diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c8127d1..0f8ac17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,46 +16,58 @@ jobs:
   CI:
     if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]')"
     env:
-      GKS_ENCODING: "utf8"
-      GKSwstype: "nul"
+      GKS_ENCODING: utf8
+      GKSwstype: nul
 
     name: Julia ${{ matrix.version }} - ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.version == 'nightly' }}
+    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.experimental }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         version:
-          - '1.6'  # lowest declared compat in `Project.toml`
-          - '1'
-          # - 'nightly'
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-13]
-        arch:
-          - x64
-          # - x86
+          - 'lts'  # minimal declared julia compat in `Project.toml`
+          - '1'  # latest stable
+        experimental:
+          - false
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+        arch: [x64]
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
-            prefix: xvfb-run  # julia-actions/julia-runtest/blob/master/README.md
+            experimental: true
+            version: 'pre'  # upcoming julia version (`alpha`, `beta` or `rc`)
+          - os: macos-latest
+            arch: aarch64
+            version: '1'
+            experimental: false
 
     steps:
 
       # Setup environment
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@latest
         with:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
-      - uses: julia-actions/cache@v1
+      - uses: julia-actions/cache@v2
 
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@latest
 
-      - uses: julia-actions/julia-runtest@latest
-        with:
-          prefix: ${{ matrix.prefix }}  # for `xvfb-run`
+      - name: Testing VisualRegressionTests
+        run: |
+          cmd=(julia --project=@. --color=yes --depwarn=yes)
+          if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Linux" ]; then
+            cmd=(xvfb-run ${cmd[@]})
+          fi
+          echo ${cmd[@]}
+          ${cmd[@]} -e 'using Pkg
+          Pkg.test("VisualRegressionTests"; coverage=true)'
 
-      # - name: Codecov
-      #   uses: julia-actions/julia-uploadcodecov@latest
-      #   env:
-      #     CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+      - uses: julia-actions/julia-processcoverage@latest
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          fail_ci_if_error: false
+          file: lcov.info
 
   Skip:
     if: "contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]')"
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index abc15d1..3d2c257 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ ImageBase = "c817782e-172a-44cc-b673-b171935fbb9e"
 ImageDistances = "51556ac3-7006-55f5-8cb3-34580c88182d"
 ImageFiltering = "6a3955dd-da59-5b1f-98d4-e7296123deb5"
 ImageMagick = "6218d12a-5da1-5696-b52f-db25d2ecc6d1"
-QuartzImageIO = "dca85d43-d64c-5e67-8c65-017450d5d020"
 Requires = "ae029012-a4dd-5104-9daa-d747884805df"
 
 [compat]
@@ -18,15 +17,5 @@ ImageBase = "0.1"
 ImageDistances = "0.2"
 ImageFiltering = "0.4 - 0.7"
 ImageMagick = "0.7, 1"
-QuartzImageIO = "0.7"
 Requires = "1"
-julia = "1.6"
-
-[extras]
-Gtk = "4c0ca9eb-093a-5379-98c5-f87ac0bbbf44"
-Plots = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80"
-Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
-TestImages = "5e47fb64-e119-507b-a336-dd2b206d9990"
-
-[targets]
-test = ["Gtk", "Test", "Plots", "TestImages"]
+julia = "1.10"
diff --git a/test/Project.toml b/test/Project.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee95e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Project.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[deps]
+FileIO = "5789e2e9-d7fb-5bc7-8068-2c6fae9b9549"
+Gtk = "4c0ca9eb-093a-5379-98c5-f87ac0bbbf44"
+Pkg = "44cfe95a-1eb2-52ea-b672-e2afdf69b78f"
+Plots = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80"
+Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
+TestImages = "5e47fb64-e119-507b-a336-dd2b206d9990"
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 13642ad..0f35ae5 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+using Pkg
+Pkg.status(; outdated = true, mode = Pkg.PKGMODE_MANIFEST)
+
 using Gtk, Plots, Test, VisualRegressionTests
 
 # popup on local machine only