diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index 7144dfac..6ceb807c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
 
 
   Linux-System-Service:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     needs: Pre-Commit
 
     timeout-minutes: 25
@@ -191,19 +191,16 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 16
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - "3.8"
-          - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
         salt-version:
-          - "3006.0"
-          - "3007.0"
+          - "3006.9"
+          - "3007.1"
         pytest-version:
           - "7.4.0"
           - "8.0.0"
-          - "8.1.0"
-        exclude:
-          - {"salt-version": "3007.0", "python-version": "3.8"}
-          - {"salt-version": "3007.0", "python-version": "3.9"}
+          - "8.1.1"
+          - "8.2.0"
+          - "8.3.3"
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -282,14 +279,15 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 16
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
         salt-version:
-          - "3006.0"
+          - "3006.9"
         pytest-version:
           - "7.4.0"
           - "8.0.0"
-          - "8.1.0"
+          - "8.1.1"
+          - "8.2.0"
+          - "8.3.3"
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -354,7 +352,7 @@ jobs:
 
 
   Linux:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     needs: Pre-Commit
 
     timeout-minutes: 25
@@ -364,23 +362,16 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 16
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - "3.7"
-          - "3.8"
-          - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
         salt-version:
-          - "3006.0"
-          - "3007.0"
+          - "3006.9"
+          - "3007.1"
         pytest-version:
           - "7.4.0"
           - "8.0.0"
-          - "8.1.0"
-        exclude:
-          - {"pytest-version": "8.0.0", "python-version": "3.7"}
-          - {"pytest-version": "8.1.0", "python-version": "3.7"}
-          - {"salt-version": "3007.0", "python-version": "3.7"}
-          - {"salt-version": "3007.0", "python-version": "3.8"}
-          - {"salt-version": "3007.0", "python-version": "3.9"}
+          - "8.1.1"
+          - "8.2.0"
+          - "8.3.3"
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/changelog/182.improvement.rst b/changelog/182.improvement.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d43cf808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/182.improvement.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updated GitHub Actions for recent EOL of Python 3.7 and 3.8, using Salt 3006.9 and 3007.1, also use of psutil.AccessDenied
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 42fe36eb..7847d24c 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-pytest>=7.0.0
-attrs>=19.2.0
-pytest-helpers-namespace>=2021.4.29
-pytest-skip-markers>=1.1.3
+pytest>=7.4.0
+attrs>=22.2.0
+pytest-helpers-namespace>=2021.12.29
+pytest-skip-markers>=1.5.2
 pytest-system-statistics>=1.0.2
-pytest-shell-utilities>=1.4.0
-psutil
-pyyaml
-pyzmq
-msgpack>=0.5.2
+pytest-shell-utilities<=1.9.0
+psutil<6.0.0
+pyyaml>=6.0.1
+pyzmq>=20.0.0
+msgpack>=1.0.2
 virtualenv
diff --git a/src/saltfactories/bases.py b/src/saltfactories/bases.py
index 24a4e331..c37d385a 100644
--- a/src/saltfactories/bases.py
+++ b/src/saltfactories/bases.py
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ def _terminate(self):
         log.info("Stopping %s", self.factory)
         pid = self.pid
         # Collect any child processes information before terminating the process
-        with contextlib.suppress(psutil.NoSuchProcess):
+        with contextlib.suppress(psutil.NoSuchProcess, psutil.AccessDenied):
             for child in psutil.Process(pid).children(recursive=True):
                 if child not in self._children:  # pylint: disable=access-member-before-definition
                     self._children.append(child)  # pylint: disable=access-member-before-definition