diff --git a/.github/workflows/core-test.yml b/.github/workflows/core-test.yml
index 1e214a20f..922ba21f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core-test.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
     paths:
       - 'neo/core/**'
       - 'pyproject.toml'
-      - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/**'
 
   # run checks on any change of master, including merge of PRs
   push:
@@ -25,26 +25,14 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest", "windows-latest", "macos-latest"]
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
-        numpy-version: ['1.25.2', '1.26.4', '2.0.2','2.1.3', '2.2.6', '2.3.3', '2.4.4']
-        # 1.25: 3.11, 1.26: 3.12
+        python-version: ['3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
+        numpy-version: ['2.0.2','2.1.3', '2.2.6', '2.3.3', '2.4.4', '2.5.4']
+        # 2.5: 3.12
         exclude:
-           - python-version: '3.10'
-             numpy-version: '2.3.3'
-           - python-version: '3.10'
-             numpy-version: '2.4.4'
-           - python-version: '3.12'
-             numpy-version: '1.25.2'
-           - python-version: '3.13'
-             numpy-version: '1.25.2'
-           - python-version: '3.13'
-             numpy-version: '1.26.4'
+           - python-version: '3.11'
+             numpy-vesion: '2.5.4'
            - python-version: '3.13'
              numpy-version: '2.0.2'
-           - python-version: '3.14'
-             numpy-version: '1.25.2'
-           - python-version: '3.14'
-             numpy-version: '1.26.4'
            - python-version: '3.14'
              numpy-version: '2.0.2'
            - python-version: '3.14'
@@ -54,12 +42,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
         - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+          uses: actions/setup-python@v7
           with:
             python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
         - name: Checkout repository
-          uses: actions/checkout@v4
+          uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
         - name: Install numpy ${{ matrix.numpy-version }}
           run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/io-test.yml b/.github/workflows/io-test.yml
index 68a741680..7c8aed923 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/io-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/io-test.yml
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.14']
-        numpy-version: ['1.26', '2.3.3']
+        python-version: ['3.11', '3.14']
+        numpy-version: ['2.0.2', '2.3.3', '2.5.4']
         exclude:
-           - python-version: '3.10'
-             numpy-version: '2.3.3'
+           - python-version: '3.11'
+             numpy-version: '2.5.4'
            - python-version: '3.14'
-             numpy-version: '1.26'
+             numpy-version: '2.0.2'
     defaults:
       # by default run in bash mode (required for conda usage)
       run:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Get current year-month
         id: date
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi-test.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi-test.yml
index 6a7124641..41bd619a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi-test.yml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python 3.10
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+    - name: Set up Python 3.14
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v7
       with:
-        python-version: "3.10"
+        python-version: "3.14"
     - name: Install Tools
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
index f898f2e49..8599f5294 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python 3.10
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+    - name: Set up Python 3.14
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v7
       with:
-        python-version: "3.10"
+        python-version: "3.14"
     - name: Install Tools
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4334dd179..539df2a6b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [project]
 name = "neo"
-version = "0.14.6"
+version = "0.15.0dev"
 authors = [{name = "Neo authors and contributors"}]
 description = "Neo is a package for representing electrophysiology data in Python, together with support for reading a wide range of neurophysiology file formats"
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
     "Natural Language :: English",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ classifiers = [
 
 dependencies = [
     "packaging",
-    "numpy>=1.25.2",
+    "numpy>=2.0",
     "quantities>=0.16.4"
 ]