diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index 2f33dc64a..17bbd2f80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -16,46 +16,45 @@ env:
   DPF_START_SERVER: False
   MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION: '3.12'
   MAPDL_PACKAGE: ghcr.io/ansys/mapdl
-  MAPDL_IMAGE_VERSION_DOCS_BUILD: v24.2-ubuntu
+  MAPDL_IMAGE_VERSION_DOCS_BUILD: v25.2-ubuntu-amd
   ON_CI: True
   PYANSYS_OFF_SCREEN: True
-  RESET_EXAMPLES_CACHE: 0
-  RESET_DOC_BUILD_CACHE: 0
-  USE_CACHE: False
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
-  packages: read
+permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
 
-  code-style:
-    name: "Code style"
+  actions-security:
+    name: "Action security checks"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: ansys/actions/check-actions-security@c2fa7c93f6883114e0e643599431b33d29f0b13f # v10.1.4
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip tox
-      - name: Test with tox
-        run: tox -e style
+          generate-summary: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          auditing-level: 'high'
+          trust-ansys-actions: true
+
+  code-style:
+    name: "Code style checks"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: "Run PyAnsys code style checks"
+        uses: ansys/actions/code-style@c2fa7c93f6883114e0e643599431b33d29f0b13f # v10.1.4
 
 
   doc-style:
-    name: "Documentation Style Check"
+    name: "Documentation style check"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
     steps:
       - name: "PyAnsys documentation style checks"
-        uses: ansys/actions/doc-style@v10
+        uses: ansys/actions/doc-style@c2fa7c93f6883114e0e643599431b33d29f0b13f # v10.1.4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -63,9 +62,11 @@ jobs:
     name: "Documentation building"
     needs: [code-style, doc-style]
     timeout-minutes: 60
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
     outputs:
       PYMAPDL_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.PYMAPDL_VERSION }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       PYMAPDL_PORT: 21000  # default won't work on GitHub runners
       PYMAPDL_DB_PORT: 21001  # default won't work on GitHub runners
@@ -74,10 +75,17 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: "Install Git and checkout project"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: "Setup Python without cache"
+        uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c #v6.0.0
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
 
       - name: "Login in Github Container registry"
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3.6.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@5e57cd118135c172c3672efd75eb46360885c0ef # v3.6.0
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
@@ -97,20 +105,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "DPF Server Activation"
         run: |
-          $(docker pull ghcr.io/ansys/dpf-core:22.2dev && docker run -d --name dpfserver -p ${{ env.DPF_PORT }}:50052 ghcr.io/ansys/dpf-core:22.2dev && echo "DPF Server active on port ${{ env.DPF_PORT }}.") &
+          $(docker pull ghcr.io/ansys/dpf-core:22.2dev && docker run -d --name dpfserver -p ${DPF_PORT}:50052 ghcr.io/ansys/dpf-core:22.2dev && echo "DPF Server active on port ${DPF_PORT}.") &
 
       - name: "Install OS packages"
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt install zip pandoc libgl1-mesa-glx xvfb texlive-latex-extra latexmk graphviz texlive-xetex libgomp1
 
-      - name: "Set up Python using cache"
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-          cache: 'pip'
-          cache-dependency-path: 'requirements/requirements_doc.txt'
-
       - name: "Install Python requirements"
         run: |
           pip uninstall ansys-mapdl-core
@@ -126,31 +127,13 @@ jobs:
           echo "PYMAPDL_VERSION=$(python -c 'from ansys.mapdl.core import __version__; print(__version__)')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "PyMAPDL version is: $(python -c "from ansys.mapdl.core import __version__; print(__version__)")"
 
-      - name: "Cache Verification Manual examples"
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        if: env.USE_CACHE == true
-        with:
-          path: doc/source/verif-manual
-          key: Examples-v${{ env.RESET_EXAMPLES_CACHE }}-${{ steps.version.outputs.PYMAPDL_VERSION }}-${{ github.sha }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            Examples-v${{ env.RESET_EXAMPLES_CACHE }}-${{ steps.version.outputs.PYMAPDL_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: "Cache docs build directory"
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        if: env.USE_CACHE == true
-        with:
-          path: doc/_build
-          key: doc-build-v${{ env.RESET_DOC_BUILD_CACHE }}-${{ env.PYMAPDL_VERSION }}-${{ github.sha }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            doc-build-v${{ env.RESET_DOC_BUILD_CACHE }}-${{ env.PYMAPDL_VERSION }}
-
       - name: "Waiting for the services to be up"
         timeout-minutes: 15
         run: |
           .ci/waiting_services.sh
 
