diff --git a/.github/actions/build_pandas/action.yml b/.github/actions/build_pandas/action.yml
index 63f687324b0ae..460ae2f8594c0 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build_pandas/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build_pandas/action.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ inputs:
   editable:
     description: Whether to build pandas in editable mode (default true)
     default: true
-  meson_args:
-    description: Extra flags to pass to meson
-    required: false
-  cflags_adds:
-    description: Items to append to the CFLAGS variable
-    required: false
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
@@ -30,12 +24,11 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Build Pandas
       run: |
-        export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS ${{ inputs.cflags_adds }}"
         if [[ ${{ inputs.editable }} == "true" ]]; then
-          pip install -e . --no-build-isolation -v --no-deps ${{ inputs.meson_args }} \
+          pip install -e . --no-build-isolation -v --no-deps \
             --config-settings=setup-args="--werror"
         else
-          pip install . --no-build-isolation -v --no-deps ${{ inputs.meson_args }} \
+          pip install . --no-build-isolation -v --no-deps \
             --config-settings=setup-args="--werror"
         fi
       shell: bash -el {0}
diff --git a/.github/actions/run-tests/action.yml b/.github/actions/run-tests/action.yml
index 66e4142dc0cbb..f5d6abdf0f186 100644
--- a/.github/actions/run-tests/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/run-tests/action.yml
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ runs:
       shell: bash -el {0}
 
     - name: Publish test results
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: Test results
         path: test-data.xml
       if: failure()
 
     - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
       with:
         flags: unittests
         name: codecov-pandas
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 600ffd56b6d56..89d4f1e96a5ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ jobs:
       PATTERN: ${{ matrix.pattern }}
       LANG: ${{ matrix.lang || 'C.UTF-8' }}
       LC_ALL: ${{ matrix.lc_all || '' }}
-      PANDAS_CI: ${{ matrix.pandas_ci || '1' }}
+      PANDAS_CI: '1'
       TEST_ARGS: ${{ matrix.test_args || '' }}
-      PYTEST_WORKERS: ${{ matrix.pytest_workers || 'auto' }}
+      PYTEST_WORKERS: 'auto'
       PYTEST_TARGET: ${{ matrix.pytest_target || 'pandas' }}
       NPY_PROMOTION_STATE: ${{ matrix.env_file == 'actions-311-numpydev.yaml' && 'weak' || 'legacy' }}
       # Clipboard tests
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
 
     services:
       mysql:
-        image: mysql:8.0.33
+        image: mysql:8
         env:
           MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
           MYSQL_DATABASE: pandas
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           - 3306:3306
 
       postgres:
-        image: postgres:13
+        image: postgres:16
         env:
           PGUSER: postgres
           POSTGRES_USER: postgres
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
           - 5432:5432
 
       moto:
-        image: motoserver/moto:4.1.13
+        image: motoserver/moto:5.0.0
         env:
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: foobar_key
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: foobar_secret
@@ -148,9 +148,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/build_pandas
       # TODO: Re-enable once Pypy has Pypy 3.10 on conda-forge
       if: ${{ matrix.name != 'Pypy' }}
-      with:
-        meson_args: ${{ matrix.meson_args }}
-        cflags_adds: ${{ matrix.cflags_adds }}
 
     - name: Test (not single_cpu)
       uses: ./.github/actions/run-tests
@@ -317,7 +314,7 @@ jobs:
 
     concurrency:
       # https://github.community/t/concurrecy-not-work-for-push/183068/7
-      group: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.run_number || github.ref }}-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.pytest_target }}-dev
+      group: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.run_number || github.ref }}-${{ matrix.os }}-python-dev
       cancel-in-progress: true
 
     env: