diff --git a/.github/workflows/armv7-contamination-deb-mirror.yml b/.github/workflows/armv7-contamination-deb-mirror.yml
index e5b24da..f52eb03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/armv7-contamination-deb-mirror.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/armv7-contamination-deb-mirror.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build-armv7-contaminated:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           PACKAGECLOUD_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PACKAGECLOUD_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Upload binary package artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.package }}.${{ matrix.type }}
           path: ./*.${{ matrix.type }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/misc-upstream-deb-mirror.yml b/.github/workflows/misc-upstream-deb-mirror.yml
index e9dd30b..b78fede 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/misc-upstream-deb-mirror.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/misc-upstream-deb-mirror.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build-upstream:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -84,19 +84,19 @@ jobs:
           echo "ARTIFACT_PREFIX=$(basename -s .dsc "$(find . -name "*.dsc")")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Upload binary package artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.distro}}_${{ env.ARTIFACT_PREFIX }}.deb
           path: ./artifacts/*.deb
 
       - name: Upload source package artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.distro}}_${{ env.ARTIFACT_PREFIX }}.deb-src
           path: ./artifacts/*.tar.xz
 
       - name: Upload package build metadata artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.distro}}_${{ env.ARTIFACT_PREFIX }}.metadata
           path: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-deb-build.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-deb-build.yml
index 9aede90..e72c563 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-deb-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-deb-build.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build-from-pypi:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Build in ARM Docker container
         run: |
@@ -80,21 +80,21 @@ jobs:
           echo "ARTIFACT_PREFIX=$(basename -s .dsc "$(find . -name "*.dsc")")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Upload binary package artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.distro }}.deb
           path: "./${{ matrix.package[0] }}/${{ matrix.distro }}/*.deb"
           if-no-files-found: error
 
       - name: Upload source package artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.distro}}.deb-src
           path: "./${{ matrix.package[0] }}/${{ matrix.distro }}/*.tar.xz"
           if-no-files-found: error
 
       - name: Upload package build metadata artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.distro }}.metadata
           path: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-deb-docker-builder.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-deb-docker-builder.yml
index e74f003..07cf060 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-deb-docker-builder.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-deb-docker-builder.yml
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build-push-docker-hub:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
         base_image: ['bullseye', 'bookworm']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-wheel-build.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-wheel-build.yml
index f44ef4f..853708b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-wheel-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-wheel-build.yml
@@ -11,26 +11,28 @@ on:
 
 env:
   DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME: "pitop/pypi-build"
-  DOCKER_IMAGE_BRANCH: "master"
+  # TODO: revert to "master" before merging
+  DOCKER_IMAGE_BRANCH: "new-bluez-version"
 
 jobs:
   build-debs-from-wheels:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         distro: ["bullseye", "bookworm"]
         architecture: [{docker: "linux/arm/v7", debian: "armhf"},{docker: "linux/arm64", debian: "arm64"},{docker: "linux/amd64", debian: "all"}]
         package:
-          - ["bluez-peripheral", "", ""]
-          - ["dbus-fast", "", ""]
-          - ["imutils", "", ""]
-          - ["python-osc", "", ""]
-          - ["typing-extensions", "", ""]
+          # package name, version, build dependencies
+          - ["bluez-peripheral", "0.2.0a4", ""] # this is a pre-release version so we need to specify it to avoid downloading the latest release
+          - ["dbus-fast", "latest", ""]
+          - ["imutils", "latest", ""]
+          - ["python-osc", "latest", ""]
+          - ["typing-extensions", "latest", ""]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Build in ARM Docker container
         run: |
@@ -44,13 +46,12 @@ jobs:
             ${{ env.DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ matrix.distro }}-${{ env.DOCKER_IMAGE_BRANCH}} \
             bash -c "sudo apt update && \
             sudo chown -R nonroot:nonroot . && \
-            ./pypi-build/scripts/pypi-build-wheel.sh ${{ matrix.package[0] }} artifacts/${{ matrix.package[0] }}/${{ matrix.architecture.debian }}/${{ matrix.distro }}/ && \
+            ./pypi-build/scripts/pypi-build-wheel.sh ${{ matrix.package[0] }} ${{ matrix.package[1] }} artifacts/${{ matrix.package[0] }}/${{ matrix.architecture.debian }}/${{ matrix.distro }}/ && \
             ls -lR artifacts"
 
