diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 880932740..daceb642f 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -245,15 +245,23 @@ with:
 BEAKER_PUPPET_COLLECTION=puppet7 BEAKER_setfile=debian11-64 bundle exec rake beaker
 ```
 
+or
+
+```sh
+BEAKER_PUPPET_COLLECTION=none BEAKER_setfile=archlinux-64 bundle exec rake beaker
+```
+
+This latter example will use the distribution's own version of Puppet.
+
 You can replace the string `debian11` with any common operating system.
 The following strings are known to work:
 
 * ubuntu2004
 * ubuntu2204
 * debian11
-* centos7
-* centos8
+* debian12
 * centos9
+* archlinux
 * almalinux8
 * almalinux9
 * fedora36
diff --git a/.rspec b/.github/labeler.yml
similarity index 63%
rename from .rspec
rename to .github/labeler.yml
index f634583de..f2d08d6b4 100644
--- a/.rspec
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+---
 # Managed by modulesync - DO NOT EDIT
 # https://voxpupuli.org/docs/updating-files-managed-with-modulesync/
 
---format documentation
---color
+skip-changelog:
+ - head-branch: ['^release-*', 'release']
diff --git a/.github/release.yml b/.github/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5b5d7a99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+# Managed by modulesync - DO NOT EDIT
+# https://voxpupuli.org/docs/updating-files-managed-with-modulesync/
+
+# https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/automatically-generated-release-notes
+
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - duplicate
+      - invalid
+      - modulesync
+      - question
+      - skip-changelog
+      - wont-fix
+      - wontfix
+
+  categories:
+    - title: Breaking Changes 🛠
+      labels:
+        - backwards-incompatible
+
+    - title: New Features 🎉
+      labels:
+        - enhancement
+
+    - title: Bug Fixes 🐛
+      labels:
+        - bug
+
+    - title: Documentation Updates 📚
+      labels:
+        - documentation
+        - docs
+
+    - title: Dependency Updates ⬆️
+      labels:
+        - dependencies
+
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7216724fd..1f82c4c93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,5 +19,3 @@ jobs:
   puppet:
     name: Puppet
     uses: voxpupuli/gha-puppet/.github/workflows/beaker.yml@v2
-    with:
-      pidfile_workaround: 'false'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66127cd0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+# Managed by modulesync - DO NOT EDIT
+# https://voxpupuli.org/docs/updating-files-managed-with-modulesync/
+
+name: "Pull Request Labeler"
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target: {}
+
+jobs:
+  labeler:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/labeler@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 55324aa62..93b33c2bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,3 +20,10 @@ jobs:
       #  https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/encrypted-secrets
       username: ${{ secrets.PUPPET_FORGE_USERNAME }}
       api_key: ${{ secrets.PUPPET_FORGE_API_KEY }}
+
+  create-github-release:
+    name: Create GitHub Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Create GitHub release
+        uses: voxpupuli/gha-create-a-github-release@v1
diff --git a/.msync.yml b/.msync.yml
index ade23f9ea..95e8c977c 100644
--- a/.msync.yml
+++ b/.msync.yml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # Managed by modulesync - DO NOT EDIT
 # https://voxpupuli.org/docs/updating-files-managed-with-modulesync/
 
-modulesync_config_version: '7.5.0'
+modulesync_config_version: '9.1.0'
diff --git a/.overcommit.yml b/.overcommit.yml
index d367adaea..4ed994cc5 100644
--- a/.overcommit.yml
+++ b/.overcommit.yml
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ PreCommit:
     enabled: true
     description: 'Runs rubocop on modified files only'
     command: ['bundle', 'exec', 'rubocop']
-  PuppetLint:
+  RakeTarget:
     enabled: true
-    description: 'Runs puppet-lint on modified files only'
-    command: ['bundle', 'exec', 'puppet-lint']
+    description: 'Runs lint on modified files only'
+    targets:
+      - 'lint'
+    command: ['bundle', 'exec', 'rake']
   YamlSyntax:
     enabled: true
   JsonSyntax:
diff --git a/.puppet-lint.rc b/.puppet-lint.rc
index dd8272c7b..05d28a260 100644
--- a/.puppet-lint.rc
+++ b/.puppet-lint.rc
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Managed by modulesync - DO NOT EDIT
+# https://voxpupuli.org/docs/updating-files-managed-with-modulesync/
+
 --fail-on-warnings
 --no-parameter_documentation-check
 --no-parameter_types-check
diff --git a/.rspec_parallel b/.rspec_parallel
deleted file mode 100644
index a9a84f852..000000000
--- a/.rspec_parallel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Managed by modulesync - DO NOT EDIT
-# https://voxpupuli.org/docs/updating-files-managed-with-modulesync/
-
---format progress
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a4a3b2043..7123c6636 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 source ENV['GEM_SOURCE'] || 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 group :test do
-  gem 'voxpupuli-test', '~> 7.0',   :require => false
+  gem 'voxpupuli-test', '~> 9.0',   :require => false
   gem 'coveralls',                  :require => false
   gem 'simplecov-console',          :require => false
-  gem 'puppet_metadata', '~> 3.5',  :require => false
+  gem 'puppet_metadata', '~> 4.0',  :require => false
 end
 
 group :development do
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 9efb4ae62..58c9b66ab 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 
 require 'voxpupuli/test/spec_helper'
 
+RSpec.configure do |c|
+  c.facterdb_string_keys = false
+end
+
 add_mocked_facts!
 
 if File.exist?(File.join(__dir__, 'default_module_facts.yml'))