diff --git a/.github/workflows/dzil-build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/dzil-build-and-test.yml
index d36a0bea..6a49a94a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dzil-build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dzil-build-and-test.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-job:
     name: Build distribution
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: perldocker/perl-tester:5.36
     steps:
@@ -25,18 +25,18 @@ jobs:
           EXTENDED_TESTING: 1
           RELEASE_TESTING: 1
         run: auto-build-and-test-dist
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: build_dir
           path: build_dir
   coverage-job:
     needs: build-job
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: perldocker/perl-tester:5.36
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3 # codecov wants to be inside a Git repository
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: build_dir
           path: .
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: build-job
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: build_dir
           path: .
@@ -72,11 +72,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
         perl-version:
-          - "5.8"
-          - "5.10"
-          - "5.12"
           - "5.14"
           - "5.16"
           - "5.18"
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: shogo82148/actions-setup-perl@v1
         with:
           perl-version: ${{ matrix.perl-version }}
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: build_dir
           path: .
@@ -116,9 +113,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [macos-latest]
         perl-version:
-          - "5.8"
-          - "5.10"
-          - "5.12"
           - "5.14"
           - "5.16"
           - "5.18"
@@ -135,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: shogo82148/actions-setup-perl@v1
         with:
           perl-version: ${{ matrix.perl-version }}
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: build_dir
           path: .
@@ -170,10 +164,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           perl-version: ${{ matrix.perl-version }}
           distribution: strawberry # this option only used on windows
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: build_dir
           path: .
+      - name: install IO::Socket::SSL > 2.024   # Windows tests fail with 2.024, so we are getting the ...
+        run: cpm install -g IO::Socket::SSL@2.089  # ... latest version available at the time of writing
       - name: install deps using cpm
         uses: perl-actions/install-with-cpm@v1
         with: