diff --git a/.github/actions/install/action.yml b/.github/actions/install/action.yml
index 36326de8..c47b0907 100644
--- a/.github/actions/install/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/install/action.yml
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
     - name: Checkout the source code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set the python version
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
 
     - name: Set up pip package caching
-      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
       with:
         path: ~/.cache/pip
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be006de9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Keep GitHub Actions up to date with GitHub's Dependabot...
+# https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/working-with-dependabot/keeping-your-actions-up-to-date-with-dependabot
+# https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file#package-ecosystem
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
+    directory: /
+    groups:
+      github-actions:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"  # Group all Actions updates into a single larger pull request
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 61251419..73d59679 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -11,21 +11,17 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-        # This is the version of python used to package the code. The unit
-        # tests will have run against python 3.6, 3.7 etc ensuring
-        # compatibility with those runtimes.
-        # https://github.com/axnsan12/drf-yasg/pull/741#discussion_r713297594
       - name: Set the python version
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.11
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         uses: ./.github/actions/install
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.11
 
       - name: Install builders for publishing
         run: pip install -r requirements/publish.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/review.yml b/.github/workflows/review.yml
index 58fb45ec..4efe1949 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/review.yml
@@ -7,15 +7,16 @@ jobs:
     name: Run linters and tests
     runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set the python version
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
@@ -25,23 +26,23 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
       - name: Run tests
-        
+
         # Python 3.6 tests have been removed since swagger-spec-validator no longer supports it.
         # A successful workflow run for Python 3.6 is required by the GitHub branch protection rules.
         if: ${{ matrix.python != 3.6 }}
-        
+
         env:
           PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python }}
         run: tox -e $(tox -l | grep py${PYTHON_VERSION//.} | paste -sd "," -)
 
       - name: Report coverage
-        if: ${{ matrix.python == 3.9 }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.python != 3.6 }}
         run: |
           pip install coverage
           coverage report
 
       - name: Check for incompatibilities with publishing to PyPi
-        if: ${{ matrix.python == 3.8 }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.python == 3.11 }}
         run: |
           pip install -r requirements/publish.txt
           python setup.py sdist
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 874beef2..5638808d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ Generate **real** Swagger/OpenAPI 2.0 specifications from a Django Rest Framewor
 Compatible with
 
 - **Django Rest Framework**: 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14
-- **Django**: 2.2, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0, 4.1
-- **Python**: 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11
+- **Django**: 2.2, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2
+- **Python**: 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12
 
 Only the latest patch version of each ``major.minor`` series of Python, Django and Django REST Framework is supported.
 
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ The preferred installation method is directly from pypi:
 
 .. code:: console
 
-   pip install -U drf-yasg
+   pip install --upgrade drf-yasg
 
 Additionally, if you want to use the built-in validation mechanisms (see `4. Validation`_), you need to install
 some extra requirements:
 
 .. code:: console
 
-   pip install -U drf-yasg[validation]
+   pip install --upgrade drf-yasg[validation]
 
 .. _readme-quickstart:
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ In ``urls.py``:
 .. code:: python
 
    ...
-   from django.urls import path
+   from django.urls import re_path
    from rest_framework import permissions
    from drf_yasg.views import get_schema_view
    from drf_yasg import openapi
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ You can use the specification outputted by this library together with
 
    $ docker run --rm -v ${PWD}:/local swaggerapi/swagger-codegen-cli generate -i /local/tests/reference.yaml -l javascript -o /local/.codegen/js
 
-See the github page linked above for more details.
+See the GitHub page linked above for more details.
 
