diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-linkcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-linkcheck.yml
index b25405b75cc..65453ad11f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-linkcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-linkcheck.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload linkcheck output
         # Run also if the previous steps failed
         if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@6f51ac03b9356f520e9adb1b1b7802705f340c2b # v4.5.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: linkcheck-output
           path: docs/build/html/output.*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/release_pypi.yml
index 69e6438bd33..a9e9e468010 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_pypi.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
         run: python3 -m build
       - name: Store the distribution packages
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@6f51ac03b9356f520e9adb1b1b7802705f340c2b # v4.5.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: python-package-distributions
           path: dist/
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
             ./dist/*.tar.gz
             ./dist/*.whl
       - name: Store the distribution packages and signatures
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@6f51ac03b9356f520e9adb1b1b7802705f340c2b # v4.5.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: python-package-distributions-and-signatures
           path: dist/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_test_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/release_test_pypi.yml
index 25937ec564b..a59baec5e67 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_test_pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_test_pypi.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
         run: python3 -m build
       - name: Store the distribution packages
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@6f51ac03b9356f520e9adb1b1b7802705f340c2b # v4.5.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: python-package-distributions
           path: dist/
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
             ./dist/*.tar.gz
             ./dist/*.whl
       - name: Store the distribution packages and signatures
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@6f51ac03b9356f520e9adb1b1b7802705f340c2b # v4.5.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: python-package-distributions-and-signatures
           path: dist/
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d19a93d4d3f..d847fd3140c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
    :target: https://pypistats.org/packages/python-telegram-bot
    :alt: PyPi Package Monthly Download
 
-.. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/python-telegram-bot/badge/?version=stable
+.. image:: https://app.readthedocs.org/projects/python-telegram-bot/badge/?version=stable
    :target: https://docs.python-telegram-bot.org/en/stable/
    :alt: Documentation Status
 
diff --git a/changes/unreleased/4775.kkLon84t7Vy5REKRe9LwPH.toml b/changes/unreleased/4775.kkLon84t7Vy5REKRe9LwPH.toml
index f70c7395590..b01e19eb5ec 100644
--- a/changes/unreleased/4775.kkLon84t7Vy5REKRe9LwPH.toml
+++ b/changes/unreleased/4775.kkLon84t7Vy5REKRe9LwPH.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 internal = "Bump codecov/codecov-action from 5.1.2 to 5.4.2"
 [[pull_requests]]
 uid = "4775"
-author_uid = "dependabot[bot]"
+author_uid = "dependabot"
 closes_threads = []
diff --git a/changes/unreleased/4776.g83DxRk4WVWCC8rCd6ocFC.toml b/changes/unreleased/4776.g83DxRk4WVWCC8rCd6ocFC.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2af8ebcd2d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/unreleased/4776.g83DxRk4WVWCC8rCd6ocFC.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+internal = "Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.5.0 to 4.6.2"
+[[pull_requests]]
+uid = "4776"
+author_uid = "dependabot"
+closes_threads = []
diff --git a/changes/unreleased/4777.Lhgz8xFtQjgrKM2KvNfxwD.toml b/changes/unreleased/4777.Lhgz8xFtQjgrKM2KvNfxwD.toml
index 76660e69223..4b5e40bad26 100644
--- a/changes/unreleased/4777.Lhgz8xFtQjgrKM2KvNfxwD.toml
+++ b/changes/unreleased/4777.Lhgz8xFtQjgrKM2KvNfxwD.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 internal = "Bump stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action from 5.1.0 to 5.2.0"
 [[pull_requests]]
 uid = "4777"
-author_uid = "dependabot[bot]"
+author_uid = "dependabot"
 closes_threads = []
diff --git a/changes/unreleased/4778.CeUSPNLbGGsqP2Vo4xKkdp.toml b/changes/unreleased/4778.CeUSPNLbGGsqP2Vo4xKkdp.toml
index f25371c42ea..c14276f7821 100644
--- a/changes/unreleased/4778.CeUSPNLbGGsqP2Vo4xKkdp.toml
+++ b/changes/unreleased/4778.CeUSPNLbGGsqP2Vo4xKkdp.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 internal = "Bump github/codeql-action from 3.28.13 to 3.28.16"
 [[pull_requests]]
 uid = "4778"
-author_uid = "dependabot[bot]"
+author_uid = "dependabot"
 closes_threads = []
diff --git a/changes/unreleased/4779.UqcbJVKYxwTtrBEGDgb3VS.toml b/changes/unreleased/4779.UqcbJVKYxwTtrBEGDgb3VS.toml
index 6aa2e548756..b6917ffef1b 100644
--- a/changes/unreleased/4779.UqcbJVKYxwTtrBEGDgb3VS.toml
+++ b/changes/unreleased/4779.UqcbJVKYxwTtrBEGDgb3VS.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 internal = "Bump actions/download-artifact from 4.2.1 to 4.3.0"
 [[pull_requests]]
 uid = "4779"
-author_uid = "dependabot[bot]"
+author_uid = "dependabot"
 closes_threads = []
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index fbb8b43168e..a0352d2c509 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@
     # The doc-fixes branch may not always exist - doesn't matter, we only link to it from the
     # contributing guide
     re.escape("https://docs.python-telegram-bot.org/en/doc-fixes"),
+    # Apparently has some human-verification check and gives 403 in the sphinx build
+    re.escape("https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/python-telegram-bot"),
 ]
 linkcheck_allowed_redirects = {
     # Redirects to the default version are okay