diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 539c0eea..4866240b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: 2.1
 
 orbs:
-  python: circleci/python@0.2.1
+  python: circleci/python@1.4.0
 
 jobs:
   build_doc:
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ jobs:
       - image: circleci/python:3.9
     steps:
       - checkout
-      - python/load-cache
-      - python/install-deps
-      - python/save-cache
-      - run: pip install -r requirements.txt
       - run:
-          command: cd docs;make html
           name: doc_build
+          command: |
+            python -m venv venv
+            . venv/bin/activate
+            pip install -r requirements.txt
+            cd docs;make html
       - store_artifacts:
           path: docs/_build/html/
           destination: html
diff --git a/.github/workflows/Linux_CI.yml b/.github/workflows/Linux_CI.yml
index 2962028d..4e2e57f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Linux_CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Linux_CI.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 name: Linux_CI
 
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/MacOS_CI.yml b/.github/workflows/MacOS_CI.yml
index 6b3ffa25..9bfb4b6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/MacOS_CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/MacOS_CI.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ name: MacOS_CI
 
 # Controls when the action will run. Triggers the workflow on push or pull request
 # events but only for the master branch
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 5e6c03aa..148260a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ name: "Code scanning - action"
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - 'dependabot/**'
+    branches:
+      - master
   pull_request:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 19 * * 0'
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index efbb9613..16a5d775 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ environment:
   matrix:
      - PYTHON_DIR: C:\Python39-x64
 
+branches:
+  only:
+    - master
+
 init:
   - "ECHO %PYTHON_DIR%"