs:
   Checks:
     name: "Checks"
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-4core-16gb
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
 
-    - name: Setup Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@61a6322f88396a6271a6ee3565807d608ecaddd1 # v4.7.0
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@61a6322f88396a6271a6ee3565807d608ecaddd1 # v4.7.0
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
 
-    - uses: actions/cache@1bd1e32a3bdc45362d1e726936510720a7c30a57 # v4.2.0
-      with:
-        path: venv
-        key: ${{ hashFiles('requirements.txt') }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile') }}
+      - uses: actions/cache@1bd1e32a3bdc45362d1e726936510720a7c30a57 # v4.2.0
+        with:
+          path: venv
+          key: ${{ hashFiles('requirements.txt') }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile') }}
 
-    - name: Run static-analysis
-      run: make static-analysis
+      - name: Run static-analysis
+        run: make static-analysis
 
-    - name: Run build-sboms
-      run: make build-sboms
+      - name: Run build-sboms
+        run: make build-sboms
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e71b25cf1..1f7079c64 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-git+https://github.com/anchore/yardstick@v0.9.1
+git+https://github.com/anchore/yardstick@v0.16.1
 # ../yardstick
 click