       - name: Upload wheel
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: "wheels"
+          name: "wheels_${{ matrix.package[0] }}_${{ matrix.architecture.debian }}_${{ matrix.distro }}"
           path: "artifacts/"
-          if-no-files-found: error
-
+          if-no-files-found: error
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel-deb-build.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel-deb-build.yml
index 984eca2..0133fb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel-deb-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel-deb-build.yml
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build-debs-from-wheels:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         architecture: [{docker: "linux/arm/v7", debian: "armhf"},{docker: "linux/arm64", debian: "arm64"},{docker: "linux/amd64", debian: "all"}]
-        package: ["python3-onnxruntime", "python3-typing-extensions", "python3-bluez-peripheral", "python3-osc", "python3-imutils"]
+        package: ["python3-onnxruntime", "python3-typing-extensions", "python3-bluez-peripheral", "python3-osc", "python3-imutils", "python3-dbus-fast"]
         distro: ["bullseye", "bookworm"]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Check wheel exists for architecture
         run: |
@@ -71,17 +71,17 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload binary package artifacts
         if: env.WHEEL_FILES_FOUND == '1'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: ${{ matrix.distro }}.deb
+          name: ${{ matrix.package }}-${{ matrix.architecture.debian }}-${{ matrix.distro }}.deb
           path: ./wheels/${{ matrix.package }}/${{ matrix.architecture.debian }}/${{ matrix.distro }}/output/*.deb
           if-no-files-found: error
 
       - name: Upload source package artifacts
         if: env.WHEEL_FILES_FOUND == '1'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: ${{ matrix.distro }}.deb-src
+          name: ${{ matrix.package }}-${{ matrix.architecture.debian }}-${{ matrix.distro }}.deb-src
           path: ./wheels/${{ matrix.package }}/${{ matrix.architecture.debian }}/${{ matrix.distro }}/output/*.tar.*
           if-no-files-found: error
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a511337..c489cf8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ User libraries:
     * Re packaged since we require a newer version than what's available on RPi repos.
 * [`python3-bluez-peripheral`](https://pypi.org/project/bluez-peripheral)
     * Dependency of `further-link`.
-* [`python3-dbus-next`](https://pypi.org/project/dbus-next)
+* [`python3-dbus-fast`](https://pypi.org/project/dbus-fast)
     * Dependency of `python3-bluez-peripheral`.
 * [`python3-nmcli`](https://pypi.org/project/nmcli)
     * Dependency of `pt-os-web-portal` to interact with `NetworkManager` .
diff --git a/pypi-build/scripts/pypi-build-wheel.sh b/pypi-build/scripts/pypi-build-wheel.sh
index 022900d..0761912 100755
--- a/pypi-build/scripts/pypi-build-wheel.sh
+++ b/pypi-build/scripts/pypi-build-wheel.sh
@@ -26,9 +26,18 @@ function extract_tarball() {
 }
 
 function download_tar_from_pypi() {
-  # Download tarball
-  if ! pypi-download "${1}"; then
-    echo "Failed to download ${1} from PyPI"
+  local PACKAGE_NAME="$1"
+  local VERSION="${2:-latest}"
+
+  echo "Downloading ${PACKAGE_NAME} from PyPI, version: ${VERSION}"
+
+  local CMD=(pypi-download "$PACKAGE_NAME")
+  if [ "$VERSION" != "latest" ]; then
+    CMD+=(--release "$VERSION")
+  fi
+
+  if ! "${CMD[@]}"; then
+    echo "Failed to download ${PACKAGE_NAME} from PyPI"
     exit 1
   fi
 }
@@ -36,9 +45,10 @@ function download_tar_from_pypi() {
 
 function main() {
   local PACKAGE_NAME="${1}"
-  local ARTIFACT_FOLDER="${2:-artifacts}"
+  local VERSION="${2}"
+  local ARTIFACT_FOLDER="${3:-artifacts}"
 
-  download_tar_from_pypi "${PACKAGE_NAME}"
+  download_tar_from_pypi "${PACKAGE_NAME}" "${VERSION}"
   TARBALL=$(find . -name "*.tar.gz" | head -n 1)
   FOLDER=$(basename "${TARBALL}" .tar.gz)
   
@@ -57,8 +67,8 @@ function main() {
 
 
 if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
-  echo "Usage: $0 <package-name> <dst-folder>"
+  echo "Usage: $0 <package-name> <version> <dst-folder>"
   exit 1
 fi
 
-main "$1" "$2"
+main "$1" "$2" "$3"
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