diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 64092b5..3df92e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-20.04]
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.11', '3.12']
         toxenv: [quality, django42, check_keywords]
 
     steps:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       run: tox
 
     - name: Run Coverage
-      if: matrix.python-version == '3.8' && matrix.toxenv=='django42'
+      if: matrix.python-version == '3.11' && matrix.toxenv=='django42'
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
index 6e6ddb5..88a977e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: setup python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.11
 
       - name: Install pip
         run: pip install -r requirements/pip.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
 
       - name: Publish to PyPi
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           user: __token__
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_UPLOAD_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce808d2..e65cc9f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -55,3 +55,4 @@ target/
 
 # JetBrains/PyCharm
 .idea/
+venv
diff --git a/auth_backends/__init__.py b/auth_backends/__init__.py
index d6fe7f9..89e6179 100644
--- a/auth_backends/__init__.py
+++ b/auth_backends/__init__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
  These package is designed to be used primarily with Open edX Django projects, but should be compatible with non-edX
  projects as well.
 """
-__version__ = '4.3.0'  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = '4.4.0'  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index bc899ee..a5018ad 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ sqlparse==0.5.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   django
-stevedore==5.2.0
+stevedore==5.3.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   code-annotations
diff --git a/requirements/pip.txt b/requirements/pip.txt
index 5f8b9c0..f0fca18 100644
--- a/requirements/pip.txt
+++ b/requirements/pip.txt
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ wheel==0.44.0
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
 pip==24.2
     # via -r requirements/pip.in
-setuptools==72.2.0
+setuptools==73.0.1
     # via -r requirements/pip.in
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 7db79cd..fdee4b9 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ sqlparse==0.5.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   django
-stevedore==5.2.0
+stevedore==5.3.0
     # via code-annotations
 text-unidecode==1.3
     # via python-slugify
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e5fd363..99c0708 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ def get_version(*file_paths):
         'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
         'Framework :: Django',