diff --git a/.github/workflows/develop.yml b/.github/workflows/develop.yml
index 30c8f2190..3476ae2f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/develop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/develop.yml
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ jobs:
       packages: write
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.11
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index be941be8d..815f58056 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ jobs:
   job_build_python_whl:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.11
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Log in to Docker Hub
         uses: docker/login-action@v2
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ jobs:
     env:
       PYTHONPATH: home/runner/work/core/
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.11
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml b/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
index 9182c1934..d0803c87c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-name: 'Sonarcloud Scan'
+name: "Sonarcloud Scan"
 
 run-name: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.display_title }}
 
@@ -27,53 +27,53 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   job_download_pr_artifact:
-      outputs:
-        pr_info: ${{ steps.pr.outputs.result }}
-      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-      if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
-      steps:
-        - name: 'Download Artifact'
-          uses: actions/github-script@v6
-          with:
-            script: |
-              let allArtifacts = await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRunArtifacts({
-                  owner: context.repo.owner,
-                  repo: context.repo.repo,
-                  run_id: context.payload.workflow_run.id,
-              });
-              let matchArtifact = allArtifacts.data.artifacts.filter((artifact) => {
-                return artifact.name == "pr_number"
-              })[0];
-              let download = await github.rest.actions.downloadArtifact({
-                  owner: context.repo.owner,
-                  repo: context.repo.repo,
-                  artifact_id: matchArtifact.id,
-                  archive_format: 'zip',
-              });
-              let fs = require('fs');
-              fs.writeFileSync(`${process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pr_number.zip`, Buffer.from(download.data));
+    outputs:
+      pr_info: ${{ steps.pr.outputs.result }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: "Download Artifact"
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            let allArtifacts = await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRunArtifacts({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                run_id: context.payload.workflow_run.id,
+            });
+            let matchArtifact = allArtifacts.data.artifacts.filter((artifact) => {
+              return artifact.name == "pr_number"
+            })[0];
+            let download = await github.rest.actions.downloadArtifact({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                artifact_id: matchArtifact.id,
+                archive_format: 'zip',
+            });
+            let fs = require('fs');
+            fs.writeFileSync(`${process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pr_number.zip`, Buffer.from(download.data));
 
-        - name: 'Unzip Artifact'
-          run: unzip pr_number.zip
+      - name: "Unzip Artifact"
+        run: unzip pr_number.zip
 
-        - name: 'Read Artifact'
-          id: pr
-          uses: actions/github-script@v6
-          with:
-            script: |
-              let fs = require('fs');
-              return fs.readFileSync('./pr_number');
-            result-encoding: string
+      - name: "Read Artifact"
+        id: pr
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            let fs = require('fs');
+            return fs.readFileSync('./pr_number');
+          result-encoding: string
 
