diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c784f3c7c..0567ae7da 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 project(googletest-distribution)
-set(GOOGLETEST_VERSION 1.16.0)
+set(GOOGLETEST_VERSION 1.17.0)
 
 if(NOT CYGWIN AND NOT MSYS AND NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL QNX)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
diff --git a/ci/macos-presubmit.sh b/ci/macos-presubmit.sh
index 63cf81484..b1e520738 100644
--- a/ci/macos-presubmit.sh
+++ b/ci/macos-presubmit.sh
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ for cmake_off_on in OFF ON; do
     -Dgmock_build_tests=ON \
     -Dcxx_no_exception=${cmake_off_on} \
     -Dcxx_no_rtti=${cmake_off_on}
-  time make -j$(nproc)
-  time ctest -j$(nproc) --output-on-failure
+  time make -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
+  time ctest -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu) --output-on-failure
 done
 
 # Test the Bazel build
diff --git a/ci/windows-presubmit.bat b/ci/windows-presubmit.bat
index 267e2e97f..a2f031528 100644
--- a/ci/windows-presubmit.bat
+++ b/ci/windows-presubmit.bat
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
 
 SET BAZEL_EXE=%KOKORO_GFILE_DIR%\bazel-8.2.1-windows-x86_64.exe
 
-SET PATH=C:\Python34;%PATH%
-SET BAZEL_PYTHON=C:\python34\python.exe
+SET PATH=C:\Python312;%PATH%
+SET BAZEL_PYTHON=C:\python312\python.exe
 SET BAZEL_SH=C:\tools\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe
 SET CMAKE_BIN="cmake.exe"
 SET CTEST_BIN="ctest.exe"
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ CD %CMAKE_BUILD_PATH%
 %CMAKE_BIN% %GTEST_ROOT% ^
   -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" ^
   -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 ^
-  -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=c:\python37\python.exe ^
-  -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=c:\python37\include ^
-  -DPYTHON_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=c:\python37\lib\site-packages\pip ^
+  -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=c:\python312\python.exe ^
+  -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=c:\python312\include ^
+  -DPYTHON_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=c:\python312\lib\site-packages\pip ^
   -Dgtest_build_samples=ON ^
   -Dgtest_build_tests=ON ^
   -Dgmock_build_tests=ON