diff --git a/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml b/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml
index ca02b74..82cb950 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ on:
       windows_image:
         description: 'The used GitHub Action image for Windows based jobs.'
         required: false
-        default: 'windows-latest'
+        default: 'windows-2022'
         type: string
       macos_intel_image:
         description: 'The used GitHub Action image for macOS (Intel x86-64) based jobs.'
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ on:
       macos_arm_image:
         description: 'The used GitHub Action image for macOS (ARM aarch64) based jobs.'
         required: false
-        default: 'macos-latest'
+        default: 'macos-14'
         type: string
 
     outputs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/PublishTestResults.yml b/.github/workflows/PublishTestResults.yml
index e7447d9..071ce4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/PublishTestResults.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/PublishTestResults.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: '"--pytest=rewrite-dunder-init;reduce-depth:pytest.tests.unit"'
         type: string
+      publish:
+        description: 'Publish test report summary via Dorny Test-Reporter'
+        required: false
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
       report_title:
         description: 'Title of the summary report in the pipeline''s sidebar'
         required: false
@@ -80,6 +85,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 📊 Publish Unit Test Results
         uses: dorny/test-reporter@v1
+        if: inputs.publish && inputs.report_title != ''
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.report_title }}
           path: Unittesting.xml
diff --git a/tests/pacman_packages.py b/tests/pacman_packages.py
index c570554..bb329ef 100644
--- a/tests/pacman_packages.py
+++ b/tests/pacman_packages.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ print(f"Python: {version}")
 
 def loadRequirementsFile(requirementsFile: Path):
 	requirements = []
-	with requirementsFile.open("r") as file:
+	with requirementsFile.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
 		for line in file.readlines():
 			line = line.strip()
 			if line.startswith("#") or line.startswith("https") or line == "":
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ for dependency in dependencies:
 # Write jobs to special file
 github_output = Path(getenv("GITHUB_OUTPUT"))
 print(f"GITHUB_OUTPUT: {github_output}")
-with github_output.open("a+") as f:
+with github_output.open("a+", encoding="utf-8") as f:
 	f.write(f"pacboy_packages={' '.join(pacboyPackages)}\n")
 
 print(f"GITHUB_OUTPUT:")