diff --git a/.github/actions/save_logs_and_results/action.yml b/.github/actions/save_logs_and_results/action.yml
index 0f238835d19..b344c68f2ef 100644
--- a/.github/actions/save_logs_and_results/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/save_logs_and_results/action.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
-  - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3.1.1
+  - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.6.0
     name: Upload logs
     with:
       name: ${{ inputs.folder }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup_extension/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup_extension/action.yml
index 96b408e7e43..33129f17de6 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup_extension/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup_extension/action.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ runs:
           echo "PG_MAJOR=${{ inputs.pg_major }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         fi
     shell: bash
-  - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3.0.1
+  - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.8
     with:
       name: build-${{ env.PG_MAJOR }}
   - name: Install Extension
diff --git a/.github/actions/upload_coverage/action.yml b/.github/actions/upload_coverage/action.yml
index 0b5f581a6a4..ba80ba63afa 100644
--- a/.github/actions/upload_coverage/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/upload_coverage/action.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ runs:
       mkdir -p /tmp/codeclimate
       cc-test-reporter format-coverage -t lcov -o /tmp/codeclimate/${{ inputs.flags }}.json lcov.info
     shell: bash
-  - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3.1.1
+  - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.6.0
     with:
       path: "/tmp/codeclimate/*.json"
-      name: codeclimate
+      name: codeclimate-${{ inputs.flags }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index d149ff650a8..32c761766d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       image: ${{ needs.params.outputs.build_image_name }}:${{ needs.params.outputs.sql_snapshot_pg_version }}${{ needs.params.outputs.image_suffix }}
       options: --user root
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3.5.0
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Check Snapshots
       run: |
         git config --global --add safe.directory ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build
       run: "./ci/build-citus.sh"
       shell: bash
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3.1.1
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.6.0
       with:
         name: build-${{ env.PG_MAJOR }}
         path: |-
@@ -284,10 +284,12 @@ jobs:
             check-arbitrary-configs parallel=4 CONFIGS=$TESTS
     - uses: "./.github/actions/save_logs_and_results"
       if: always()
+      with:
+        folder: ${{ env.PG_MAJOR }}_arbitrary_configs_${{ matrix.parallel }}
     - uses: "./.github/actions/upload_coverage"
       if: always()
       with:
-        flags: ${{ env.pg_major }}_upgrade
+        flags: ${{ env.PG_MAJOR }}_arbitrary_configs_${{ matrix.parallel }}
         codecov_token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
   test-pg-upgrade:
     name: PG${{ matrix.old_pg_major }}-PG${{ matrix.new_pg_major }} - check-pg-upgrade
@@ -335,6 +337,8 @@ jobs:
       if: failure()
     - uses: "./.github/actions/save_logs_and_results"
       if: always()
+      with:
+        folder: ${{ env.old_pg_major }}_${{ env.new_pg_major }}_upgrade
     - uses: "./.github/actions/upload_coverage"
       if: always()
       with:
@@ -380,10 +384,12 @@ jobs:
         done;
     - uses: "./.github/actions/save_logs_and_results"
       if: always()
+      with:
+        folder: ${{ env.PG_MAJOR }}_citus_upgrade
     - uses: "./.github/actions/upload_coverage"
       if: always()
       with:
-        flags: ${{ env.pg_major }}_upgrade
+        flags: ${{ env.PG_MAJOR }}_citus_upgrade
         codecov_token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
   upload-coverage:
     if: always()
@@ -399,10 +405,11 @@ jobs:
       - test-citus-upgrade
       - test-pg-upgrade
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3.0.1
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.8
         with:
-          name: "codeclimate"
-          path: "codeclimate"
+          pattern: codeclimate*
+          path: codeclimate
+          merge-multiple: true
       - name: Upload coverage results to Code Climate
         run: |-
           cc-test-reporter sum-coverage codeclimate/*.json -o total.json
@@ -516,6 +523,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.prepare_parallelization_matrix_32.outputs.json) }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.8
     - uses: "./.github/actions/setup_extension"
     - name: Run minimal tests
       run: |-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/flaky_test_debugging.yml b/.github/workflows/flaky_test_debugging.yml
index 7135f99fa02..812fbe2418a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/flaky_test_debugging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flaky_test_debugging.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         echo "PG_MAJOR=${PG_MAJOR}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         ./ci/build-citus.sh
       shell: bash
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3.1.1
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.6.0
       with:
         name: build-${{ env.PG_MAJOR }}
         path: |-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/packaging-test-pipelines.yml b/.github/workflows/packaging-test-pipelines.yml
index 7f89b9f834b..db0fd08efd0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packaging-test-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packaging-test-pipelines.yml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set pg_config path and python parameters for deb based distros
         run: |
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ebb6bec835..ee3f2d0a203 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### citus v13.0.1 (February 4th, 2025) ###
+
+* Drops support for PostgreSQL 14 (#7753)
+
 ### citus v13.0.0 (January 17, 2025) ###
 