   job_run_unit_tests_and_sonarqube:
-      needs: job_download_pr_artifact
-      uses: rtdip/core/.github/workflows/sonarcloud_reusable.yml@develop
-      with:
-        REPO_NAME: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_repository.full_name }}
-        HEAD_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
-        HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
-        PR_NUMBER: ${{ fromJSON(needs.job_download_pr_artifact.outputs.pr_info).pr_number }}
-        PR_HEAD_REF: ${{ fromJSON(needs.job_download_pr_artifact.outputs.pr_info).pr_head_ref }}
-        PR_BASE_REF: ${{ fromJSON(needs.job_download_pr_artifact.outputs.pr_info).pr_base_ref }}
-      secrets:
-        SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
+    needs: job_download_pr_artifact
+    uses: rtdip/core/.github/workflows/sonarcloud_reusable.yml@develop
+    with:
+      REPO_NAME: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_repository.full_name }}
+      HEAD_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
+      HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
+      PR_NUMBER: ${{ fromJSON(needs.job_download_pr_artifact.outputs.pr_info).pr_number }}
+      PR_HEAD_REF: ${{ fromJSON(needs.job_download_pr_artifact.outputs.pr_info).pr_head_ref }}
+      PR_BASE_REF: ${{ fromJSON(needs.job_download_pr_artifact.outputs.pr_info).pr_base_ref }}
+    secrets:
+      SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonarcloud_reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/sonarcloud_reusable.yml
index f3a3fd021..884fe15d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonarcloud_reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonarcloud_reusable.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-name: 'Reusable Sonarcloud Scan'
+name: "Reusable Sonarcloud Scan"
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
@@ -25,20 +25,20 @@ on:
         type: string
       HEAD_SHA:
         required: true
-        type: string                        
+        type: string
       PR_NUMBER:
         required: true
-        type: string      
+        type: string
       PR_HEAD_REF:
         required: true
         type: string
       PR_BASE_REF:
         required: true
-        type: string                    
+        type: string
     secrets:
       SONAR_TOKEN:
         required: true
-        
+
 jobs:
   job_test_python_pyspark_latest_version:
     defaults:
@@ -50,19 +50,19 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.11"]
         pyspark: ["3.5.1"]
         delta-spark: ["3.0.0"]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }} 
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: ${{ inputs.REPO_NAME }}
           ref: ${{ inputs.HEAD_BRANCH }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Setup Python 
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      
+
       - name: Install Boost
         run: |
           sudo apt update
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           create-args: >-
             python=${{ matrix.python-version }}
             pyspark=${{ matrix.pyspark }}
-            delta-spark=${{ matrix.delta-spark }}          
+            delta-spark=${{ matrix.delta-spark }}
           cache-environment: true
 
       - name: Test
@@ -93,12 +93,11 @@ jobs:
           coverage xml --omit "venv/**,maintenance/**,xunit-reports/**" -i -o coverage-reports/coverage-unittests.xml
           echo Coverage `coverage report --omit "venv/**" | grep TOTAL | tr -s ' ' | cut -d" " -f4`
 
-
       - name: Mkdocs Test
         run: |
           mkdocs build --strict
 
-      - name: Override Coverage Source Path for Sonar   
+      - name: Override Coverage Source Path for Sonar
         run: |
           sed -i "s/<source>\/home\/runner\/work\/core\/core<\/source>/<source>\/github\/workspace<\/source>/g" /home/runner/work/core/core/coverage-reports/coverage-unittests.xml
 
@@ -115,5 +114,5 @@ jobs:
             -Dsonar.pullrequest.branch=${{ inputs.PR_HEAD_REF }}
             -Dsonar.pullrequest.base=${{ inputs.PR_BASE_REF }}
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # Needed to get PR information, if any
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Needed to get PR information, if any
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 192747f41..36333108e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -12,88 +12,88 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-name: 'Reusable Test Workflow'
+name: "Reusable Test Workflow"
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
 
