diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index eac534c..5557fee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         strategy:
             fail-fast: true
             matrix:
-                php: [8.2, 8.3]
+                php: [8.4]
 
         runs-on: packages
         container: chialab/php:${{ matrix.php }}
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ jobs:
 
             - name: Composer cache
               uses: actions/cache@v4
+              if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
               with:
                   path: vendor
                   key: composer-${{ hashFiles('composer.json') }}
@@ -40,13 +41,14 @@ jobs:
     php-cs-fixer:
         name: php-cs-fixer
         runs-on: packages
-        container: chialab/php:8.3
+        container: chialab/php:8.4
         steps:
             - name: Checkout code
               uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
             - name: Composer cache
               uses: actions/cache@v4
+              if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
               with:
                   path: vendor
                   key: composer-${{ hashFiles('composer.json') }}
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
         strategy:
             fail-fast: true
             matrix:
-                php: [8.2, 8.3]
+                php: [8.4]
 
         runs-on: packages
         container: chialab/php:${{ matrix.php }}
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ jobs:
 
             - name: Composer cache
               uses: actions/cache@v4
+              if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
               with:
                   path: vendor
                   key: composer-${{ hashFiles('composer.json') }}
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index d19c55e..ac3cbe0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 Here are some of the commands that you'll need:
 
--   install dependencies: `docker run -it --rm -v $PWD:/app -w /app chialab/php-dev:8.2 composer install`
--   run tests with phpunit: `docker run -it --rm -v $PWD:/app -w /app chialab/php-dev:8.2 composer test`
--   reformat using php-cs-fixer: `docker run -it --rm -v $PWD:/app -w /app chialab/php-dev:8.2 composer cs-fix`
+-   install dependencies: `docker run -it --rm -v $PWD:/app -w /app chialab/php-dev:8.4 composer install`
+-   run tests with phpunit: `docker run -it --rm -v $PWD:/app -w /app chialab/php-dev:8.4 composer test`
+-   reformat using php-cs-fixer: `docker run -it --rm -v $PWD:/app -w /app chialab/php-dev:8.4 composer cs-fix`
 -   reformat the rest with prettier: `docker run -it --rm -v $PWD:/app -w /app tmknom/prettier --write .`
--   analyse with phpstan: `docker run -it --rm -v $PWD:/app -w /app chialab/php-dev:8.2 composer phpstan`
+-   analyse with phpstan: `docker run -it --rm -v $PWD:/app -w /app chialab/php-dev:8.4 composer phpstan`
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d2b5815..8b7dae8 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -3,21 +3,21 @@
 	"description": "PHP data transfer objects",
 	"license": "MIT",
 	"require": {
-		"php": ">=8.2",
+		"php": ">=8.3",
 		"ext-json": "*",
 		"illuminate/support": "^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0",
 		"spatie/macroable": "^1.0|^2.0",
 		"tenantcloud/php-standard": "1.2 || ^1.4 || ^2.0"
 	},
 	"require-dev": {
-		"pestphp/pest": "^2.8|^3.8",
+		"pestphp/pest": "^3.8",
 		"orchestra/testbench": "^7.0|^8.5|^9.0|^10.0",
-		"php-cs-fixer/shim": "^3.54",
-		"tenantcloud/php-cs-fixer-rule-sets": "~3.3.1",
-		"phpstan/phpstan": "~1.10.21|^2.1.17",
-		"phpstan/phpstan-phpunit": "^1.3|^2.0",
-		"phpstan/phpstan-webmozart-assert": "^1.2|^2.0",
-		"phpstan/phpstan-mockery": "^1.1|^2.0"
+		"php-cs-fixer/shim": "^3.75",
+		"tenantcloud/php-cs-fixer-rule-sets": "~3.4.1",
+		"phpstan/phpstan": "^2.1.17",
+		"phpstan/phpstan-phpunit": "^2.0",
+		"phpstan/phpstan-webmozart-assert": "^2.0",
+		"phpstan/phpstan-mockery": "^2.0"
 	},
 	"autoload": {
 		"psr-4": {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 	"scripts": {
 		"test": "vendor/bin/pest",
 		"coverage": "XDEBUG_MODE=coverage vendor/bin/pest --coverage-html coverage",
-		"cs-fix": "vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix -v --show-progress=dots",
+		"cs-fix": "PHP_CS_FIXER_IGNORE_ENV=1 vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix -v --show-progress=dots",
 		"phpstan": "vendor/bin/phpstan analyse --memory-limit=2G"
 	},
 	"minimum-stability": "stable",
diff --git a/phpstan.neon b/phpstan.neon
index b4264fe..6f46732 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon
+++ b/phpstan.neon
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ parameters:
 		- src
 
 	ignoreErrors:
-		-'#Unsafe usage of new static\(\)\.#i'
+		- '#Unsafe usage of new static\(\)\.#i'
+		- '#Unsafe usage of new static\(\) in abstract class .* in static method create\(\).#'