diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake-ninja.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake-ninja.yml
index a7eaf98..b64aa63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake-ninja.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake-ninja.yml
@@ -17,36 +17,42 @@ jobs:
     # See: https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/learn-github-actions/managing-complex-workflows#using-a-build-matrix
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
-    # Use centos7
+    # Use centos8
     container:
-      image: centos:7
+      image: centos:8
       options: --privileged
 
     steps:
     - name: Install GIT
+      shell: bash
       run: |
-        date
-        yum -y install https://packages.endpointdev.com/rhel/7/os/x86_64/endpoint-repo.x86_64.rpm
+        cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
+        sed -i 's/mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
+        sed -i 's|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
+        yum -y install https://packages.endpointdev.com/rhel/8/main/x86_64/endpoint-repo.noarch.rpm
         yum -y install git
         git --version
 
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Checkout repository including the .git directory
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
     - name: Dependencies
+      shell: bash
       run: |
         git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
         git status
         curl -L -O https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.16.4/cmake-3.16.4-Linux-x86_64.sh
         chmod +x cmake-3.16.4-Linux-x86_64.sh
         ./cmake-3.16.4-Linux-x86_64.sh --skip-license --prefix=/usr/local
-        curl -L -O https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/Packages/p/p7zip-16.02-20.el7.x86_64.rpm
-        curl -L -O https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/Packages/p/p7zip-plugins-16.02-20.el7.x86_64.rpm
-        rpm -U --quiet p7zip-16.02-20.el7.x86_64.rpm
-        rpm -U --quiet p7zip-plugins-16.02-20.el7.x86_64.rpm
+        curl -L -O https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/8/Everything/x86_64/Packages/p/p7zip-16.02-20.el8.x86_64.rpm
+        curl -L -O https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/8/Everything/x86_64/Packages/p/p7zip-plugins-16.02-20.el8.x86_64.rpm
+        rpm -U --quiet p7zip-16.02-20.el8.x86_64.rpm
+        rpm -U --quiet p7zip-plugins-16.02-20.el8.x86_64.rpm
         yum install -y epel-release
+        yum install -y 'dnf-command(config-manager)'
+        yum config-manager --set-enabled powertools
         yum install -y make libasan gcc-gfortran gcc-c++ unzip openblas-devel lapack-devel zlib-devel tree fuse-sshfs fuse-libs file
         groupadd fuse
         user="$(whoami)"
@@ -95,13 +101,13 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Check file existence
       id: check_files
-      uses: andstor/file-existence-action@v2
+      uses: andstor/file-existence-action@v3
       with:
         files: "${{ env.BINARYPATH }}"
 
     - name: Fail if binary does not exist
       if: steps.check_files.outputs.files_exists == 'false'
-      uses: actions/github-script@v3
+      uses: actions/github-script@v7
       with:
         script: |
           core.setFailed('no binary found under build/hopr*x86_64.AppImage.')
@@ -116,14 +122,14 @@ jobs:
         mv ${BINARYNAME} md5sum.txt artifacts/.
 
     - name: Upload artifacts
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
-        name: hopr-binary-v1.2.1
+        name: hopr-binary-v1.5.0
         path: artifacts
 
     - name: Upload release asset
       if: github.event.action == 'published'
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
diff --git a/src/globals.f90 b/src/globals.f90
index 0b63d84..2400a3a 100644
--- a/src/globals.f90
+++ b/src/globals.f90
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ MODULE MOD_Globals
 LOGICAL                     :: Logging                    ! Set .TRUE. to activate logging function for each processor
 
 INTEGER,PARAMETER           :: MajorVersion = 1           !> HoprVersion saved in each hdf5 file with hdf5 header
-INTEGER,PARAMETER           :: MinorVersion = 4           !> HoprVersion saved in each hdf5 file with hdf5 header
+INTEGER,PARAMETER           :: MinorVersion = 5           !> HoprVersion saved in each hdf5 file with hdf5 header
 INTEGER,PARAMETER           :: PatchVersion = 0           !> HoprVersion saved in each hdf5 file with hdf5 header
 INTEGER,PARAMETER           :: HoprVersionInt = PatchVersion+MinorVersion*100+MajorVersion*10000 !> Hopr version number saved in each hdf5 file with hdf5 header
 CHARACTER(LEN=10)           :: HoprVersionStr             !> Hopr version string saved in each hdf5 file with hdf5 header