diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
index 2486f0a..e1cac55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
@@ -1,26 +1,13 @@
 name: Linter
 
-on: [push]
+on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
-  build-n-lint:
+  lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: psf/black@stable
+      - uses: isort/isort-action@v1
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
-
-      - name: Install test dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install --only-binary=numpy,scipy numpy scipy
-          pip install -e .[dev]
-      - name: Run ISort check
-        run: python -m isort --check PyEMD
-      - name: Run PyCodeStyle check
-        run: python -m pycodestyle PyEMD
-      - name: Run Black check
-        run: python -m black --check PyEMD
+          sort-paths: PyEMD
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-main-build-test-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-main-build-test-deploy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0aa7287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-main-build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+name: Upload Python Package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - PyEMD/__init__.py
+    branches:
+      - $default-branch
+
+jobs:
+  build-n-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Running Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install test dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install --only-binary=numpy,scipy numpy scipy
+          pip install -e .[test]
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          python -m PyEMD.tests.test_all
+
+  deploy:
+    # Run 'deploy' job only if `PyEMD/__init__.py` is modified
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.event.head_commit.modified, 'PyEMD/__init__.py')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install build
+      - name: Build package
+        run: python -m build
+      - name: Publish package
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@27b31702a0e7fc50959f5ad993c78deac1bdfc29
+        with:
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.EMD_PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pr-test.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pr-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..455bf6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pr-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - $default-branch
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'PyEMD/**.py'
+
+jobs:
+
+  build-n-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: 
+          - "3.8"
+          - "3.9"
+          - "3.10"
+          - "3.11"
+          - "3.12"
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Running Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install test dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install --only-binary=numpy,scipy numpy scipy
+          pip install -e .[test]
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          python -m PyEMD.tests.test_all
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-test.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-test.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 12dcb5f..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-test.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-name: Test
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ $default-branch ]
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - 'PyEMD/**.py'
-
-jobs:
-  build-n-test-36:
-    name: Linux 3.6
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Running Python 3.6
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.6
-        architecture: x64
-    - name: Install test dependencies
-      run: |
-        pip install --only-binary=numpy,scipy numpy scipy
-        pip install -e .[test]
-    - name: Run tests
-      run: |
-        python -m PyEMD.tests.test_all
-
-  build-n-test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Running Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - name: Install test dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install --only-binary=numpy,scipy numpy scipy
-          pip install -e .[test]
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: |
-          python -m PyEMD.tests.test_all
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ab1912..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-name: Upload Python Package
-
-on:
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - PyEMD/__init__.py
-    branches:
-      - "master"
-      - "ci-test"
-
-jobs:
-  deploy:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.x"
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install build
-      - name: Build package
-        run: python -m build
-      - name: Publish package
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@27b31702a0e7fc50959f5ad993c78deac1bdfc29
-        with:
-          user: __token__
-          password: ${{ secrets.EMD_PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2803e70..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-os: linux
-dist: xenial
-language: python
-python:
-  - 3.6
-  - 3.7
-  - 3.8
-# command to run tests
-before_install:
-  - pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-install:
-  - pip install --only-binary=numpy,scipy numpy scipy
-  - pip install -r requirements.txt
-  - pip install -r requirements-extra.txt
-  - pip install codecov
-script:
-  - python -m PyEMD.tests.test_all
-  - coverage run PyEMD/tests/test_all.py
-after_success:
-  - codecov
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2169760..e8c7849 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+LINT_TARGET_DIRS := PyEMD doc example
 
 test:
 	python -m PyEMD.tests.test_all
@@ -10,8 +11,11 @@ doc:
 	cd doc && make html
 
 format:
-	black PyEMD
+	python -m black $(LINT_TARGET_DIRS)
 
 lint-check:
 	python -m isort --check PyEMD
-	python -m black --check PyEMD
\ No newline at end of file
+	python -m black --check $(LINT_TARGET_DIRS)
+
+perf/build:
+	docker build -t pyemd-perf -f perf_test/Dockerfile .
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PyEMD/__init__.py b/PyEMD/__init__.py
index d53369a..0166f9f 100644
--- a/PyEMD/__init__.py
+++ b/PyEMD/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 
-__version__ = "1.5.2"
+__version__ = "1.6.0"
 logger = logging.getLogger("pyemd")
 
 from PyEMD.CEEMDAN import CEEMDAN  # noqa
diff --git a/PyEMD/checks.py b/PyEMD/checks.py
index 80d14a1..8818d11 100644
--- a/PyEMD/checks.py
+++ b/PyEMD/checks.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Calculate the statistical Significance of IMFs."""
+
 import logging
 import math
 
