Update configuration and dependencies to prep for release #1343

Job	Run time
unit_tests (3.7)	1m 30s
util_tests (3.7)	4m 33s
unit_tests (3.8)	1m 27s
util_tests (3.8)	4m 43s
unit_tests (3.9)	1m 27s
util_tests (3.9)	4m 47s
unit_tests (3.10)	1m 31s
util_tests (3.10)	5m 10s
unit_tests (3.11)	1m 31s
util_tests (3.11)	4m 52s
docker_build_tests / docker_build_tests	1m 42s
py_build_tests / py_build_tests	6s
py_build_tests / relative_path_tests	7s
	33m 26s

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