diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 81bd1f0e..2f16203b 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.45.0
+current_version = 0.46.0
 commit = True
 tag = False
 message = chore: Bump version from {current_version} to {new_version}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 8fe430d7..198965e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set Up Python ${{ matrix.python_version }}
         id: set_up_python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5.6.0
         with:
           python-version: "${{ matrix.python_version }}"
           check-latest: true
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         run: make python-virtualenv PYTHON_VIRTUALENV_DIR="venv"
 
       - name: Restoring/Saving Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4.2.3
         with:
           path: |
             .tox
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set Up Python ${{ matrix.python_version }}
         id: set_up_python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5.6.0
         with:
           python-version: "${{ matrix.python_version }}"
           check-latest: true
 
       - name: Restoring/Saving Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4.2.3
         with:
           path: |
             .tox
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
           make test-coverage-report
 
       - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5.4.0
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5.4.2
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           directory: ./test-reports/coverage/
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Store Artifacts
         if: ${{ always() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.6.1
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.6.2
         with:
           name: test_reports_${{ matrix.python_version }}
           path: test-reports/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yaml b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yaml
index e453b58a..9b18ff34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
 
       - name: Dependency Review
-        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@v4.5.0
+        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@v4.6.0
         with:
           fail-on-severity: critical
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 3de1e927..cae6519c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -42,18 +42,18 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set Up Python
         id: set_up_python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5.6.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
 
       - name: Restoring/Saving Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4.2.3
         with:
           path: "venv"
           key: py-v1-deps-${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.set_up_python.outputs.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml', 'requirements.txt', 'requirements-dev.txt', 'Makefile', 'make/**.mk') }}
 
       - name: Restore Artifacts (Release)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.9
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.3.0
         with:
           name: release
           path: ${{ inputs.artifacts_path }}/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/git-commit-lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/git-commit-lint.yaml
index 59aee589..6e1c4d1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/git-commit-lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/git-commit-lint.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
       - opened
       - reopened
       - synchronize
+      - ready_for_review
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 14f7cf16..7d38391f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set Up Python
         id: set_up_python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5.6.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         run: make python-virtualenv PYTHON_VIRTUALENV_DIR="venv"
 
       - name: Restoring/Saving Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4.2.3
         with:
           path: "venv"
           key: py-v1-deps-${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.set_up_python.outputs.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml', 'requirements.txt', 'requirements-dev.txt', 'Makefile', 'make/**.mk') }}
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
           make dist
 
       - name: Store Artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.6.1
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.6.2
         with:
           name: release
           path: ${{ env.ARTIFACTS_PATH }}/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/task-release-and-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/task-release-and-deploy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..613481e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/task-release-and-deploy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# GitHub Actions Workflow for 'Release and Deploy' Task
+
+name: "Task: Release and Deploy"
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - closed
+    branches: # Base reference
+      - develop
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    name: Deploy
+    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.merged == true && startsWith(github.head_ref, 'release/') }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+
+    env:
+      CREATE_RELEASE_VCS_REVISION_ID: ${{ github.sha }} # Merge commit in base branch.
+      PREPARE_RELEASE_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_HTML_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+      PREPARE_RELEASE_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_TITLE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
+      PREPARE_RELEASE_GITHUB_VCS_REF: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+      RELEASE_ASSIGNEE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.assignee.login }}
+      RELEASE_VCS_REF: refs/heads/master
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check Out VCS Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ env.CREATE_RELEASE_VCS_REVISION_ID }}
+
+      - name: Prepare Git
+        run: |
+          echo 'Adding Git aliases…'
+          git config alias.publish \
+            'push --set-upstream origin HEAD'
+
+      - name: Prepare Pull Request for Deployment
+        run: |
+          create_release_vcs_branch_name="${PREPARE_RELEASE_GITHUB_VCS_REF:?}"
+          create_release_vcs_branch_name="${create_release_vcs_branch_name/release/deploy}"
+          echo "Creating release creation VCS branch '$create_release_vcs_branch_name'…"
+          git checkout -b "${create_release_vcs_branch_name:?}" --
+          git publish --verbose
+
+          create_release_vcs_ref="refs/heads/${create_release_vcs_branch_name:?}"
+          echo "CREATE_RELEASE_VCS_REF=${create_release_vcs_ref:?}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+          create_release_github_pull_request_title="${PREPARE_RELEASE_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_TITLE:?}"
+          create_release_github_pull_request_title="deploy ${create_release_github_pull_request_title,,}"
+          create_release_github_pull_request_title="${create_release_github_pull_request_title@u}"
+          echo "CREATE_RELEASE_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_TITLE=${create_release_github_pull_request_title:?}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+          create_release_github_pull_request_description="Ref: ${PREPARE_RELEASE_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_HTML_URL:?}"
+          echo "CREATE_RELEASE_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_DESCRIPTION=${create_release_github_pull_request_description:?}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Pull Request for Deployment
+        run: |
+          gh pr create \
+            --base "$RELEASE_VCS_REF" \
+            --head "$CREATE_RELEASE_VCS_REF" \
+            --draft \
+            --title "$CREATE_RELEASE_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_TITLE" \
+            --body "$CREATE_RELEASE_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_DESCRIPTION" \
+            --assignee "$RELEASE_ASSIGNEE" \
+            --label 'task' \
+            --label 'kind: deploy'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index b4eb7b71..9c5d56eb 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 # History
 