 * Adds support for PostgreSQL 17 (#7699, #7661)
diff --git a/src/test/regress/citus_tests/upgrade/citus_upgrade_test.py b/src/test/regress/citus_tests/upgrade/citus_upgrade_test.py
index 1ab44803117..c25a3448238 100755
--- a/src/test/regress/citus_tests/upgrade/citus_upgrade_test.py
+++ b/src/test/regress/citus_tests/upgrade/citus_upgrade_test.py
@@ -62,10 +62,16 @@ def run_citus_upgrade_tests(config, before_upgrade_schedule, after_upgrade_sched
 
     install_citus(config.post_tar_path)
 
+    # disable 2pc recovery for all nodes to work around https://github.com/citusdata/citus/issues/7875
+    disable_2pc_recovery_for_all_nodes(config.bindir, config)
+
     restart_databases(config.bindir, config.datadir, config.mixed_mode, config)
     run_alter_citus(config.bindir, config.mixed_mode, config)
     verify_upgrade(config, config.mixed_mode, config.node_name_to_ports.values())
 
+    # re-enable 2pc recovery for all nodes
+    enable_2pc_recovery_for_all_nodes(config.bindir, config)
+
     run_test_on_coordinator(config, after_upgrade_schedule)
     remove_citus(config.post_tar_path)
 
@@ -146,6 +152,18 @@ def restart_database(pg_path, abs_data_path, node_name, node_ports, logfile_pref
     subprocess.run(command, check=True)
 
 
+def disable_2pc_recovery_for_all_nodes(pg_path, config):
+    for port in config.node_name_to_ports.values():
+        utils.psql(pg_path, port, "ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.recover_2pc_interval TO -1;")
+        utils.psql(pg_path, port, "SELECT pg_reload_conf();")
+
+
+def enable_2pc_recovery_for_all_nodes(pg_path, config):
+    for port in config.node_name_to_ports.values():
+        utils.psql(pg_path, port, "ALTER SYSTEM RESET citus.recover_2pc_interval;")
+        utils.psql(pg_path, port, "SELECT pg_reload_conf();")
+
+
 def run_alter_citus(pg_path, mixed_mode, config):
     for port in config.node_name_to_ports.values():
         if mixed_mode and port in (
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_after_0.out b/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_after_0.out
index d71fad887c9..168c64ccaa3 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_after_0.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_after_0.out
@@ -28,3 +28,12 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_dist_cleanup;
 CALL citus_cleanup_orphaned_resources();
 NOTICE:  cleaned up 1 orphaned resources
 DROP TABLE table_with_orphaned_shards;
+-- Re-enable automatic shard cleanup by maintenance daemon as
+-- we have disabled it in upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_before.sql
+ALTER SYSTEM RESET citus.defer_shard_delete_interval;
+SELECT pg_reload_conf();
+ pg_reload_conf
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_before_0.out b/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_before_0.out
index a0cf9ceb1ea..dd6c8868e32 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_before_0.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_before_0.out
@@ -30,6 +30,23 @@ SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pg_dist_placement WHERE shardstate = 1 AND shardid IN (SELE
 (1 row)
 
 -- create an orphaned placement based on an existing one
+--
+-- But before doing that, first disable automatic shard cleanup
+-- by maintenance daemon so that we can reliably test the cleanup
+-- in upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_after.sql.
+ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.defer_shard_delete_interval TO -1;
+SELECT pg_reload_conf();
+ pg_reload_conf
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+ pg_sleep
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
 INSERT INTO pg_dist_placement(placementid, shardid, shardstate, shardlength, groupid)
     SELECT nextval('pg_dist_placement_placementid_seq'::regclass), shardid, 4, shardlength, 3-groupid
     FROM pg_dist_placement
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_after.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_after.sql
index e84c35b608c..333ac60ca93 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_after.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_after.sql
@@ -13,3 +13,8 @@ SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pg_dist_placement WHERE shardid IN (SELECT shardid FROM pg_
 SELECT * FROM pg_dist_cleanup;
 CALL citus_cleanup_orphaned_resources();
 DROP TABLE table_with_orphaned_shards;
+
+-- Re-enable automatic shard cleanup by maintenance daemon as
+-- we have disabled it in upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_before.sql
+ALTER SYSTEM RESET citus.defer_shard_delete_interval;
+SELECT pg_reload_conf();
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_before.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_before.sql
index 62ec8a1fb46..ec0eef353dc 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_before.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_before.sql
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ SELECT create_distributed_table('table_with_orphaned_shards', 'a');
 -- show all 32 placements are active
 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pg_dist_placement WHERE shardstate = 1 AND shardid IN (SELECT shardid FROM pg_dist_shard WHERE logicalrelid='table_with_orphaned_shards'::regclass);
 -- create an orphaned placement based on an existing one
+--
+-- But before doing that, first disable automatic shard cleanup
+-- by maintenance daemon so that we can reliably test the cleanup
+-- in upgrade_pg_dist_cleanup_after.sql.
+
+ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.defer_shard_delete_interval TO -1;
+SELECT pg_reload_conf();
+
+SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+
 INSERT INTO pg_dist_placement(placementid, shardid, shardstate, shardlength, groupid)
     SELECT nextval('pg_dist_placement_placementid_seq'::regclass), shardid, 4, shardlength, 3-groupid
     FROM pg_dist_placement