diff --git a/.github/workflows/format.yml b/.github/workflows/format.yml
index b26cdb2..0c1fa56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
     - name: Black Code Formatter
-      uses: lgeiger/black-action@v1.0.1
+      uses: lgeiger/black-action@master
       with:
         args: "-l 100 pennylane_ionq/ --check"
diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 2a9f447..697f1e4 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ autograd==1.4
 autoray==0.3.2
 Babel==2.10.3
 cachetools==5.2.0
-certifi==2022.5.18.1
+certifi==2022.12.7
 charset-normalizer==2.0.12
 docutils==0.18.1
 future==0.18.2
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fdeb5fe..cb87098 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ appdirs==1.4.4
 autograd==1.5
 autoray==0.3.2
 cachetools==5.2.0
-certifi==2022.5.18.1
+certifi==2022.12.7
 charset-normalizer==2.0.12
 future==0.18.2
 idna==3.3