diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 5d6cce72..f511f8cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -11,70 +11,52 @@ permissions: read-all
 jobs:
 
   Ubuntu:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        runner: [ ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-latest ]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Build Ubuntu
         run: |
           ./configure --with-fastfloat --with-threaded
           make 
           make check
 
-  Ubuntu-20-04:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Build Ubuntu
-        run: |
-          ./configure --with-fastfloat --with-threaded
-          make 
-          make check
-          
-  MacOS:
-    runs-on: macos-latest
+  macOS:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        runner: [ macos-12, macos-14 ]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Build MacOS
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Build macOS
         run: |
           ./configure --with-fastfloat --with-threaded
           make 
           make check        
     
-  Windows-64:
-    runs-on: windows-latest
-    
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1   
-        with:
-            arch: x64
-                
-      - name: Build Windows 64 bit        
-        run: devenv .\Projects\VC2019\lcms2.sln /Rebuild "Release|x64" /Project testbed  
-        
-      - name: Run tests               
-        run: testbed\testbed.exe --chdir testbed
-            
-
-  Windows-32:
+  Windows:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        arch: [ win32, x64 ]
     runs-on: windows-latest    
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1   
         with:
-            arch: win32
-            
-      - name: Build Windows 32 bit       
-        run: devenv .\Projects\VC2019\lcms2.sln /Rebuild "Release|Win32" /Project testbed  
+            arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
 
-      - name: Run tests          
+      - name: Build Windows
+        run: devenv .\Projects\VC2019\lcms2.sln /Rebuild "Release|${{ matrix.arch }}" /Project testbed  
+
+      - name: Run tests               
         run: testbed\testbed.exe --chdir testbed
-                    
-        
+
   Ubuntu-meson:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install packages
         run: |
@@ -91,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install packages
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 5ebb981e..9f1fcd21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
         # a pull request then we can checkout the head.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
       with:
         languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
         # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
     # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
     # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
     - name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v3
 
     # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
     # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ jobs:
     #   make release
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
index 901a86cd..14ade9f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout code"
-        uses: actions/checkout@93ea575cb5d8a053eaa0ac8fa3b40d7e05a33cc8 # v3.1.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: "Run analysis"
-        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@e38b1902ae4f44df626f11ba0734b14fb91f8f86 # v2.1.2
+        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@0864cf19026789058feabb7e87baa5f140aac736 # v2.3.1
         with:
           results_file: results.sarif
           results_format: sarif
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       # Upload the results as artifacts (optional). Commenting out will disable uploads of run results in SARIF
       # format to the repository Actions tab.
       - name: "Upload artifact"
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@3cea5372237819ed00197afe530f5a7ea3e805c8 # v3.1.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3 # v4.3.1
         with:
           name: SARIF file
           path: results.sarif
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ jobs:
 
       # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard.
       - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@17573ee1cc1b9d061760f3a006fc4aac4f944fd5 # v2.2.4
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@dc021d495cb77b369e4d9d04a501700fd83b8c51 # v2.24.0
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/src/cmsvirt.c b/src/cmsvirt.c
index 6084647e..59cf2bfd 100644
--- a/src/cmsvirt.c
+++ b/src/cmsvirt.c
@@ -745,6 +745,8 @@ cmsHPROFILE CMSEXPORT cmsCreate_OkLabProfile(cmsContext ctx)
     cmsPipeline* BToA = cmsPipelineAlloc(ctx, 3, 3);
 
     cmsHPROFILE hProfile = cmsCreateProfilePlaceholder(ctx);
+    if (!hProfile)            // can't allocate
+        goto error;
   
     cmsSetProfileVersion(hProfile, 4.4);