diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index bebfcff..f404f73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -4,47 +4,31 @@ on: [push]
 
 jobs:
   build:
+
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-    - name: Cache pip
-      uses: actions/cache@v3
-      with:
-        path: ~/.cache/pip
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
-        restore-keys: |
-          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
-
-    - name: Upgrade pip and install build dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install "setuptools==69" "wheel" "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"
-
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
         pip install .
-
-    - name: Clean previous build artifacts
-      run: |
-        rm -rf build dist *.egg-info
-
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |
         pip install flake8
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
         flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
         flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
-
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
-        pip install pytest==6.2.4
-        pytest
+        pip install pytest==8.2.2
+        PYTHONPATH=. pytest