Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into 6.0.0-dev

Author: jkowalleck

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
         id: release
         # see https://python-semantic-release.readthedocs.io/en/latest/automatic-releases/github-actions.html
         # see https://github.com/python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release
-        uses: python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release@v8.0.8
+        uses: python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release@v8.5.0
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           force: ${{ github.event.inputs.release_force }}