Update CI and release

Author: alessiostalla

.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml

@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ jobs:
         python: [ '3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12' ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
       - name: Setup Java 11
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'adopt'
           java-version: 11