diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 97e8b7d1..73fe03f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -32,18 +32,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     permissions:
       contents: read
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        go-version: ["1.22", "1.23", stable]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: Setup Golang Environment
-        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5.5.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
+          go-version-file: go.mod
 
       - name: Run Unit Tests
         run: make unit-test
@@ -57,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.event.repository.fork == false }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: Switch Repository (Nightly)
         if: (github.event_name == 'schedule')
@@ -90,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
         run: docker compose up test-no-stream --exit-code-from test-no-stream
 
       - name: Create/Update Draft
-        uses: lucacome/draft-release@00f74370c044c322da6cb52acc707d62c7762c71 # v1.2.4
+        uses: lucacome/draft-release@fd099feb33710d1fa27b915a08a7acd6a1fb7fd2 # v2.0.0
         id: release-notes
         with:
           minor-label: "enhancement"
@@ -100,17 +96,16 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
 
       - name: Setup Golang Environment
-        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5.5.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: stable
+          go-version-file: go.mod
         if: ${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' }}
 
       - name: Run GoReleaser
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@9c156ee8a17a598857849441385a2041ef570552 # v6.3.0
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@e435ccd777264be153ace6237001ef4d979d3a7a # v6.4.0
         with:
-          version: v2.11.1 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=goreleaser/goreleaser
+          version: v2.12.5 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=goreleaser/goreleaser
           args: release --clean
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_COMMUNITY }}
         if: ${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index b46f37de..e4c2f6ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -48,17 +48,17 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: Setup Golang Environment
-        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5.5.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
         with:
           go-version: stable
         if: matrix.language == 'go'
 
       # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@181d5eefc20863364f96762470ba6f862bdef56b # v3.29.2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@a8d1ac45b9a34d11fe398d5503176af0d06b303e # v3.30.7
         with:
           languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
           build-mode: ${{ matrix.build-mode }}
@@ -70,6 +70,6 @@ jobs:
           # queries: security-extended,security-and-quality
 
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@181d5eefc20863364f96762470ba6f862bdef56b # v3.29.2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@a8d1ac45b9a34d11fe398d5503176af0d06b303e # v3.30.7
         with:
           category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
index 73022eb2..019d08b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.event_name != 'merge_group' }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: Dependency Review
-        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@da24556b548a50705dd671f47852072ea4c105d9 # v4.7.1
+        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@56339e523c0409420f6c2c9a2f4292bbb3c07dd3 # v4.8.0
         with:
           config-file: "nginx/k8s-common/dependency-review-config.yml@main"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fossa.yml b/.github/workflows/fossa.yml
index 9cd8da2a..dff10f4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fossa.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fossa.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.event.repository.fork == false }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: Scan
         uses: fossas/fossa-action@3ebcea1862c6ffbd5cf1b4d0bd6b3fe7bd6f2cac # v1.7.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
index 7d9e31de..76280fb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write # for actions/labeler to add labels
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           sparse-checkout: |
             labeler.yml
           sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
           repository: nginx/k8s-common
 
-      - uses: actions/labeler@8558fd74291d67161a8a78ce36a881fa63b766a9 # v5.0.0
+      - uses: actions/labeler@634933edcd8ababfe52f92936142cc22ac488b1b # v6.0.1
         with:
           repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
           sync-labels: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 84d06367..ae45a4a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -25,27 +25,27 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: Setup Golang Environment
-        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5.5.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
         with:
           go-version: stable
 
       - name: Lint Go
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@4afd733a84b1f43292c63897423277bb7f4313a9 # v8.0.0
         with:
-          version: v2.3.1 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=golangci/golangci-lint
+          version: v2.5.0 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=golangci/golangci-lint
 
   actionlint:
     name: Actionlint
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: Lint Actions
-        uses: reviewdog/action-actionlint@a5524e1c19e62881d79c1f1b9b6f09f16356e281 # v1.65.2
+        uses: reviewdog/action-actionlint@95395aac8c053577d0bc67eb7b74936c660c6f66 # v1.67.0
         with:
           actionlint_flags: -shellcheck ""
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: Lint Markdown
         uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@992badcdf24e3b8eb7e87ff9287fe931bcb00c6e # v20.0.0
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
     name: YAML lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: Lint YAML
         uses: reviewdog/action-yamllint@f01d8a48fd8d89f89895499fca2cff09f9e9e8c0 # v1.21.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/notifications.yml b/.github/workflows/notifications.yml
index bb13506e..22a891b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/notifications.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/notifications.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       actions: read # for 8398a7/action-slack
     steps:
       - name: Data
-        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8.0.0
         continue-on-error: true
         id: data
         with:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
             }
 
       - name: Send Notification
-        uses: 8398a7/action-slack@1750b5085f3ec60384090fb7c52965ef822e869e # v3.18.0
+        uses: 8398a7/action-slack@77eaa4f1c608a7d68b38af4e3f739dcd8cba273e # v3.19.0
         with:
           status: custom
           custom_payload: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
index 7a152edd..5aa8b84e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout code"
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: "Run analysis"
-        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@05b42c624433fc40578a4040d5cf5e36ddca8cde # v2.4.2
+        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@4eaacf0543bb3f2c246792bd56e8cdeffafb205a # v2.4.3
         with:
           results_file: results.sarif
           results_format: sarif
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ jobs:
 
       # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard.
       - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@181d5eefc20863364f96762470ba6f862bdef56b # v3.29.2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@a8d1ac45b9a34d11fe398d5503176af0d06b303e # v3.30.7
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 3f3b6b90..71389e86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write # for actions/stale to close stale PRs
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@5bef64f19d7facfb25b37b414482c7164d639639 # v9.1.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@5f858e3efba33a5ca4407a664cc011ad407f2008 # v10.1.0
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           stale-issue-message: "This issue is stale because it has been open 60 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 7 days."
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 5753ffc4..0514898c 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -5,11 +5,5 @@ builds:
 changelog:
   disable: true
 
-announce:
-  slack:
-    enabled: true
-    channel: "#announcements"
-    message_template: "NGINX Plus Go Client {{ .Tag }} is out! Check it out: {{ .ReleaseURL }}"
-
 milestones:
   - close: true
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3436174d..f45a86af 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v5.0.0
+    rev: v6.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: trailing-whitespace
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ repos:
       - id: detect-private-key
 
   - repo: https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint
-    rev: v2.3.1
+    rev: v2.5.0
     hooks:
       - id: golangci-lint-full
 
   - repo: https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks
-    rev: v8.27.2
+    rev: v8.28.0
     hooks:
       - id: gitleaks
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8f72c183..ae4f7742 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=golangci/golangci-lint
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION = v2.3.1
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION = v2.5.0
 
 test: unit-test test-integration test-integration-no-stream-block clean
 
diff --git a/client/nginx.go b/client/nginx.go
index e6c9c0ad..c6b96b32 100644
--- a/client/nginx.go
+++ b/client/nginx.go
@@ -262,10 +262,10 @@ type ExtendedCacheStats struct {
 
 // Connections represents connection related stats.
 type Connections struct {
-	Accepted uint64
-	Dropped  uint64
-	Active   uint64
-	Idle     uint64
+	Accepted int64
+	Dropped  int64
+	Active   int64
+	Idle     int64
 }
 
 // Slabs is map of slab stats by zone name.
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ func determineUpdates(updatedServers []UpstreamServer, nginxServers []UpstreamSe
 		}
 	}
 
-	return
+	return toAdd, toRemove, toUpdate
 }
 
 func (client *NginxClient) getIDOfHTTPServer(ctx context.Context, upstream string, name string) (int, error) {
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ func determineStreamUpdates(updatedServers []StreamUpstreamServer, nginxServers
 		}
 	}
 
-	return
+	return toAdd, toRemove, toUpdate
 }
 
 // GetStats gets process, slab, connection, request, ssl, zone, stream zone, upstream and stream upstream related stats from the NGINX Plus API.
diff --git a/client/nginx_test.go b/client/nginx_test.go
index 33e6416c..f4fd569f 100644
--- a/client/nginx_test.go
+++ b/client/nginx_test.go
@@ -765,6 +765,66 @@ func TestGetStats_NoStreamEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestGetStats_Connections(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		switch {
+		case r.RequestURI == "/":
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte(`[4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]`))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+		case r.RequestURI == "/8/":
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte(`["nginx","processes","connections","slabs","http","resolvers","ssl","workers"]`))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+		case strings.HasPrefix(r.RequestURI, "/8/connections"):
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte(`{
+				"active": -1,
+				"idle": 3,
+				"accepted": 5,
+				"dropped": 2
+			}`))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+		default:
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte(`{}`))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+		}
+	}))
+
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	// Test creating a new client with a supported API version on the server
+	client, err := NewNginxClient(ts.URL, WithAPIVersion(8), WithCheckAPI())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if client == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("client is nil")
+	}
+
+	stats, err := client.GetStats(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	testStats := Connections{
+		Accepted: 5,
+		Dropped:  2,
+		Active:   -1,
+		Idle:     3,
+	}
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(stats.Connections, testStats) {
+		t.Fatalf("Connection stats: expected %v, actual %v", testStats, stats.Connections)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGetStats_SSL(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index c68d0f67..189267f7 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ services:
       service: nginx
 
   test:
-    image: golang:1.24
+    image: golang:1.25
     volumes:
       - type: bind
         source: ./
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 5380a7c3..8e7b07b2 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.17
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.19
 FROM debian:12-slim
 
 LABEL maintainer="NGINX Docker Maintainers <integrations@nginx.com>"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f62a1c16..c1a12e69 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module github.com/nginx/nginx-plus-go-client/v3
 
 go 1.24.2
 
-require golang.org/x/sync v0.16.0
+require golang.org/x/sync v0.17.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 878acfe4..c02bc3ef 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-golang.org/x/sync v0.16.0 h1:ycBJEhp9p4vXvUZNszeOq0kGTPghopOL8q0fq3vstxw=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.16.0/go.mod h1:1dzgHSNfp02xaA81J2MS99Qcpr2w7fw1gpm99rleRqA=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.17.0 h1:l60nONMj9l5drqw6jlhIELNv9I0A4OFgRsG9k2oT9Ug=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.17.0/go.mod h1:9KTHXmSnoGruLpwFjVSX0lNNA75CykiMECbovNTZqGI=