diff --git a/.github/workflows/omv-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/omv-ci.yml
index b805894..7cee970 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/omv-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/omv-ci.yml
@@ -14,22 +14,20 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ 3.8, 3.9 ]
+        python-version: [ 3.9, "3.12" ]
         engine: 
           - jNeuroML_validate
           # - "NEURON:7.8.2"  # slightly different spike times...
-          - "NEURON:8.0.0"
-          - "NEURON:8.0.2"
-          - "NEURON:8.1"
+          - "NEURON:8.2.6"
           - jNeuroML
           - jNeuroML_NEURON
           - jNeuroML_NetPyNE
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Python  ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version:  ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae3fbf8..b9682ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ The conversion to NeuroML of this model can be found [here](NeuroML2).
 See also https://github.com/OpenSourceBrain/Contribute/issues/15 for issue related to this.
 
 Much of the work to convert this model to NeuroML wascarried out by [Shayan Shafquat](https://github.com/shayan823) as part of Google Summer of Code 2023. 
+