diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 967ae82..741bc9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       id-token: write
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ea123b5..6092103 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e1cdbf7..7a3a633 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dclient"
-version = "0.5a2"
+version = "0.5a3"
 description = "A client CLI utility for Datasette instances"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{name = "Simon Willison"}]
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
     "click",
     "click-default-group",
-    "httpx",
+    "httpx<1.0",
     "sqlite-utils",
 ]