diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-final-dist.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-final-dist.yaml
index 8fe325c1..92db233a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-final-dist.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-final-dist.yaml
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.8'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-test-dist.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-test-dist.yaml
index 0a74b979..922157b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-test-dist.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-test-dist.yaml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: '3.8'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/python-tests.yaml
index 6976eaf5..a7819a07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-tests.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']  # Add versions as needed
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']  # Add versions as needed
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           poetry run pytest tests/ --cov=arbitragelab --cov-report=term --cov-branch --cov-config=.coveragerc
 
-      - name: Generate coverage XML report
+      - name: Generate coverage HTML report
         run: poetry run coverage html
 
-      - name: Upload Coverage XML Report as Artifact
+      - name: Upload Coverage HTML Report as Artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: coverage-html
-          path: coverage.html
+          name: coverage-html-${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          path: build/coverage/html/index.html
 
       - name: Check coverage
         run: poetry run coverage report --fail-under=100
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7d486184..0cd24886 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ packages = [
     { include = "arbitragelab" }
 ]
 
-exclude = ["contrib", "docs", "tests"]
+exclude = ["docs", "tests"]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.8"
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 coverage = "7.2.7"
 pylint = "3.1.0"
 pytest = "7.3.1"
-pyarmor = "8.5.2"
 pytest-cov = "3.0.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.docs.dependencies]
@@ -130,4 +129,5 @@ sphinx-copybutton = "0.5.2"
 six = "*"
 
 [tool.poetry.extras]
+tests = ["coverage", "pylint", "pytest", "pytest-cov"]
 docs = ["sphinx", "sphinx-rtd-theme", "sphinx-tabs", "sphinx-autoapi", "sphinx-copybutton", "myst-parser", "hudsonthames-sphinx-theme", "docutils", "jinja2", "releases"]
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