diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_rpms.yml b/.github/workflows/release_rpms.yml
index 450ff7c..92b219e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_rpms.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_rpms.yml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           AUTOCREATE_RELEASE: ${{ github.event.inputs.autocreate_release }}
           PREBUILD_TAG: ${{ steps.validate-inputs.outputs.prebuild_suffix }}
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
           github-token: ${{ github.event.inputs.target_repo_token || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           script: |
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Wipe all previous assets from GitHub Release (when clean == 'yes')"
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.clean == 'yes' && github.event.inputs.dry_run != 'yes' }}
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         env:
           release_id:  ${{ steps.release-api.outputs.id }}
         with:
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Upload RPM file(s) to GitHub Release (dry_run != 'yes')"
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run != 'yes' }}
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         env:
           rpm_file_paths: ${{ steps.build-and-sign-rpm.outputs.rpm_file_paths }}
           rpm_gpg_file: ${{ steps.build-and-sign-rpm.outputs.rpm_gpg_file }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/tag_deploy.yml
index 2191ab1..06e62d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag_deploy.yml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ jobs:
           - centos8
     steps:
       - name: Trigger RPM release workflow (${{ matrix.os }})
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         env:
           DEFAULT_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
           TARGET_TAG: ${{ needs.create-github-release.outputs.tag }}
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7c330d6..928fc26 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ group :test do
   gem 'rake'
   gem 'rspec'
   gem 'rspec-puppet'
-  gem 'simp-rake-helpers', ENV.fetch('SIMP_RAKE_HELPERS_VERSION', ['>= 5.21.0', '< 6'])
+  gem 'simp-rake-helpers', ENV.fetch('SIMP_RAKE_HELPERS_VERSION', '>= 5.23.0')
   gem 'simp-rspec-puppet-facts', ENV.fetch('SIMP_RSPEC_PUPPET_FACTS_VERSION', '~> 3.7')
 end
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ group :system_tests do
   gem 'bcrypt_pbkdf'
   gem 'beaker'
   gem 'beaker-rspec'
-  gem 'simp-beaker-helpers', ENV.fetch('SIMP_BEAKER_HELPERS_VERSION', ['>= 1.32.1', '< 2'])
+  gem 'simp-beaker-helpers', ENV.fetch('SIMP_BEAKER_HELPERS_VERSION', '~> 2.0.0')
 end
 
 # Evaluate extra gemfiles if they exist