       - name: "Run Ansys documentation building action"
-        uses: ansys/actions/doc-build@v10
+        uses: ansys/actions/doc-build@c2fa7c93f6883114e0e643599431b33d29f0b13f # v10.1.4
         env:
           LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE: 1
           PYANSYS_VISUALIZER_HTML_BACKEND: true
@@ -160,19 +143,8 @@ jobs:
           checkout: false
           skip-install: true
           sphinxopts: -j auto
-          use-python-cache: False
           check-links: False
 
-      - name: "Deploy"
-        if: contains(github.ref, 'refs/heads/main')
-        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.7.3
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          branch: gh-pages
-          folder: doc/_build/html
-          clean: true
-          single-commit: true
-
       - name: "Display Docker files structures"
         if: always()
         env:
@@ -190,54 +162,29 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           .ci/collect_mapdl_logs.sh
 
-      - name: "Tar logs"
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          cp -f doc/_build/latex/*.log ./logs-build-docs/
-          cp log.txt ./logs-build-docs/
-          tar cvzf ./logs-build-docs.tgz ./logs-build-docs
-
-      - name: "Upload logs to GitHub"
-        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: logs-build-docs.tgz
-          path: ./logs-build-docs.tgz
-
       - name: "Display MAPDL Logs"
         if: always()
-        run: cat log.txt
+        run: cat logs-build-docs/* || echo "No logs collected."
 
-      - name: "List main files"
+      - name: "Stop MAPDL service"
         if: always()
         run: |
-          if compgen -G 'doc/_build/latex/*.log' > /dev/null ;then for f in doc/_build/latex/*.log; do echo "::group:: Output latex log file $f" && cat $f && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi
-          if compgen -G './logs-build-docs/*.err' > /dev/null ;then for f in ./logs-build-docs/*.err; do echo "::group:: Error file $f" && cat $f && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi
-          if compgen -G './logs-build-docs/*.log' > /dev/null ;then for f in ./logs-build-docs/*.log; do echo "::group:: Log file $f" && cat $f && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi
-          if compgen -G './logs-build-docs/*.out' > /dev/null ;then for f in ./logs-build-docs/*.out; do echo "::group:: Output file $f" && cat $f && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi
+          echo "Stopping MAPDL services"
+          pymapdl stop --all
 
-  release:
-    if: github.event_name == 'refs/heads/main' && !contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
-    needs: [doc-build]
+
+  upload-docs:
+    name: "Upload documentation"
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && !contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    needs: [doc-build]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
-
-      - name: Display structure of downloaded files
-        run: ls -R
-
-      - name: Zip HTML documentation
-        uses: vimtor/action-zip@v1.2
-        with:
-          files: documentation-html
-          dest: documentation-html.zip
-
-      - name: Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+      - name: "Deploy documentation to GitHub Pages"
+        uses: ansys/actions/doc-deploy-dev@c2fa7c93f6883114e0e643599431b33d29f0b13f #v10.1.4
         with:
-          generate_release_notes: true
-          files: |
-            ./documentation-html.zip
-            ./documentation-pdf/*.pdf
+          cname: ${{ env.DOCUMENTATION_CNAME }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          bot-user: ${{ secrets.PYANSYS_CI_BOT_USERNAME }}
+          bot-email: ${{ secrets.PYANSYS_CI_BOT_EMAIL }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/label.yml b/.github/workflows/label.yml
index 7e533d8c2..93ae6d501 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/label.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/label.yml
@@ -10,19 +10,28 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+permissions: {}
+
 jobs:
 
   label-syncer:
-    name: Syncer
+    name: "Syncer"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: micnncim/action-label-syncer@v1
+      - name: "Install Git and checkout project"
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name : "Sync labels"
+        uses: micnncim/action-label-syncer@3abd5ab72fda571e69fffd97bd4e0033dd5f495c # v1.3.0
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
   labeler:
-    name: Set labels
+    name: "Set labels"
     needs: [label-syncer]
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -31,21 +40,23 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
     # Label based on modified files
-    - name: Label based on changed files
-      uses: actions/labeler@v5
+    - name: "Label based on changed files"
+      uses: actions/labeler@8558fd74291d67161a8a78ce36a881fa63b766a9 # v5.0.0
       with:
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         sync-labels: true
 
     # Label based on branch name
-    - uses: actions-ecosystem/action-add-labels@v1
+    - name: "Label based on branch name - docs"
+      uses: actions-ecosystem/action-add-labels@18f1af5e3544586314bbe15c0273249c770b2daf # v1.1.3
       if: |
         startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'doc') || 
         startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'docs')
       with:
         labels: documentation
 
