diff --git a/.github/configs/wordlist.txt b/.github/configs/wordlist.txt
index 0db0a3eae..b9f480073 100644
--- a/.github/configs/wordlist.txt
+++ b/.github/configs/wordlist.txt
@@ -774,4 +774,7 @@ FailNode
 FailureEnabled
 Prepull
 PrepullMode
-async
\ No newline at end of file
+async
+AsyncMode
+AsyncResponseURL
+AsyncWaitToCollectMin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 035ae5601..01ad1976f 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "pip"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
+      interval: "monthly"
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: [ "version-update:semver-patch" ]
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
+      interval: "monthly"
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: [ "version-update:semver-patch" ]
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
     directory: "/tools/invoker"
     schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
+      interval: "monthly"
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: [ "version-update:semver-patch" ]
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
     directory: "/tools/benchmark/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
+      interval: "monthly"
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: [ "version-update:semver-patch" ]
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
     directory: "/tools/generateTimeline/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
+      interval: "monthly"
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-patch"]
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
     directory: "/tools/helloworld"
     schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
+      interval: "monthly"
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: [ "version-update:semver-patch" ]
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ updates:
     # Look for `.github/workflows` in the `root` directory
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
+      interval: "monthly"
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: [ "version-update:semver-patch" ]
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "pip"
     directory: "/tools/trace_synthesizer/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
+      interval: "monthly"
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: [ "version-update:semver-patch" ]
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "pip"
     directory: "/sampler/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
+      interval: "monthly"
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "*"
         update-types: [ "version-update:semver-patch" ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
index 67df08422..cf7bace3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - id: set-matrix
         run: ./utils/golangci-lint/resolve-modules.sh
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install libsnmp-dev
 
       - name: Checkout code into go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         
       - name: Lint with golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6.1.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index de9c7145e..94169c6ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
             trace_func_go,
           ]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           lfs: "true"
       - name: Checkout LFS objects
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_aws.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e_aws.yaml
index 8a36261d2..158391883 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_aws.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e_aws.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Checkout GitHub Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           lfs: "true"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/enable-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/enable-auto-merge.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d8f21a0d..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/enable-auto-merge.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-name: Enable automerge on dependabot PRs
-
-on:
-  # See note below about using pull_request_target
-  pull_request_target:
-
-jobs:
-  automerge:
-    name: Enable automerge on dependabot PRs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
-    steps:
-      - name: Approve the PR
-        uses: hmarr/auto-approve-action@v4
-        if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.ENABLE_AUTOMERGE_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Enable automerge on dependabot PRs
-        uses: daneden/enable-automerge-action@v1
-        with:
-          # A personal access token that you have generated and saved in the
-          # repo or org’s encrypted secrets
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.ENABLE_AUTOMERGE_TOKEN }}
-
-          # The name of the PR author to enable automerge for
-          # Defaults to dependabot[bot]
-          allowed-author: "dependabot[bot]"
-
-          # Allowed values: MERGE | SQUASH | REBASE
-          # Defaults to MERGE
-          merge-method: REBASE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration_tests.yaml
index 8e5b3bf42..1686f55ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration_tests.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Check out code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         lfs: 'true'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linters.yaml b/.github/workflows/linters.yaml
index 71bd94d34..92dcaa38a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linters.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linters.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Spellcheck
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: rojopolis/spellcheck-github-actions@0.45.0
       name: Spellcheck
       with:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Commitlint
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     name: LinkCheck
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@v1
         with:
           use-quiet-mode: "yes"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/preprocessing_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/preprocessing_tests.yaml
index 18fceb3d4..a3b468754 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/preprocessing_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/preprocessing_tests.yaml
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           lfs: 'true'
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.10'
 
       - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tools-tests.yaml
index 2aebaf3a9..e7d496f35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tools-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools-tests.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         go-version: 1.22
 
     - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Run tests
       working-directory: ${{ matrix.module }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
index 01cfcda5c..a58eeb8ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
               trace,
           ]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           lfs: 'true'
 
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install -r ./requirements.txt
 
       - name: Run loader tests
-        run: go test -v -cover -race ./pkg/${{ matrix.module }}
+        run: go test -v -cover -race ./pkg/${{ matrix.module }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d82e886b4..be113dbc3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ data/azure
 !data/traces/example/
 pkg/generator/*.png
 pkg/generator/*.txt
+!pkg/generator/requirements.txt
 pkg/driver/*.csv
 pkg/workload/openwhisk/*.zip
 *.log
diff --git a/config/requirements.txt b/config/requirements.txt
index 1bdd6ad76..2e07f81b7 100644
--- a/config/requirements.txt
+++ b/config/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 pandas==2.0.3
 psutil==6.1.0
-statsmodels==0.14.0
+statsmodels==0.14.4
diff --git a/config/requirements_dev.txt b/config/requirements_dev.txt
index edbd7310d..77184033c 100644
--- a/config/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/config/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ idna==3.7
 language-selector==0.1
 lxml==5.3.0
 netifaces==0.11.0
-numpy==2.1.3
+numpy==1.26.4
 packaging==24.2
 pandas==2.0.3
 patsy==0.5.2
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ scipy==1.13.0
 six==1.16.0
 soupsieve==2.5
 ssh-import-id==5.11
-statsmodels==0.14.0
+statsmodels==0.14.4
 ubuntu-advantage-tools==20.3
 ufw==0.36
 unattended-upgrades==0.1
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0cc5eb0d6..ff3529550 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/vhive-serverless/loader
 
-go 1.22.0
+go 1.22.7
+
 toolchain go1.22.9
 
 require (
diff --git a/pkg/generator/requirements.txt b/pkg/generator/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c64342364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/generator/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+numpy==1.26.1
+pandas==2.2.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/generator/specification_test.go b/pkg/generator/specification_test.go
index e437af087..1ed65a55c 100644
--- a/pkg/generator/specification_test.go
+++ b/pkg/generator/specification_test.go
@@ -371,6 +371,8 @@ func TestSerialGenerateIAT(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.testName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			log.SetLevel(log.TraceLevel)
+
 			sg := NewSpecificationGenerator(seed)
 
 			testFunction.InvocationStats = &common.FunctionInvocationStats{Invocations: test.invocations}
@@ -476,7 +478,7 @@ func checkDistribution(data [][]float64, nonScaledDuration []float64, distributi
 		// NOTE: the script generates a histogram in PNG format that can be used as a sanity-check
 		if err := statisticalTest.Wait(); err != nil {
 			output, _ := statisticalTest.Output()
-			log.Debug(string(output))
+			log.Info(string(output))
 
 			switch statisticalTest.ProcessState.ExitCode() {
 			case 0:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ddf185e56..b687349e6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 matplotlib==3.9.1
-numpy==2.1.3
+numpy==1.26.4
 pandas==1.3.5
 scipy==1.13.0
 pytest==8.3.2
diff --git a/tools/trace_synthesizer/requirements.txt b/tools/trace_synthesizer/requirements.txt
index 5e6d60d01..c64342364 100644
--- a/tools/trace_synthesizer/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/trace_synthesizer/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-numpy==2.1.3
-pandas==2.2.0
+numpy==1.26.1
+pandas==2.2.0
\ No newline at end of file