diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 73273365c..d8d1eed8c 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,5 @@ updates:
       interval: "daily"
     ignore:
       # Official actions have moving tags like v1
-      # that are used, so they don't need updates here
-      - dependency-name: "actions/checkout"
-      - dependency-name: "actions/setup-python"
-      - dependency-name: "actions/cache"
-      - dependency-name: "actions/upload-artifact"
-      - dependency-name: "actions/download-artifact"
-      - dependency-name: "actions/labeler"
+      - dependency-name: "actions/*"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor", "version-update:semver-patch"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0e018fb7f..aeceaee2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Cache wheels
       if: runner.os == 'macOS'
-      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
       with:
         # This path is specific to macOS - we really only need it for PyPy NumPy wheels
         # See https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/master/examples.md#python---pip
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} (deadsnakes)
       uses: deadsnakes/action@v2.1.1
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Valgrind cache
       if: matrix.valgrind
-      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
       id: cache-valgrind
       with:
         path: valgrind
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ jobs:
     container: "silkeh/clang:${{ matrix.clang }}"
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Add wget and python3
       run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3-dev python3-numpy python3-pytest libeigen3-dev
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ jobs:
     container: nvidia/cuda:11.0-devel-ubuntu20.04
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     # tzdata will try to ask for the timezone, so set the DEBIAN_FRONTEND
     - name: Install 🐍 3
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ jobs:
 #    container: centos:8
 #
 #    steps:
-#    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+#    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 #
 #    - name: Add Python 3 and a few requirements
 #      run: yum update -y && yum install -y git python3-devel python3-numpy python3-pytest make environment-modules
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ jobs:
     container: centos:7
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Add Python 3 and a few requirements
       run: yum update -y && yum install -y epel-release && yum install -y git python3-devel make environment-modules cmake3
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ jobs:
     container: "gcc:${{ matrix.gcc }}"
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Add Python 3
       run: apt-get update; apt-get install -y python3-dev python3-numpy python3-pytest python3-pip libeigen3-dev
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ jobs:
     name: "🐍 3 • ICC latest • x64"
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Add apt repo
       run: |
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ jobs:
     container: "quay.io/centos/centos:${{ matrix.centos }}"
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Add Python 3
       run: yum update -y && yum install -y python3-devel gcc-c++ make git
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ jobs:
     container: i386/debian:buster
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Install requirements
       run: |
@@ -678,9 +678,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
 
     - name: Install Doxygen
       run: sudo apt-get install -y doxygen librsvg2-bin # Changed to rsvg-convert in 20.04
@@ -725,10 +725,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-2019
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
         architecture: x86
@@ -778,10 +778,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-2019
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
         architecture: x86
@@ -826,10 +826,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-2022
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ jobs:
           mingw-w64-${{matrix.env}}-boost
           mingw-w64-${{matrix.env}}-catch
 
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Configure C++11
       # LTO leads to many undefined reference like
diff --git a/.github/workflows/configure.yml b/.github/workflows/configure.yml
index 55be5bd34..aa2485ac0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/configure.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/configure.yml
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Setup Python 3.7
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
         python-version: 3.7
         architecture: ${{ matrix.arch }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/format.yml b/.github/workflows/format.yml
index 46140fe0c..5eb228a70 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Format
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
     - name: Add matchers
       run: echo "::add-matcher::$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/matchers/pylint.json"
     - uses: pre-commit/action@v2.0.3
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: silkeh/clang:12
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Install requirements
       run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3-dev python3-pytest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pip.yml b/.github/workflows/pip.yml
index 7a5443d14..1d9a35604 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pip.yml
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Setup 🐍 3.6
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
         python-version: 3.6
 
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Setup 🐍 3.8
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
         python-version: 3.8
 
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ jobs:
       run: twine check dist/*
 
     - name: Save standard package
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: standard
         path: dist/pybind11-*
 
     - name: Save global package
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: global
         path: dist/pybind11_global-*
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ jobs:
     needs: [packaging]
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
 
     # Downloads all to directories matching the artifact names
-    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
 
     - name: Publish standard package
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.5.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/upstream.yml b/.github/workflows/upstream.yml
index 138c9ad29..174dc2496 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upstream.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upstream.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
     if: "contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'python dev')"
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Setup Python 3.11
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
         python-version: "3.11-dev"
 
diff --git a/include/pybind11/numpy.h b/include/pybind11/numpy.h
index 586c785ae..eab60300d 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/numpy.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/numpy.h
@@ -796,8 +796,9 @@ private:
         for (auto field : attr("fields").attr("items")()) {
             auto spec = field.cast<tuple>();
             auto name = spec[0].cast<pybind11::str>();
-            auto format = spec[1].cast<tuple>()[0].cast<dtype>();
-            auto offset = spec[1].cast<tuple>()[1].cast<pybind11::int_>();
+            auto spec_fo = spec[1].cast<tuple>();
+            auto format = spec_fo[0].cast<dtype>();
+            auto offset = spec_fo[1].cast<pybind11::int_>();
             if ((len(name) == 0u) && format.kind() == 'V') {
                 continue;
             }
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 11b4fde8f..4fd1e7a6f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ max-line-length = 120
 show_source = True
 exclude = .git, __pycache__, build, dist, docs, tools, venv
 extend-ignore = E203, E722, B950
-select = C,E,F,N,W,B,B9
+extend-select = B9
diff --git a/tests/test_stl.py b/tests/test_stl.py
index 3dc55230a..975860b85 100644
--- a/tests/test_stl.py
+++ b/tests/test_stl.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def test_vector(doc):
 
     assert m.cast_bool_vector() == [True, False]
     assert m.load_bool_vector([True, False])
+    assert m.load_bool_vector(tuple([True, False]))
 
     assert doc(m.cast_vector) == "cast_vector() -> List[int]"
     assert doc(m.load_vector) == "load_vector(arg0: List[int]) -> bool"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ def test_array(doc):
     lst = m.cast_array()
     assert lst == [1, 2]
     assert m.load_array(lst)
+    assert m.load_array(tuple(lst))
 
     assert doc(m.cast_array) == "cast_array() -> List[int[2]]"
     assert doc(m.load_array) == "load_array(arg0: List[int[2]]) -> bool"
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ def test_valarray(doc):
     lst = m.cast_valarray()
     assert lst == [1, 4, 9]
     assert m.load_valarray(lst)
+    assert m.load_valarray(tuple(lst))
 
     assert doc(m.cast_valarray) == "cast_valarray() -> List[int]"
     assert doc(m.load_valarray) == "load_valarray(arg0: List[int]) -> bool"