diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
index e5de020a..891ec53d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ jobs:
   publish-docker-image:
     name: Publish Unit Test Results (Docker Image)
     needs: test
+    # we run the action from this branch whenever we can (when it runs in our repo's context)
+    if: >
+      always() &&
+      github.event.sender.login != 'dependabot[bot]' &&
+      ( github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository )
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
diff --git a/publish_unit_test_results.py b/publish_unit_test_results.py
index cae207ed..5a18e92c 100644
--- a/publish_unit_test_results.py
+++ b/publish_unit_test_results.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def get_conclusion(parsed: ParsedUnitTestResults, fail_on_failures, fail_on_erro
 def get_github(token: str, url: str, retries: int, backoff_factor: float) -> github.Github:
     retry = Retry(total=retries,
                   backoff_factor=backoff_factor,
-                  method_whitelist=Retry.DEFAULT_METHOD_WHITELIST.union({'GET', 'POST'}),
+                  allowed_methods=Retry.DEFAULT_ALLOWED_METHODS.union({'GET', 'POST'}),
                   status_forcelist=range(500, 600))
     return github.Github(login_or_token=token, base_url=url, retry=retry)
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cf1abbca..7e133b03 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# dataclasses does not exist in Python3.6, needed as dependency
+dataclasses
 junitparser==1.6.1
 PyGithub==1.54.1
-dataclasses
+urllib3==1.26.4
diff --git a/test/requirements.txt b/test/requirements.txt
index e0ff39c3..16111baa 100644
--- a/test/requirements.txt
+++ b/test/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ flask
 mock
 pytest
 pyyaml>=5.1
-requests
\ No newline at end of file
+requests
+urllib3<2.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_github.py b/test/test_github.py
index eb18656f..1d7642d2 100644
--- a/test/test_github.py
+++ b/test/test_github.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+import sys
 import time
 import unittest
 from multiprocessing import Process
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@
 from publish_unit_test_results import get_github
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf(sys.platform != 'linux', 'Pickling the mock REST endpoint only works Linux')
 class TestGitHub(unittest.TestCase):
 
     base_url = f'http://localhost:12380/api'