-    - uses: actions-ecosystem/action-add-labels@v1
+    - name: "Label based on branch name - maintenance"
+      uses: actions-ecosystem/action-add-labels@18f1af5e3544586314bbe15c0273249c770b2daf # v1.1.3
       if: |
         startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'maint') ||
         startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'no-ci') ||
@@ -53,13 +64,15 @@ jobs:
       with:
         labels: maintenance
 
-    - uses: actions-ecosystem/action-add-labels@v1
+    - name: "Label based on branch name - enhancement"
+      uses: actions-ecosystem/action-add-labels@18f1af5e3544586314bbe15c0273249c770b2daf # v1.1.3
       if: startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'feat')
       with:
         labels: |
           enhancement
 
-    - uses: actions-ecosystem/action-add-labels@v1
+    - name: "Label based on branch name - bug"
+      uses: actions-ecosystem/action-add-labels@18f1af5e3544586314bbe15c0273249c770b2daf # v1.1.3
       if: |
         startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'fix') ||
         startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'patch')
@@ -67,10 +80,14 @@ jobs:
         labels: bug
 
   commenter:
+    name: "Commenter"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
     steps:
-    - name: Suggest to add labels
-      uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v4
+    - name: "Suggest to add labels"
+      uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@71345be0265236311c031f5c7866368bd1eff043 # v4.0.0
       # Execute only when no labels have been applied to the pull request
       if: toJSON(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name) == '{}'
       with:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 51cc30559..c61389da2 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 repos:
 
 - repo: https://github.com/ansys/pre-commit-hooks
-  rev: v0.2.8
+  rev: v0.5.2
   hooks:
   - id: add-license-headers
     args:
     - --start_year=2022
 
 - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-  rev: 22.10.0
+  rev: 25.9.0
   hooks:
   - id: black
     args: ["doc/source/conf.py"]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-  rev: 5.12.0
+  rev: 7.0.0
   hooks:
   - id: isort
     args: [
@@ -24,23 +24,23 @@ repos:
     ]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
-  rev: 5.0.4
+  rev: 7.3.0
   hooks:
   - id: flake8
 
 - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-  rev: v2.2.6
+  rev: v2.4.1
   hooks:
   - id: codespell
 
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-  rev: v4.3.0
+  rev: v6.0.0
   hooks:
   - id: check-merge-conflict
   - id: debug-statements
 
 - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
-  rev: 0.21.0
+  rev: 0.34.1
   hooks:
     - id: check-github-workflows
       name: "Check GitHub workflows"
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 5bcc5eaa6..adf36b288 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Sphinx documentation configuration file."""
+
 from datetime import datetime
 import os
 
diff --git a/examples/tech-demos/21-example-technology-showcase-buckling.py b/examples/tech-demos/21-example-technology-showcase-buckling.py
index fdc6eefb4..5b7a74848 100644
--- a/examples/tech-demos/21-example-technology-showcase-buckling.py
+++ b/examples/tech-demos/21-example-technology-showcase-buckling.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
 )
 
 print("End static prestress analysis")
-#%%
+# %%
 ###############################################################################
 # Run linear buckling analysis
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 )
 
 print("End linear buckling analysis")
-#%%
+# %%
 ###############################################################################
 # Generate imperfections
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 mapdl.finish()
 
 print("Finish adding imperfections")
-#%%
+# %%
 ###############################################################################
 # Run nonlinear static analysis on geometry with imperfections
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
 
 print("End nonlinear static analysis on imperfect geometry")
 
-#%%
+# %%
 ###############################################################################
 # Post-buckling analysis
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
 
 print("End of post-buckling analysis run")
 
-#%%
+# %%
 ###############################################################################
 # Postprocess buckling analysis in POST1
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
 mapdl.post_processing.plot_nodal_eqv_stress(savefig="nodal_stress_post_buckling.png")
 mapdl.finish()
 print("End POST1 postprocessing of post-buckling analysis")
-#%%
+# %%
 ###############################################################################
 # Postprocess buckling analysis in POST26
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
 
 print("End POST26 postprocessing of post-buckling analysis")
 
-#%%
+# %%
 ###############################################################################
 # Exit MAPDL
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/examples/verif-manual/vm-006-pinched_cylinder.py b/examples/verif-manual/vm-006-pinched_cylinder.py
index 3f6dfed93..2ee4be303 100644
--- a/examples/verif-manual/vm-006-pinched_cylinder.py
+++ b/examples/verif-manual/vm-006-pinched_cylinder.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ def start_prep7():
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 # Set up the element type (a shell-type).
 
