Merge branch 'master' into perf/optimize-field-access-alternative

Author: jamis

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -30,15 +30,13 @@ jobs:
       with:
         submodules: recursive
 
-    # the default python 3.8 doesn't cut it, and causes mongo-orchestration
-    # to fail in mongodb-labs/drivers-evergreen-tools.
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: '3.13'
 
     - id: start-mongodb
       name: start mongodb
-      uses: mongodb-labs/drivers-evergreen-tools@8c66939e0f2ad8ec03522cd7e8631f5a55e2c9f2
+      uses: mongodb-labs/drivers-evergreen-tools@b26580ac7b03a7eb282053871da0a050c7075288
       with:
         version: "${{matrix.mongodb}}"
         topology: "${{matrix.topology}}"