diff --git a/.github/workflows/pages.yml b/.github/workflows/pages.yml
index a37e5366..7c934377 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pages.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   github-pages:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Build documentations
         run: .github/workflows/build-docs.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7f990459..496d68bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ jobs:
         runner: [ubuntu-latest, shopify-ubuntu-arm64]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: 1.16
 
@@ -23,20 +23,21 @@ jobs:
         run: .github/workflows/build-deb.sh
 
       - name: Upload debs
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: debs-${{ github.sha }}
+          name: debs-${{ github.sha }}-${{ matrix.runner }}
           path: build/ghostferry*
 
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: build-debs
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Fetch uploaded artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: debs-${{ github.sha }}
+          pattern: debs-${{ github.sha }}-*
++         merge-multiple: true
       - name: shasum
         shell: bash
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/start-mysql.sh b/.github/workflows/start-mysql.sh
index adbdd308..faf3e44b 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/start-mysql.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/start-mysql.sh
@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -xe
 
-DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION=v2.2.3
-
-sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install -y netcat-openbsd make gcc
-
-sudo curl -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/${DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION}/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m`
-sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
-
 if [ "$MYSQL_VERSION" == "8.0" ]; then
-  docker-compose -f docker-compose_8.0.yml up -d mysql-1 mysql-2
+  docker compose -f docker-compose_8.0.yml up -d mysql-1 mysql-2
 else
-  docker-compose up -d mysql-1 mysql-2
+  docker compose up -d mysql-1 mysql-2
 fi
 
 MAX_ATTEMPTS=60
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index df63c2a3..661cf91a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Ghostferry MySQL 8.0 tests
+name: Ghostferry Tests
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -8,16 +8,21 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   gh-285:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        mysql: ["5.7", "8.0"]
+
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: true
     timeout-minutes: 15
+
     env:
       CI: "true"
-      MYSQL_VERSION: "8.0"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      MYSQL_VERSION: ${{ matrix.mysql }}
 
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: 1.16
 
@@ -26,17 +31,23 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Running GH-285 test
         run: ./examples/gh-285/bugreport.sh
+
   go-test:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        mysql: ["5.7", "8.0"]
+
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
+    continue-on-error: true
+
     env:
       CI: "true"
-      MYSQL_VERSION: "8.0"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      MYSQL_VERSION: ${{ matrix.mysql }}
 
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: 1.16
 
@@ -45,23 +56,27 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Running Golang tests
         run: make test-go
+
   ruby-test:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        mysql: ["5.7", "8.0"]
+
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
+    continue-on-error: true
+
     env:
       CI: "true"
       BUNDLE_WITHOUT: "development"
-      MYSQL_VERSION: "8.0"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      MYSQL_VERSION: ${{ matrix.mysql }}
 
-      - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: 1.16
-
-      - name: Setup Ruby
-        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
           ruby-version: 3.2
           bundler-cache: true
@@ -71,16 +86,15 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Running Ruby tests
         run: bundle exec ruby test/main.rb
+
   build-debs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         runner: [ubuntu-latest, shopify-ubuntu-arm64]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: 1.16
 
@@ -88,27 +102,7 @@ jobs:
         run: .github/workflows/build-deb.sh
 
       - name: Upload debs
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: debs-${{ github.sha }}
+          name: debs-${{ github.sha }}-${{ matrix.runner }}
           path: build/ghostferry*
-
-  checksum-debs:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-debs
-    steps:
-      - name: Fetch uploaded artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: debs-${{ github.sha }}
-      - name: shasum
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          sha256sum *.deb > ghostferry-$GITHUB_SHA.sha256sum
-          echo "sha256sum:"
-          cat ghostferry-$GITHUB_SHA.sha256sum
-      - name: Upload checksum
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: debs-${{ github.sha }}
-          path: "*.sha256sum"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_5.7.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_5.7.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ec6ae217..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_5.7.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-name: Ghostferry MySQL 5.7 tests
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-
-jobs:
-  gh-285:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 15
-    env:
-      CI: "true"
-      MYSQL_VERSION: "5.7"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.16
-
-      - name: Starting up MySQL
-        run: .github/workflows/start-mysql.sh
-
-      - name: Running GH-285 test
-        run: ./examples/gh-285/bugreport.sh
-  go-test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 15
-    env:
-      CI: "true"
-      MYSQL_VERSION: "5.7"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.16
-
-      - name: Starting up MySQL
-        run: .github/workflows/start-mysql.sh
-
-      - name: Running Golang tests
-        run: make test-go
-  ruby-test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 15
-    env:
-      CI: "true"
-      MYSQL_VERSION: "5.7"
-      BUNDLE_WITHOUT: "development"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.16
-
-      - name: Setup Ruby
-        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-        with:
-          ruby-version: 3.2
-          bundler-cache: true
-
-      - name: Starting up MySQL
-        run: .github/workflows/start-mysql.sh
-
-      - name: Running Ruby tests
-        run: bundle exec ruby test/main.rb
-