diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-linux.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-linux.yaml
index b95caddc8..8a096f0d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-linux.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-linux.yaml
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ on:
     paths-ignore:
       - web/**
       - doc/**
+
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   build:
     strategy:
@@ -22,59 +24,12 @@ jobs:
         os:
           - ubuntu-20.04
           - ubuntu-22.04
+          - ubuntu-24.04
         x11: [ON, OFF]
         wayland: [ON, OFF]
         compiler:
           - clang
           - gcc
-        compiler_version:
-          - 9
-          - 10
-          - 11
-          - 12
-          - 13
-          - 14
-          - 15
-        exclude:
-          # 9 only exists for gcc
-          - compiler: clang
-            compiler_version: 9
-
-          # 13, 14, 15 only exist for clang
-          - compiler: gcc
-            compiler_version: 13
-          - compiler: gcc
-            compiler_version: 14
-          - compiler: gcc
-            compiler_version: 15
-
-          # ubuntu-20.04
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
-            compiler: gcc
-            compiler_version: 11
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
-            compiler: gcc
-            compiler_version: 12
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
-            compiler: clang
-            compiler_version: 13
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
-            compiler: clang
-            compiler_version: 14
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
-            compiler: clang
-            compiler_version: 15
-
-          # ubuntu-22.04
-          - os: ubuntu-22.04
-            compiler: clang
-            compiler_version: 10
-          - os: ubuntu-22.04
-            compiler: clang
-            compiler_version: 11
-          - os: ubuntu-22.04
-            compiler: clang
-            compiler_version: 12
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - run: sudo apt-get -qq update
@@ -115,22 +70,29 @@ jobs:
             ncurses-dev \
             ninja-build \
             wayland-protocols
-      - name: Install libc++
+      - name: Install clang and libc++
         if: matrix.compiler == 'clang'
         run: |
           sudo apt-get install -yqq --no-install-recommends \
-            libc++-${{ matrix.compiler_version }}-dev \
-            libc++abi-${{ matrix.compiler_version }}-dev
+            clang \
+            libc++-dev \
+            libc++abi-dev
+      - name: Install gcc
+        if: matrix.compiler == 'gcc'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install -yqq --no-install-recommends \
+            gcc \
+            g++
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Configure with CMake
         run: |
           set -x # show the commands we're running
-          [[ "${{ matrix.compiler }}" == "clang"* ]] && CC=clang-${{ matrix.compiler_version }}
-          [[ "${{ matrix.compiler }}" == "clang"* ]] && CXX=clang++-${{ matrix.compiler_version }}
+          [[ "${{ matrix.compiler }}" == "clang"* ]] && CC=clang
+          [[ "${{ matrix.compiler }}" == "clang"* ]] && CXX=clang++
 
-          [[ "${{ matrix.compiler }}" == "gcc"* ]] && CC=gcc-${{ matrix.compiler_version }}
-          [[ "${{ matrix.compiler }}" == "gcc"* ]] && CXX=g++-${{ matrix.compiler_version }}
+          [[ "${{ matrix.compiler }}" == "gcc"* ]] && CC=gcc
+          [[ "${{ matrix.compiler }}" == "gcc"* ]] && CXX=g++
 
 
           # Enable librsvg by default, disable for older versions of Ubuntu
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-appimage.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-appimage.yml
index 6c9f8fe0a..92d4360c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-appimage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-appimage.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         os:
           - ubuntu-20.04
           - ubuntu-22.04
+          - ubuntu-24.04
         arch:
           - x86_64
     permissions:
@@ -69,14 +70,17 @@ jobs:
             ncurses-dev \
             ninja-build \
             pandoc \
-            python3 \
-            wayland-protocols \
-            &&
-            pip3 install --upgrade pyyaml
+            wayland-protocols
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+          cache: 'pip' # caching pip dependencies
+          cache-dependency-path: 'requirements-dev.txt'
+      - run: pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
       - name: Import GPG Deploy Key
         # only run on main branch
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
@@ -91,6 +95,10 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04'
         run: |
           echo "CLANG_VERSION=15" | tee -a $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Set clang version to 18 for ubuntu-24.04
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-24.04'
+        run: |
+          echo "CLANG_VERSION=18" | tee -a $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Install libc++, set CC and CXX env vars
         run: |
           sudo apt-get install -yqq --no-install-recommends \
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33afd9222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pyyaml
+jinja2