 .. _readme-testproj:
 
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ For additional usage examples, you can take a look at the test project in the ``
    $ virtualenv venv
    $ source venv/bin/activate
    (venv) $ cd testproj
-   (venv) $ python -m pip install -U pip setuptools
-   (venv) $ pip install -U -r requirements.txt
+   (venv) $ python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+   (venv) $ pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt
    (venv) $ python manage.py migrate
    (venv) $ python manage.py runserver
    (venv) $ firefox localhost:8000/swagger/
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 9e1259a0..83487358 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
 from docutils import nodes, utils
 from docutils.parsers.rst import roles
 from docutils.parsers.rst.roles import set_classes
-from pkg_resources import get_distribution
+
+try:
+    from importlib import metadata
+except ImportError:  # Python < 3.8
+    from pkg_resources import get_distribution
 
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -47,7 +51,10 @@
 # built documents.
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = get_distribution('drf_yasg').version
+try:
+    release = metadata.version('drf_yasg')
+except NameError:  # Python < 3.8
+    release = get_distribution('drf_yasg').version
 if 'noscm' in release:
     raise AssertionError('Invalid package version string: %s. \n'
                          'The documentation must be built with drf_yasg installed from a distribution package, '
@@ -82,7 +89,6 @@
 # html_theme = 'default'
 
 html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
-html_theme_path = [sphinx_rtd_theme.get_html_theme_path()]
 
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4b48be08..81fdad32 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 40.6.3", "wheel", "setuptools-scm >= 3.0.3"]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 68.0.0", "wheel", "setuptools-scm >= 3.0.3"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/requirements/publish.txt b/requirements/publish.txt
index ade35d85..4aeaa83e 100644
--- a/requirements/publish.txt
+++ b/requirements/publish.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 setuptools-scm==7.0.5
-twine==4.0.1
+twine>=5.0.0
 wheel>=0.37.0
diff --git a/src/drf_yasg/__init__.py b/src/drf_yasg/__init__.py
index 21c6d57e..0f8df57a 100644
--- a/src/drf_yasg/__init__.py
+++ b/src/drf_yasg/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 # coding=utf-8
-from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution
 
 __author__ = """Cristi V."""
 __email__ = 'cristi@cvjd.me'
 
 try:
-    __version__ = get_distribution(__name__).version
-except DistributionNotFound:  # pragma: no cover
-    # package is not installed
-    pass
+    from importlib.metadata import version
+    __version__ = version(__name__)
+except ImportError:  # Python < 3.8
+    try:
+        from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution
+        __version__ = get_distribution(__name__).version
+    except DistributionNotFound:  # pragma: no cover
+        # package is not installed
+        pass
diff --git a/src/drf_yasg/inspectors/field.py b/src/drf_yasg/inspectors/field.py
index 9b767a8e..4d456fbf 100644
--- a/src/drf_yasg/inspectors/field.py
+++ b/src/drf_yasg/inspectors/field.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from decimal import Decimal
 from inspect import signature as inspect_signature
 
-import pkg_resources
 import typing
 from django.core import validators
 from django.db import models
@@ -23,7 +22,12 @@
     decimal_as_float, field_value_to_representation, filter_none, get_serializer_class, get_serializer_ref_name
 )
 
-drf_version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("djangorestframework").version
+try:
+    from importlib import metadata
+    drf_version = metadata.version("djangorestframework")
+except ImportError:  # Python < 3.8
+    import pkg_resources
+    drf_version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("djangorestframework").version
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 60b0dee8..4243327a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ isolated_build_env = .package
 envlist =
     py{37,38,39}-django{22,30}-drf{310,311,312},
     py{37,38,39}-django{31,32}-drf{311,312},
-    py{39,310}-django{40,41}-drf{313,314}
-    py311-django{40,41,42}-drf314
+    py{39,310}-django{40,41}-drf{313,314},
+    # py311-django{40,41,42,50,51}-drf314,
+    py311-django{40,41,42}-drf314,
+    # py312-django{42,50,51}-drf314,
+    py312-django{42}-drf314,
+    # py313-django{51}-drf314,
     py38-{lint, docs},
-    py310-djmaster
+    # py313-djmaster
 
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 
@@ -65,7 +69,6 @@ commands =
 deps =
     -r requirements/docs.txt
 commands =
-    twine check .tox/dist/*
     sphinx-build -WnEa -b html docs docs/_build/html
 
 [pytest]
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ addopts = --ignore=node_modules
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 120
 exclude = **/migrations/*
-ignore = F405,W504,I001,I005
+ignore = E721,F405,I001,I005,W504
 
 [isort]
 skip = .eggs,.tox,docs,env,venv,node_modules,.git