 jobs:
   job_test_python_pyspark_versions:
-      defaults:
-        run:
-          shell: bash -l {0}
-      strategy:
-        fail-fast: false
-        matrix:
-          os: [ubuntu-latest]
-          python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
-          pyspark: ["3.3.0", "3.3.1", "3.3.2", "3.4.0", "3.4.1", "3.5.0"]
-          exclude:
-            - pyspark: "3.5.0"
-              python-version: "3.9"
-            - pyspark: "3.5.0"
-              python-version: "3.10"  
-            - pyspark: "3.4.1"
-              python-version: "3.9"
-            - pyspark: "3.4.1"
-              python-version: "3.10"  
-            - pyspark: "3.4.0"
-              python-version: "3.9"
-            - pyspark: "3.4.0"
-              python-version: "3.10" 
-            - pyspark: "3.3.2"
-              python-version: "3.11"
-            - pyspark: "3.3.1"
-              python-version: "3.11"  
-            - pyspark: "3.3.0"
-              python-version: "3.11"                 
-          include:
-            - pyspark: "3.3.0"
-              delta-spark: "2.2.0"
-            - pyspark: "3.3.1"
-              delta-spark: "2.3.0"
-            - pyspark: "3.3.2"
-              delta-spark: "2.3.0"
-            - pyspark: "3.4.0"
-              delta-spark: "2.4.0"
-            - pyspark: "3.4.1"
-              delta-spark: "2.4.0"
-            - pyspark: "3.5.0"
-              delta-spark: "3.0.0"                                 
-      runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-      steps:
-        - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-          with:
-            fetch-depth: 0 
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        pyspark: ["3.3.0", "3.3.1", "3.3.2", "3.4.0", "3.4.1", "3.5.0"]
+        exclude:
+          - pyspark: "3.5.0"
+            python-version: "3.9"
+          - pyspark: "3.5.0"
+            python-version: "3.10"
+          - pyspark: "3.4.1"
+            python-version: "3.9"
+          - pyspark: "3.4.1"
+            python-version: "3.10"
+          - pyspark: "3.4.0"
+            python-version: "3.9"
+          - pyspark: "3.4.0"
+            python-version: "3.10"
+          - pyspark: "3.3.2"
+            python-version: "3.11"
+          - pyspark: "3.3.1"
+            python-version: "3.11"
+          - pyspark: "3.3.0"
+            python-version: "3.11"
+        include:
+          - pyspark: "3.3.0"
+            delta-spark: "2.2.0"
+          - pyspark: "3.3.1"
+            delta-spark: "2.3.0"
+          - pyspark: "3.3.2"
+            delta-spark: "2.3.0"
+          - pyspark: "3.4.0"
+            delta-spark: "2.4.0"
+          - pyspark: "3.4.1"
+            delta-spark: "2.4.0"
+          - pyspark: "3.5.0"
+            delta-spark: "3.0.0"
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-        - name: Setup Python 
-          uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-          with:
-            python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        
-        - name: Install Boost
-          run: |
-            sudo apt update
-            sudo apt install -y libboost-all-dev
+      - name: Install Boost
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install -y libboost-all-dev
 
-        - name: Add conda to system path
-          run: |
-            # $CONDA is an environment variable pointing to the root of the miniconda directory
-            echo $CONDA/bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
+      - name: Add conda to system path
+        run: |
+          # $CONDA is an environment variable pointing to the root of the miniconda directory
+          echo $CONDA/bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
-        - name: Install Conda environment with Micromamba
-          uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@main
-          with:
-            environment-file: environment.yml
-            create-args: >-
-              python=${{ matrix.python-version }}
-              pyspark=${{ matrix.pyspark }}
-              delta-spark=${{ matrix.delta-spark }}     
-            cache-environment: true
+      - name: Install Conda environment with Micromamba
+        uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@main
+        with:
+          environment-file: environment.yml
+          create-args: >-
+            python=${{ matrix.python-version }}
+            pyspark=${{ matrix.pyspark }}
+            delta-spark=${{ matrix.delta-spark }}
+          cache-environment: true
 
-        - name: Test
-          run: |
-            coverage run -m pytest --junitxml=xunit-reports/xunit-result-unitttests.xml tests
+      - name: Test
+        run: |
+          coverage run -m pytest --junitxml=xunit-reports/xunit-result-unitttests.xml tests
 
   job_test_mkdocs:
     defaults:
@@ -105,19 +105,19 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.11"]
         pyspark: ["3.5.0"]
         delta-spark: ["3.0.0"]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }} 
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: ${{ inputs.REPO_NAME }}
           ref: ${{ inputs.HEAD_BRANCH }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Setup Python 
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      
+
       - name: Install Boost
         run: |
           sudo apt update
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
           create-args: >-
             python=${{ matrix.python-version }}
             pyspark=${{ matrix.pyspark }}
-            delta-spark=${{ matrix.delta-spark }}          
+            delta-spark=${{ matrix.delta-spark }}
           cache-environment: true
 
       - name: Mkdocs Test
@@ -145,5 +145,5 @@ jobs:
   job_lint_python_black:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: psf/black@stable  
\ No newline at end of file
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: psf/black@stable