+## 0.46.0 (2025-05-22)
+
+- (PR #790, 2025-03-26) Add GitHub Actions workflow to release and deploy; Etc.
+- (PR #792, 2025-04-02) deps: Bump the development-dependencies group with 5 updates
+- (PR #794, 2025-04-02) chore(deps): Bump setuptools from 75.3.0 to 78.1.0
+- (PR #797, 2025-04-03) chore: Bump the production-dependencies group with 5 updates
+- (PR #793, 2025-04-04) chore(deps): Bump djangorestframework from 3.15.2 to 3.16.0
+- (PR #795, 2025-04-07) chore(deps): Bump pytz from 2025.1 to 2025.2
+- (PR #796, 2025-04-07) chore(deps): Bump pydantic from 2.10.6 to 2.11.2
+- (PR #798, 2025-05-06) chore: Bump the production-dependencies group with 3 updates
+- (PR #804, 2025-05-14) chore: Bump django from 4.2.20 to 4.2.21
+- (PR #805, 2025-05-19) chore: Bump setuptools from 78.1.0 to 78.1.1
+- (PR #802, 2025-05-19) chore(deps): Bump importlib-metadata from 8.6.1 to 8.7.0
+- (PR #799, 2025-05-22) chore(deps): Bump djangorestframework from 3.15.2 to 3.16.0
+- (PR #803, 2025-05-22) chore(deps): Bump lxml from 5.3.1 to 5.4.0
+- (PR #806, 2025-05-22) deps: Uninstall Python package `types-pyOpenSSL`
+- (PR #801, 2025-05-22) chore(deps): Bump cryptography from 44.0.1 to 44.0.3
+
 ## 0.45.0 (2025-03-24)
 
 - (PR #784, 2025-03-13) chore(deps): Bump the development-dependencies group with 8 updates
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a79bfbff..06a69e3e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-  "setuptools==75.3.0",
+  "setuptools==78.1.1",
   "wheel==0.45.1",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 django = ["Django>=4.2"]
 django-filter = ["django-filter>=24.2"]
-djangorestframework = ["djangorestframework>=3.10.3,<3.16"]
+djangorestframework = ["djangorestframework>=3.10.3,<3.17"]
 pydantic = ["pydantic>=2.0"]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/requirements-dev.in b/requirements-dev.in
index c1035d9c..fc44e173 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.in
+++ b/requirements-dev.in
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@
 black==25.1.0
 build==1.2.2.post1
 bumpversion==0.5.3
-coverage==7.6.12
-flake8==7.1.2
+coverage==7.8.0
+flake8==7.2.0
 isort==6.0.1
 mypy==1.15.0
 pip-tools==7.4.1
-tox==4.24.2
+tox==4.25.0
 twine==6.1.0
 types-jsonschema==4.23.0.20241208
-types-lxml==2025.3.4
-types-pyOpenSSL==24.1.0.20240722
-types-pytz==2025.1.0.20250204
+types-lxml==2025.3.30
+types-pytz==2025.2.0.20250326
+types-setuptools==78.1.0.20250329
 wheel==0.45.1
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index f35a5a5f..6f976d9b 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -40,13 +40,12 @@ click==8.0.3
     #   pip-tools
 colorama==0.4.6
     # via tox
-coverage==7.6.12
+coverage==7.8.0
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
-cryptography==44.0.1
+cryptography==44.0.3
     # via
     #   -c requirements.txt
     #   secretstorage
-    #   types-pyopenssl
 cssselect==1.2.0
     # via types-lxml
 distlib==0.3.7
@@ -57,13 +56,13 @@ filelock==3.16.1
     # via
     #   tox
     #   virtualenv
-flake8==7.1.2
+flake8==7.2.0
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
 id==1.5.0
     # via twine
 idna==3.7
     # via requests
-importlib-metadata==8.6.1
+importlib-metadata==8.7.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements.txt
     #   build
@@ -107,13 +106,13 @@ platformdirs==4.3.6
     #   virtualenv
 pluggy==1.5.0
     # via tox
-pycodestyle==2.12.0
+pycodestyle==2.13.0
     # via flake8
 pycparser==2.22
     # via
     #   -c requirements.txt
     #   cffi
-pyflakes==3.2.0
+pyflakes==3.3.2
     # via flake8
 pygments==2.15.0
     # via
@@ -161,24 +160,20 @@ tomli==2.2.1
     #   pyproject-api
     #   pyproject-hooks
     #   tox
-tox==4.24.2
+tox==4.25.0
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
 twine==6.1.0
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
-types-cffi==1.16.0.20240331
-    # via types-pyopenssl
 types-html5lib==1.1.11.20241018
     # via types-lxml
 types-jsonschema==4.23.0.20241208
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
-types-lxml==2025.3.4
+types-lxml==2025.3.30
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
-types-pyopenssl==24.1.0.20240722
+types-pytz==2025.2.0.20250326
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
-types-pytz==2025.1.0.20250204
+types-setuptools==78.1.0.20250329
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
-types-setuptools==75.3.0.20241112
-    # via types-cffi
 typing-extensions==4.12.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements.txt
@@ -207,5 +202,7 @@ zipp==3.20.2
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
 pip==24.2
     # via pip-tools
-setuptools==75.3.0
-    # via pip-tools
+setuptools==78.1.1
+    # via
+    #   pip-tools
+    #   types-setuptools
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index a8c7e54c..b499c2b8 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@
 #   git+https://github.com/example/example.git@example-vcs-ref#egg=example-pkg[foo,bar]==1.42.3
 
 backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1 ; python_version < "3.9" # Used by `djangorestframework`.
-cryptography==44.0.1
+cryptography==44.0.3
 defusedxml==0.7.1
 django-filter>=24.2
 Django>=4.2
-djangorestframework>=3.10.3,<3.16
-importlib-metadata==8.6.1
+djangorestframework>=3.10.3,<3.17
+importlib-metadata==8.7.0
 jsonschema==4.23.0
-lxml==5.3.1
+lxml==5.4.0
 marshmallow==3.26.1
-pydantic==2.10.6
+pydantic==2.11.2
 pyOpenSSL==25.0.0
-pytz==2025.1
+pytz==2025.2
 signxml==4.0.3
 typing-extensions==4.12.2
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 72df99c2..e40cf60e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,29 +16,29 @@ certifi==2024.7.4
     # via signxml
 cffi==1.16.0
     # via cryptography
-cryptography==44.0.1
+cryptography==44.0.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   pyopenssl
     #   signxml
 defusedxml==0.7.1
     # via -r requirements.in
-django==4.2.20
+django==4.2.21
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   django-filter
     #   djangorestframework
 django-filter==25.1
     # via -r requirements.in
-djangorestframework==3.15.2
+djangorestframework==3.16.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-importlib-metadata==8.6.1
+importlib-metadata==8.7.0
     # via -r requirements.in
 jsonschema==4.23.0
     # via -r requirements.in
 jsonschema-specifications==2023.12.1
     # via jsonschema
-lxml==5.3.1
+lxml==5.4.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   signxml
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ packaging==24.2
     # via marshmallow
 pycparser==2.22
     # via cffi
-pydantic==2.10.6
+pydantic==2.11.2
     # via -r requirements.in
-pydantic-core==2.27.2
+pydantic-core==2.33.1
     # via pydantic
 pyopenssl==25.0.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-pytz==2025.1
+pytz==2025.2
     # via -r requirements.in
 referencing==0.35.1
     # via
@@ -75,5 +75,8 @@ typing-extensions==4.12.2
     #   pydantic
     #   pydantic-core
     #   pyopenssl
+    #   typing-inspection
+typing-inspection==0.4.0
+    # via pydantic
 zipp==3.20.2
     # via importlib-metadata
diff --git a/src/cl_sii/__init__.py b/src/cl_sii/__init__.py
index f87c773b..68fda69f 100644
--- a/src/cl_sii/__init__.py
+++ b/src/cl_sii/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '0.45.0'
+__version__ = '0.46.0'
diff --git a/src/tests/test_libs_xml_utils.py b/src/tests/test_libs_xml_utils.py
index e2aa359f..5c6fd295 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_libs_xml_utils.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_libs_xml_utils.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def test_attack_billion_laughs_1(self) -> None:
             (
                 "XML syntax error."
                 " Maximum entity amplification factor exceeded, see xmlCtxtSetMaxAmplification.,"
-                " line 1, column 25.",
+                " line 1, column 7.",
             ),
         )