diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
index cc33516..67ae6f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main, master]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [main, master]
   release:
     types: [published]
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -30,8 +29,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
-        with:
-          use-public-rspm: true
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
@@ -39,14 +36,12 @@ jobs:
           needs: website
 
       - name: Build site
-        run: |
-         Sys.setenv("_R_CHECK_CONNECTIONS_LEFT_OPEN_" = "false")
-         pkgdown::build_site_github_pages(new_process = FALSE, install = FALSE)
+        run: pkgdown::build_site_github_pages(new_process = FALSE, install = FALSE)
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
       - name: Deploy to GitHub pages 🚀
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.5.0
+        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@d92aa235d04922e8f08b40ce78cc5442fcfbfa2f # v4.8.0
         with:
           clean: false
           branch: gh-pages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rhub.yaml b/.github/workflows/rhub.yaml
index dc1ec2c..5e25457 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rhub.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rhub.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# R-hub's generic GitHub Actions workflow file. It's canonical location is at
+# R-hub's generic GitHub Actions workflow file. Its canonical location is at
 # https://github.com/r-hub/actions/blob/v1/workflows/rhub.yaml
 # You can update this file to a newer version using the rhub2 package:
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ on:
       config:
         description: >-
           Comma-separated list of R-hub platforms to use.
-          Full list: https://r-hub.github.io/containers/
+          Full list: summary(rhub::rhub_platforms())
         type: string
         default: 'linux,windows,macos'
       name:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
index 38c0872..a304d25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main, master]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [main, master]
 
 name: test-coverage.yaml
 
@@ -20,8 +19,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
-        with:
-          use-public-rspm: true
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
@@ -35,14 +32,16 @@ jobs:
             clean = FALSE,
             install_path = file.path(normalizePath(Sys.getenv("RUNNER_TEMP"), winslash = "/"), "package")
           )
+          print(cov)
           covr::to_cobertura(cov)
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
-      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@fb8b3582c8e4def4969c97caa2f19720cb33a72f # v7
         with:
-          fail_ci_if_error: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && true || false }}
-          file: ./cobertura.xml
-          plugin: noop
+          # Fail if error if not on PR, or if on PR and token is given
+          fail_ci_if_error: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          files: ./cobertura.xml
+          plugins: noop
           disable_search: true
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload test results
         if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: coverage-test-failures
           path: ${{ runner.temp }}/package
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 2083efa..d03fbfb 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: nflplotR
 Title: NFL Logo Plots in 'ggplot2' and 'gt'
-Version: 1.7.0.9001
+Version: 1.7.1
 Authors@R: 
     person("Sebastian", "Carl", , "mrcaseb@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"))
 Description: A set of functions to visualize National Football League
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Imports:
     cachem (>= 1.0.0),
     cli (>= 3.0.0),
     data.table (>= 1.14.0),
-    ggpath (>= 1.1.0),
+    ggpath (>= 1.1.2),
     ggplot2 (>= 4.0.0),
     grid,
     gt (>= 0.8.0),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 4ab5bb7..29600c7 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-# nflplotR (development version)
+# nflplotR 1.7.1
 
-* Updates for compatibility with S7 > 0.2.2 and ggpath > 1.1.1 (#98)
+* Updates for compatibility with S7 > 0.2.2 and ggpath >= 1.1.2 (#98)
+
+Thank you to @t-kalinowski for their contributions towards this release.
 
 # nflplotR 1.7.0
 
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index 7798bc0..61fa655 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ load_headshots <- function() {
   ]
 }
 
+utils::globalVariables(c("gsis_id", "headshot"), "nflplotR")
+
 na_headshot <- function() {
   "https://static.www.nfl.com/image/private/t_player_profile_landscape_2x/f_auto/league/rfuw3dh4aah4l4eeuubp.png"
 }
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index 055af33..305a942 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Submission
 
-This is a minor release that updates some logos and colors after rebrandings
+This is a minor release for compatibility with ggpath v1.1.2
 
 ## R CMD check results