diff --git a/PyEMD/tests/test_checks.py b/PyEMD/tests/test_checks.py
index 7945e35..874f359 100644
--- a/PyEMD/tests/test_checks.py
+++ b/PyEMD/tests/test_checks.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Tests for checks.py."""
+
 import unittest
 
 import numpy as np
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fca085d..30827ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/laszukdawid/PyEMD/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/laszukdawid/PyEMD)
-[![Build Status](https://app.travis-ci.com/laszukdawid/PyEMD.svg?branch=master)](https://app.travis-ci.com/laszukdawid/PyEMD)
 [![DocStatus](https://readthedocs.org/projects/pyemd/badge/?version=latest)](https://pyemd.readthedocs.io/)
 [![Codacy Badge](https://app.codacy.com/project/badge/Grade/f56b6fc3f855476dbaebd3c02ae88f3e)](https://www.codacy.com/gh/laszukdawid/PyEMD/dashboard?utm_source=github.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=laszukdawid/PyEMD&utm_campaign=Badge_Grade)
 [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/65324353.svg)](https://zenodo.org/badge/latestdoi/65324353)
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 6d91db0..183b63e 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -65,25 +65,25 @@
 master_doc = "index"
 
 # General information about the project.
-project = u"PyEMD"
-copyright = u"2016-{year}, Dawid Laszuk".format(year=datetime.datetime.now().year)
-author = u"Dawid Laszuk"
+project = "PyEMD"
+copyright = "2016-{year}, Dawid Laszuk".format(year=datetime.datetime.now().year)
+author = "Dawid Laszuk"
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = u"0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u"0.4.0"
+release = "0.4.0"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
 #
 # This is also used if you do content translation via gettext catalogs.
 # Usually you set "language" from the command line for these cases.
-language = 'en'
+language = "en"
 
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 # (source start file, target name, title,
 #  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
 latex_documents = [
-    (master_doc, "PyEMD.tex", u"PyEMD Documentation", u"Dawid Laszuk", "manual"),
+    (master_doc, "PyEMD.tex", "PyEMD Documentation", "Dawid Laszuk", "manual"),
 ]
 
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 
 # One entry per manual page. List of tuples
 # (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
-man_pages = [(master_doc, "PyEMD", u"PyEMD Documentation", [author], 1)]
+man_pages = [(master_doc, "PyEMD", "PyEMD Documentation", [author], 1)]
 
 
 # -- Options for Texinfo output -------------------------------------------
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 # (source start file, target name, title, author,
 #  dir menu entry, description, category)
 texinfo_documents = [
-    (master_doc, "PyEMD", u"PyEMD Documentation", author, "PyEMD", "One line description of project.", "Miscellaneous"),
+    (master_doc, "PyEMD", "PyEMD Documentation", author, "PyEMD", "One line description of project.", "Miscellaneous"),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/example/eemd_example.py b/example/eemd_example.py
index 5c9c7eb..a411da4 100644
--- a/example/eemd_example.py
+++ b/example/eemd_example.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 S += 5 * sin(11, 2.7)
 S += 3 * sin(14, 1.6)
 S += 1 * np.sin(4 * 2 * np.pi * (t - 0.8) ** 2)
-S += t ** 2.1 - t
+S += t**2.1 - t
 
 # Assign EEMD to `eemd` variable
 eemd = EEMD()
diff --git a/example/emd_comparison.py b/example/emd_comparison.py
index 1391069..e516129 100644
--- a/example/emd_comparison.py
+++ b/example/emd_comparison.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 a lot of the same computation within a single execution. For a single script
 with a single EMD execution, it's still much more performant to use normal EMD.
 """
+
 import time
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -17,11 +18,13 @@
 t = get_timeline(len(s), s.dtype)
 n_repeat = 20
 
-print(f"""Comparing EEMD execution on a larger signal with classic and JIT EMDs.
+print(
+    f"""Comparing EEMD execution on a larger signal with classic and JIT EMDs.
 Signal is random (uniform) noise of length: {len(s)}. The test is done by executing
 EEMD with either classic or JIT EMD {n_repeat} times and taking the average. Such
 setup favouries JitEMD which is compiled once and then reused {n_repeat-1} times.
-Compiltion is quite costly.""")
+Compiltion is quite costly."""
+)
 
 time_0 = time.time()
 emd = EMD()
diff --git a/example/example_spline_capabilities.py b/example/example_spline_capabilities.py
index e472bf7..bfaf392 100644
--- a/example/example_spline_capabilities.py
+++ b/example/example_spline_capabilities.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from PyEMD.utils import get_timeline
 
 
-def test_spline(X,T,s_kind):
+def test_spline(X, T, s_kind):
     """
     Test the fitting with the given spline.
 
