diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c7ca8e77..5c8e3049 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Tests
+name: CI Tests
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
+      - name: If local, apt update
+        if: ${{ (env.ACT || false) && (matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest')}}
+        run: sudo apt update
       - name: Install Tidy Ubuntu
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         run: sudo apt install -y tidy
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f4d04986..0204e9a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Release Testing on Devel
+name: Release Testing (Devel)
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Show Version Found
+      - name: Display Version Found
         shell: bash
         run: grep -E "Version:"  $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/DESCRIPTION
       - name: Test if it is a production pattern (#.#.#)
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
+      - name: If local, apt update
+        if: ${{ (env.ACT || false) && (matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest')}}
+        run: sudo apt update
       - name: Install Tidy Ubuntu
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         run: sudo apt install -y tidy
@@ -75,6 +78,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
+      - name: If local, apt update
+        if: ${ (env.ACT || false)}
+        run: sudo apt update
       - name: Install Tidy Ubuntu
         run: sudo apt install -y tidy
       - name: build tarball for submission to CRAN
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/smoke-tests.yaml
index 694ec54a..c129e6c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-tests.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: smoke tests
+name: Smoke Tests
 
 # only build on merges to main
 on:
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
           r-version: 'release'
+      - name: If local, apt update
+        if: ${{ (env.ACT || false) }}
+        run: sudo apt update
       - name: Install Tidy
         run: sudo apt install -y tidy 
       - name: Install Deps For Pkgnet & ${{ matrix.test_pkg }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/website.yaml b/.github/workflows/website.yaml
index e88f9886..72d0fe96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/website.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/website.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: update website docs
+name: Website Docs Update
 
 # only build on new tagged versions (OR manually specified)
 on:
diff --git a/inst/baseballstats/DESCRIPTION b/inst/baseballstats/DESCRIPTION
index cea77e77..8747b126 100644
--- a/inst/baseballstats/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/inst/baseballstats/DESCRIPTION
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ Suggests:
     testthat
 License: file LICENSE
 LazyData: TRUE
-RoxygenNote: 6.0.1
+RoxygenNote: 7.1.0
+Roxygen: list(r6 = FALSE)
diff --git a/inst/milne/DESCRIPTION b/inst/milne/DESCRIPTION
index d35ee26b..861faa4a 100644
--- a/inst/milne/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/inst/milne/DESCRIPTION
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ LinkingTo:
     Rcpp
 License: file LICENSE
 LazyData: TRUE
-RoxygenNote: 6.1.1
+RoxygenNote: 7.1.0
+Roxygen: list(r6 = FALSE)
diff --git a/inst/sartre/DESCRIPTION b/inst/sartre/DESCRIPTION
index 8a8523cf..5ad411a5 100644
--- a/inst/sartre/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/inst/sartre/DESCRIPTION
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ Maintainer: Brian Burns <brian.burns.opensource@gmail.com>
 Description: This package is used to test the functions in `pkgnet`.  It's a "nothing" network. Get it?
 License: file LICENSE
 LazyData: TRUE
-RoxygenNote: 6.1.1
+RoxygenNote: 7.1.0
+Roxygen: list(r6 = FALSE)
diff --git a/inst/silverstein/DESCRIPTION b/inst/silverstein/DESCRIPTION
index 24afaf84..856d886c 100644
--- a/inst/silverstein/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/inst/silverstein/DESCRIPTION
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Imports:
     R6
 License: file LICENSE
 LazyData: TRUE
-RoxygenNote: 7.0.2
+RoxygenNote: 7.1.0
 Suggests: 
     testthat (>= 2.1.0)
+Roxygen: list(r6 = FALSE)