diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_cli_doc.yml b/.github/workflows/generate_cli_doc.yml
index c0ae6ee7d2..bc9aa6c4d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate_cli_doc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate_cli_doc.yml
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./docs-sphinx
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository 🛎️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 745272cd67..771999f51d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
     steps:
       - name: Set up python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip build
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Set up python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip build
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-precommit.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-precommit.yaml
index 50904ae178..9592a58373 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-precommit.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-precommit.yaml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -l {0}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository 🔔
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
 
       - name: Run terraform pre-commit ⚡️
-        uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.0
+        uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
         with:
           extra_args: --all-files terraform_fmt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-provider.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-provider.yaml
index 3c0a3fa89c..717a332482 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-provider.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-provider.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout Infrastructure"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Checkout the branch from the PR that triggered the job
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'issue_comment' }}
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: "3.11"
 
       - name: Retrieve secret from Vault
         uses: hashicorp/vault-action@v2.5.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 6a8fa4a446..5e527e9aa5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -32,22 +32,21 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - "3.8"
-          - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
           - "3.11"
+          - "3.12"
       fail-fast: false
     concurrency:
       group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}
       cancel-in-progress: true
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout Infrastructure"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup miniconda
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_aws_integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_aws_integration.yaml
index fa1a2332df..36112ccd50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_aws_integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_aws_integration.yaml
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.NEBARI_GH_BRANCH }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.11
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_conda_build.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_conda_build.yaml
index e34363d9a3..2a959cdb6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_conda_build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_conda_build.yaml
@@ -25,21 +25,21 @@ jobs:
         cancel-in-progress: true
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout Infrastructure"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup miniconda
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: "3.10"
           channels: conda-forge
           activate-environment: nebari-dev
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          conda install build grayskull conda-build
+          conda install build grayskull conda-build conda-verify
 
       - name: Generate sdist
         run: |
@@ -52,3 +52,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build conda package
         run: |
           conda build nebari
+
+      - name: Test conda package
+        run: |
+          conda install --use-local nebari
+          nebari --version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_do_integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_do_integration.yaml
index dbe10a3028..dcfacf3175 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_do_integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_do_integration.yaml
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.NEBARI_GH_BRANCH }}
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
             python-version: 3.11
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_gcp_integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_gcp_integration.yaml
index 57ef84288f..0418e0af40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_gcp_integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_gcp_integration.yaml
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.NEBARI_GH_BRANCH }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.11
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_helm_charts.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_helm_charts.yaml
index daf9abb6da..1d86eb92e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_helm_charts.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_helm_charts.yaml
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout Infrastructure"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.11"
       - name: Install additional Python dependencies
         run: |
           pip install python-hcl2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_local_integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_local_integration.yaml
index 05dec384b0..67e2a7108e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_local_integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_local_integration.yaml
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         env:
           CONDA: /home/runnerx/miniconda3
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: "3.11"
           miniconda-version: "latest"
 
       - name: Install Nebari and playwright
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install .[dev]
           playwright install
 
-      - uses: azure/setup-kubectl@v3
+      - uses: azure/setup-kubectl@v4.0.0
         with:
           version: v1.19.16
 
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ jobs:
           nebari keycloak adduser --user "${TEST_USERNAME}" "${TEST_PASSWORD}" --config nebari-config.yaml
           nebari keycloak listusers --config nebari-config.yaml
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 20
 
       - name: Get nebari-config.yaml full path
         run: echo "NEBARI_CONFIG_PATH=`realpath ./local-deployment/nebari-config.yaml`" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Save Cypress screenshots and videos
         if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.3.1
         with:
           name: e2e-cypress
           path: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/typing.yaml b/.github/workflows/typing.yaml
index ae3fa18b93..de70d69483 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/typing.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/typing.yaml
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ jobs:
       cancel-in-progress: true
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout Repository"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
           cache: "pip"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1787360b84..c693dfb22f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Amazon [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/), [GCP](https://cloud.google.com/ "Google C
 