+
 # Define the element type number.
 def define_element(elem_type):
     # Type of analysis: Static.
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ def define_element(elem_type):
 # Define material number.
 mat_num = 1
 
+
 # Define material properties.
 def define_material():
     # Define material properties.
@@ -164,6 +166,7 @@ def define_material():
 sec_num = 1
 t = 0.094
 
+
 # Define shell cross-section.
 def define_section():
     # Define shell cross-section.
@@ -181,6 +184,7 @@ def define_section():
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 # Set up the keypoints and create the area through the keypoints.
 
+
 # Define geometry of the simplified mathematical model.
 def define_geometry():
     # Change active coordinate system
@@ -232,6 +236,7 @@ def keypoint_number(mapdl):
 # ~~~~~~~
 # Define line division of the lines, then mesh the area with shell elements.
 
+
 # Define mesh properties and create the mesh with shell elements.
 def meshing():
     # Specify the default number of line divisions.
@@ -275,6 +280,7 @@ def meshing():
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 # Application of symmetric boundary conditions for simplified model.
 
+
 # Select nodes by location and apply BC.
 def define_bc():
     # Select nodes by location and apply BC.
@@ -295,6 +301,7 @@ def define_bc():
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 # Apply the force of :math:`F = (100/4) lb` in the y-direction.
 
+
 # Define loads.
 def define_loads():
     # Parametrization of the :math:`F` load for the quarter of the model.
@@ -331,6 +338,7 @@ def solve_procedure():
 # Plotting nodal displacement.
 # Get the the radial displacement at the node where force F is applied.
 
+
 # Start post-processing mode.
 def post_processing():
     mapdl.post1()
diff --git a/examples/verif-manual/vm-007-plastic_compression_of_a_pipe_assembly.py b/examples/verif-manual/vm-007-plastic_compression_of_a_pipe_assembly.py
index 6939283ef..890974f84 100644
--- a/examples/verif-manual/vm-007-plastic_compression_of_a_pipe_assembly.py
+++ b/examples/verif-manual/vm-007-plastic_compression_of_a_pipe_assembly.py
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@
 # Start solution procedure.
 mapdl.slashsolu()
 
+
 # Define solution function.
 def solution(deflect):
     mapdl.nsel("R", "LOC", "Z", 10)
@@ -583,7 +584,9 @@ def getload():
 row_indexing = pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(row_tuple)
 df = pd.DataFrame(main_columns, index=row_indexing)
 
-df.style.set_caption("Results Comparison",).set_table_styles(
+df.style.set_caption(
+    "Results Comparison",
+).set_table_styles(
     [
         {
             "selector": "th.col_heading",
diff --git a/examples/verif-manual/vm-299.py b/examples/verif-manual/vm-299.py
index fcdc95a04..63ab58e80 100644
--- a/examples/verif-manual/vm-299.py
+++ b/examples/verif-manual/vm-299.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
 SPL_4 = 10 * (math.log10(x4))
 SPL_5 = 10 * (math.log10(x5))
 
-# Fill the target tesult values in array
+# Fill the target result values in array
 target_ref = np.array([80.0, 79.0, 77.5, 76.0, 74.5])
 
 # Fill the simulated result values in array
diff --git a/examples/verif-manual/vm-nr1677-01-1a.py b/examples/verif-manual/vm-nr1677-01-1a.py
index df89b89dd..e5df04410 100644
--- a/examples/verif-manual/vm-nr1677-01-1a.py
+++ b/examples/verif-manual/vm-nr1677-01-1a.py
@@ -499,8 +499,8 @@
 
 # Print table
 print(
-    f"""------------------- VM-NR1677-01-1-a.1 RESULTS COMPARISON ---------------------  
-{tabulate(data_freq, headers=headers, tablefmt="grid")}  
+    f"""------------------- VM-NR1677-01-1-a.1 RESULTS COMPARISON ---------------------
+{tabulate(data_freq, headers=headers, tablefmt="grid")}
 """
 )
 
@@ -543,8 +543,8 @@
 
 # Print table
 print(
-    f"""  
-{tabulate(data_freq, headers=headers, tablefmt="grid")}  
+    f"""
+{tabulate(data_freq, headers=headers, tablefmt="grid")}
 """
 )
 
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_doc.txt b/requirements/requirements_doc.txt
index 782a52eb3..01cd01f6a 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_doc.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_doc.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-#PyMAPDL dependencies and documentation requirements
+# PyMAPDL dependencies and documentation requirements
 git+https://github.com/ansys/pymapdl.git#egg=ansys-mapdl-core[graphics,doc]