diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index aae56a1..1128781 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ jobs:
 
     name: Julia ${{ matrix.version }} - ${{ matrix.os }} - ${{ matrix.arch}}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.version == 'nightly' }}
+    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.experimental }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         version:
           - '1.6' # LTS (lowest supported `julia` version declared in `Project.toml`)
           - '1' # latest stable
+        experimental:
+          - false
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
         arch: [x64, x86]
         exclude:
@@ -37,9 +39,10 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - version: 'nightly'
             os: ubuntu-latest
+            experimental: true
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@latest
         with:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
@@ -47,8 +50,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@latest
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-runtest@latest
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-processcoverage@latest
-      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
         with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          fail_ci_if_error: false
           file: lcov.info
 
   Skip:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/format_check.yml b/.github/workflows/format_check.yml
index b19d031..0af220a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format_check.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           version: ${{ matrix.julia-version }}
       - uses: julia-actions/cache@v1
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install JuliaFormatter and format
         run: |
           julia -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add(PackageSpec(name="JuliaFormatter"))'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/invalidations.yml b/.github/workflows/invalidations.yml
index b3b0338..94fb8c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/invalidations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/invalidations.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ jobs:
     - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@latest
       with:
         version: '1'
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@latest
     - uses: julia-actions/julia-invalidations@v1
       id: invs_pr
 
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         ref: 'master'
     - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@latest
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e418000..8220337 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 [![CI](https://github.com/JuliaPlots/PlotUtils.jl/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/JuliaPlots/PlotUtils.jl/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 [![project chat](https://img.shields.io/badge/zulip-join_chat-brightgreen.svg)](https://julialang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/236493-plots)
 [![Coverage Status](https://codecov.io/gh/JuliaPlots/PlotUtils.jl/branch/master/graphs/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/JuliaPlots/PlotUtils.jl)
+[![PlotUtils Downloads](https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/json?url=http%3A%2F%2Fjuliapkgstats.com%2Fapi%2Fv1%2Fmonthly_downloads%2FPlotUtils&query=total_requests&suffix=%2Fmonth&label=Downloads)](https://juliapkgstats.com/pkg/PlotUtils)