 - Operating System: Currently, Nebari supports development on macOS and Linux operating systems. Windows is NOT supported.
   However, we would welcome contributions that add and improve support for Windows.
-- You need Python >= 3.8 on your local machine or virtual environment to work on Nebari.
+- You need Python >= 3.10 on your local machine or virtual environment to work on Nebari.
 - Adopting virtual environments ([`conda`](https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/), [`pipenv`](https://github.com/pypa/pipenv) or
   [`venv`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html)) is also encouraged.
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cb90bc52d0..9c21badb43 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ name = "nebari"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "A Jupyter and Dask-powered open source data science platform."
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 authors = [
     { name = "Nebari development team", email = "internal-it@quansight.com" },
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
@@ -55,23 +53,23 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
-    "auth0-python==4.4.2",
+    "auth0-python==4.7.1",
     "azure-identity==1.12.0",
     "azure-mgmt-containerservice==26.0.0",
     "azure-mgmt-resource==23.0.1",
     "bcrypt==4.0.1",
-    "boto3==1.28.40",
+    "boto3==1.34.63",
     "cloudflare==2.11.7",
     "kubernetes==27.2.0",
     "pluggy==1.3.0",
     "prompt-toolkit==3.0.36",
     "pydantic==1.10.12",
     "pynacl==1.5.0",
-    "python-keycloak==3.3.0",
+    "python-keycloak>=3.9.0",
     "questionary==2.0.0",
     "requests-toolbelt==1.0.0",
     "rich==13.5.1",
-    "ruamel.yaml==0.17.32",
+    "ruamel.yaml==0.18.6",
     "typer==0.9.0",
     "packaging==23.2",
 ]
diff --git a/src/_nebari/render.py b/src/_nebari/render.py
index d46a66852f..daf2fa506d 100644
--- a/src/_nebari/render.py
+++ b/src/_nebari/render.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from rich.table import Table
 
 from _nebari.deprecate import DEPRECATED_FILE_PATHS
-from _nebari.utils import is_relative_to
 from nebari import hookspecs, schema
 
 
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ def render_template(
         for path in deleted:
             abs_path = (output_directory / path).resolve()
 
-            if not is_relative_to(abs_path, output_directory):
+            if not abs_path.is_relative_to(output_directory):
                 raise Exception(
                     f"[ERROR] SHOULD NOT HAPPEN filename was about to be deleted but path={abs_path} is outside of output_directory"
                 )
diff --git a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/jupyterhub/files/jupyterhub/03-profiles.py b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/jupyterhub/files/jupyterhub/03-profiles.py
index 50d527b863..5c66ca72d5 100644
--- a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/jupyterhub/files/jupyterhub/03-profiles.py
+++ b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/jupyterhub/files/jupyterhub/03-profiles.py
@@ -533,14 +533,13 @@ def render_profiles(spawner):
     # userinfo request to have the groups in the key
     # "auth_state.oauth_user.groups"
     auth_state = yield spawner.user.get_auth_state()
-    spawner.log.error(str(auth_state))
 
     username = auth_state["oauth_user"]["preferred_username"]
     # only return the lowest level group name
     # e.g. /projects/myproj -> myproj
     # and /developers -> developers
     groups = [Path(group).name for group in auth_state["oauth_user"]["groups"]]
-    spawner.log.error(f"user info: {username} {groups}")
+    spawner.log.info(f"user info: {username} {groups}")
 
     keycloak_profilenames = auth_state["oauth_user"].get("jupyterlab_profiles", [])
 
diff --git a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/monitoring/main.tf b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/monitoring/main.tf
index 413a9e08d2..869f616c71 100644
--- a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/monitoring/main.tf
+++ b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/monitoring/main.tf
@@ -181,6 +181,14 @@ resource "helm_release" "prometheus-grafana" {
           "${var.node-group.key}" = var.node-group.value
         }
 
+        additionalDataSources = [
+          {
+            name = "Loki"
+            type = "loki"
+            url  = "http://loki-gateway.${var.namespace}"
+          }
+        ]
+
         # Avoid using the default password, as that's a security risk
         adminPassword : random_password.grafana_admin_password.result
 
diff --git a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/monitoring/values.yaml b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/monitoring/values.yaml
index f3cf47c88d..ada868882f 100644
--- a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/monitoring/values.yaml
+++ b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/monitoring/values.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1 @@
 # https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/blob/main/charts/kube-prometheus-stack/values.yaml
-
-grafana:
-  additionalDataSources:
-   - name: Loki
-     type: loki
-     url: http://loki-gateway.dev
diff --git a/src/_nebari/utils.py b/src/_nebari/utils.py
index 3378116a1d..3488c6f0e8 100644
--- a/src/_nebari/utils.py
+++ b/src/_nebari/utils.py
@@ -268,18 +268,6 @@ def random_secure_string(
     return "".join(secrets.choice(chars) for i in range(length))
 
 
-def is_relative_to(self: Path, other: Path, /) -> bool:
-    """Compatibility function to bring ``Path.is_relative_to`` to Python 3.8"""
-    if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 9):
-        return self.is_relative_to(other)
-
-    try:
-        self.relative_to(other)
-        return True
-    except ValueError:
-        return False
-
-
 def set_do_environment():
     os.environ["AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"] = os.environ["SPACES_ACCESS_KEY_ID"]
     os.environ["AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"] = os.environ["SPACES_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"]