diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e60798637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: reusable build step
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      python-version:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      nox-env:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: ${{ inputs.nox-env }}
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'pypa' || github.event_name != 'schedule' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+          cache: 'pip'
+          cache-dependency-path: 'requirements.txt'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade nox virtualenv
+
+      - name: Nox ${{ matrix.noxenv }}
+        run: |
+          python -m nox -s ${{ inputs.nox-env }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 8503ca720..91fc675aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -13,34 +13,29 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  build:
-    name: ${{ matrix.noxenv }}
-    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'pypa' || github.event_name != 'schedule' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+  build-python:
     strategy:
       matrix:
+        python: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
         noxenv:
         - build
-        - linkcheck
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
-          cache: 'pip'
-          cache-dependency-path: 'requirements.txt'
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yml
+    with:
+      python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      nox-env: ${{ matrix.noxenv }}
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade nox virtualenv
-
-      - name: Nox ${{ matrix.noxenv }}
-        run: |
-          python -m nox -s ${{ matrix.noxenv }}
 
+  link-check:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ['3.11']
+        noxenv:
+        - linkcheck
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yml
+    with:
+      python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      nox-env: ${{ matrix.noxenv }}
 
   check:
     # This job does nothing and is only used for the branch protection
@@ -49,7 +44,8 @@ jobs:
     if: always()
 
     needs:
-    - build
+    - build-python
+    - link-check
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/translation.yml b/.github/workflows/translation.yml
index 7cfae2991..c6f1e70f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/translation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/translation.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Grab the repo src
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0  # To reach the common commit
     - name: Set up git user as [bot]
@@ -51,10 +51,12 @@ jobs:
         git merge '${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}'
 
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: >-
           3.10
+        cache: 'pip'
+        cache-dependency-path: 'requirements.txt'
 
     - name: Install Python tooling
       run: python -m pip install --upgrade nox virtualenv