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ def test_spline(X,T,s_kind):
 
     emd = EMD()
     emd.spline_kind = s_kind
-    max_env, min_env, eMax, eMin = emd.extract_max_min_spline(T,X)
+    max_env, min_env, eMax, eMin = emd.extract_max_min_spline(T, X)
     return max_env, min_env, eMax, eMin
 
 
-def test_akima(X,T,ax):
+def test_akima(X, T, ax):
     """
     test the fitting with akima spline.
 
@@ -65,15 +65,15 @@ def test_akima(X,T,ax):
 
     max_env, min_env, eMax, eMin = test_spline(X, T, "akima")
 
-    ax.plot(max_env,label='max akima')
-    ax.plot(min_env,label='min akima')
+    ax.plot(max_env, label="max akima")
+    ax.plot(min_env, label="min akima")
     return eMax, eMin
 
 
-def test_cubic(X,T,ax):
+def test_cubic(X, T, ax):
     """
     test the fitting with cubic spline
-    
+
     Parameters
     ----------
     see 'test_akima'
@@ -85,14 +85,14 @@ def test_cubic(X,T,ax):
 
     max_env, min_env, eMax, eMin = test_spline(X, T, "cubic")
 
-    ax.plot(max_env,label='max cubic')
-    ax.plot(min_env,label='min cubic')
+    ax.plot(max_env, label="max cubic")
+    ax.plot(min_env, label="min cubic")
     return eMax, eMin
 
 
-def test_pchip(X,T,ax):
+def test_pchip(X, T, ax):
     """
-    test the fitting with pchip spline 
+    test the fitting with pchip spline
     'Piecewise Cubic Hermite Interpolating Polynomial'
 
     Parameters
@@ -106,14 +106,14 @@ def test_pchip(X,T,ax):
 
     max_env, min_env, eMax, eMin = test_spline(X, T, "pchip")
 
-    ax.plot(max_env,label='max pchip')
-    ax.plot(min_env,label='min pchip')
+    ax.plot(max_env, label="max pchip")
+    ax.plot(min_env, label="min pchip")
     return eMax, eMin
 
 
-def test_cubic_hermite(X,T,ax):
+def test_cubic_hermite(X, T, ax):
     """
-    test the fitting with cubic_hermite spline 
+    test the fitting with cubic_hermite spline
 
     Parameters
     ----------
@@ -126,24 +126,23 @@ def test_cubic_hermite(X,T,ax):
 
     max_env, min_env, eMax, eMin = test_spline(X, T, "cubic_hermite")
 
-    ax.plot(max_env,label='max cubic_hermite')
-    ax.plot(min_env,label='min cubic_hermite')
+    ax.plot(max_env, label="max cubic_hermite")
+    ax.plot(min_env, label="min cubic_hermite")
     return eMax, eMin
 
 
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     X = np.random.normal(size=200)
-    T = get_timeline(len(X),X.dtype)
+    T = get_timeline(len(X), X.dtype)
     T = EMD._normalize_time(T)
 
     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
-    ax.plot(X,'--',lw=2,c='k')
+    ax.plot(X, "--", lw=2, c="k")
     emax_akima, emin_akima = test_akima(X, T, ax)
     emax_cubic, emin_cubic = test_cubic(X, T, ax)
     emax_pchip, emin_pchip = test_pchip(X, T, ax)
     emax_chermite, emin_chermite = test_cubic_hermite(X, T, ax)
-    ax.plot(emax_akima[0],emax_akima[1],'--')
+    ax.plot(emax_akima[0], emax_akima[1], "--")
     ax.legend()
-    plt.show()
\ No newline at end of file
+    plt.show()
diff --git a/example/hht_example.py b/example/hht_example.py
index bffd05a..f9eff6e 100644
--- a/example/hht_example.py
+++ b/example/hht_example.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def instant_phase(imfs):
 S += 5 * sin(11, 2.7)
 S += 3 * sin(14, 1.6)
 S += 1 * np.sin(4 * 2 * np.pi * (t - 0.8) ** 2)
-S += t ** 2.1 - t
+S += t**2.1 - t
 
 # Compute IMFs with EMD
 emd = EMD()
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ad927e1..4a3ed67 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ install_requires =
     numpy >= 1.12
     scipy >= 0.19
     pathos >= 0.2.1
-    tqdm == 4.64.*
+    tqdm >= 4.64.0, < 5.0
 python_requires = >=3.6, <4
 test_suite = PyEMD.tests
 
@@ -34,10 +34,9 @@ doc =
 jit =
     numba==0.56.*
 dev =
-    pycodestyle==2.8.*
-    black==23.3.*
-    isort==5.10.*
-    click==8.0.4
+    pycodestyle==2.11.*
+    black==24.3.*
+    isort==5.12.*
 test =
     pytest
     codecov