diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 4f565ce..64c56f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04]
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-latest]
     
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Prepare VM
       run: |
         unset LANG
diff --git a/install b/install
index 7812125..ea63036 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # wget -qO wo wops.cc && sudo -E bash wo
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Version 3.20.0 - 2024-04-21
+# Version 3.21.0 - 2024-05-03
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # CONTENTS
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ wo_init_variables() {
     fi
     readonly wo_install_log=/var/log/wo/install.log
     readonly TIME_FORMAT='%d-%b-%Y-%H%M%S'
-    readonly TIME=$(date +"$TIME_FORMAT")
+    TIME=$(date +"$TIME_FORMAT")
+    readonly TIME
     readonly NGINX_BACKUP_FILE="/var/lib/wo-backup/nginx-backup.$TIME.tar.zst"
     readonly EE_BACKUP_FILE="/var/lib/wo-backup/ee-backup.$TIME.tar.zst"
     readonly WO_BACKUP_FILE="/var/lib/wo-backup/wo-backup.$TIME.tar.zst"
@@ -167,9 +168,9 @@ wo_check_distro() {
             wo_lib_echo_fail "Feel free to open a pull-request if you want to add support for another Linux distributions"
             exit 100
         else
-            check_wo_linux_distro=$(lsb_release -sc | grep -E "buster|focal|jammy|bullseye|bookworm")
+            check_wo_linux_distro=$(lsb_release -sc | grep -E "buster|focal|jammy|bullseye|bookworm|noble")
             if [ -z "$check_wo_linux_distro" ]; then
-                wo_lib_echo_fail "WordOps (wo) only supports Ubuntu 20.04/22.04 LTS, Debian 10.x/11.x/12.x and Raspbian 10x./11.x \n
+                wo_lib_echo_fail "WordOps (wo) only supports Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS, Debian 10.x/11.x/12.x and Raspbian 10x./11.x/12.x \n
                 You can bypass this warning by adding the flag --force to the install command"
                 exit 100
             fi
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ wo_install_dep() {
 
 wo_timesync() {
     # set default ntp pools
-    if [ "$wo_distro_codename" != "bookworm" ]; then
+    if [ "$wo_distro_codename" != "bookworm" ] && [ "$wo_distro_codename" != "noble" ]; then
         if [ -f /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf ]; then
             if ! grep -q "time.cloudflare.com" /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf; then
                 sed -e 's/^#NTP=/NTP=time.cloudflare.com 0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org 2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org 3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org/' -i /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
@@ -439,52 +440,50 @@ wo_install() {
         cd /usr/local/lib/python3."$python_ver"/dist-packages || exit 1
     fi
     if [ "$wo_distro_codename" != "bookworm" ]; then
-        python3 -m pip uninstall -yq wo wordops ee
+        /opt/wo/bin/pip uninstall -yq wo wordops ee
     fi
 
     cd || exit 1
     if [ -d /opt/wo/lib/python3."$python_ver"/site-packages/apt ]; then
         source /opt/wo/bin/activate
-        python3 -m pip uninstall setuptools -y
-        python3 -m pip install -I setuptools==57.5.0
-        python3 -m pip install -U pip wheel
-        python3 -m pip uninstall psutil -y
-        python3 -m pip uninstall SQLAlchemy -y
+        /opt/wo/bin/pip install -U setuptools
+        /opt/wo/bin/pip install -U pip wheel
+        /opt/wo/bin/pip uninstall psutil -y
+        /opt/wo/bin/pip uninstall SQLAlchemy -y
     else
         rm -rf /opt/wo
         python3 -m venv /opt/wo
         source /opt/wo/bin/activate
-        python3 -m pip uninstall setuptools -y
-        python3 -m pip install -I setuptools==57.5.0
-        python3 -m pip install -U pip wheel
-        python3 -m pip install -U distro
+        /opt/wo/bin/pip install -U setuptools
+        /opt/wo/bin/pip install -U pip wheel
+        /opt/wo/bin/pip install -U distro
         if [ "$wo_linux_distro" = "Debian" ] || [ "$wo_linux_distro" = "Raspbian" ]; then
             if [ "$wo_distro_codename" = "stretch" ]; then
-                python3 -m pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@1.4.y#egg=python-apt
+                /opt/wo/bin/pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@1.4.y#egg=python-apt
             elif [ "$wo_distro_codename" = "bullseye" ]; then
-                python3 -m pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.2.1#egg=python-apt
+                /opt/wo/bin/pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.2.1#egg=python-apt
             elif [ "$wo_distro_codename" = "bookworm" ]; then
-                python3 -m pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.5.3#egg=python-apt
+                /opt/wo/bin/pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.5.3#egg=python-apt
             else
-                python3 -m pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@1.8.4.y#egg=python-apt
+                /opt/wo/bin/pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@1.8.4.y#egg=python-apt
             fi
         else
             if [ "$wo_distro_codename" = "focal" ]; then
-                python3 -m pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.0.0#egg=python-apt
+                /opt/wo/bin/pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.0.0#egg=python-apt
             elif [ "$wo_distro_codename" = "bionic" ]; then
-                python3 -m pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@1.6.y#egg=python-apt
+                /opt/wo/bin/pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@1.6.y#egg=python-apt
             elif [ "$wo_distro_codename" = "jammy" ]; then
-                python3 -m pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.2.1#egg=python-apt
+                /opt/wo/bin/pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.2.1#egg=python-apt
             else
-                python3 -m pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@1.1.y-xenial#egg=python-apt
+                /opt/wo/bin/pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.8.y#egg=python-apt
             fi
         fi
     fi
 
     if [ "$wo_branch" = "master" ]; then
-        python3 -m pip install -U wordops
+        /opt/wo/bin/pip install -U wordops
     else
-        python3 -m pip install -I "git+https://github.com/WordOps/WordOps.git@$wo_branch#egg=wordops"
+        /opt/wo/bin/pip install -I "git+https://github.com/WordOps/WordOps.git@$wo_branch#egg=wordops"
     fi
     local python_venv
     python_venv=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.version_info[1])")
@@ -513,43 +512,41 @@ wo_travis_install() {
     if [ -f ./setup.py ]; then
         if [ -d /opt/wo/lib/python3."$python_ver"/site-packages/apt ]; then
             source /opt/wo/bin/activate
-            python3 -m pip uninstall setuptools -y
-            python3 -m pip install -I setuptools==57.5.0
-            python3 -m pip install -U pip wheel
-            python3 -m pip uninstall psutil -y
-            python3 -m pip uninstall SQLAlchemy -y
+            /opt/wo/bin/pip install -U setuptool
+            /opt/wo/bin/pip install -U pip wheel
+            /opt/wo/bin/pip uninstall psutil -y
+            /opt/wo/bin/pip uninstall SQLAlchemy -y
         else
             rm -rf /opt/wo
             python3 -m venv /opt/wo
             source /opt/wo/bin/activate
-            python3 -m pip uninstall setuptools -y
-            python3 -m pip install -I setuptools==57.5.0
-            python3 -m pip install -U pip wheel
+            /opt/wo/bin/pip install -U setuptools
+            /opt/wo/bin/pip install -U pip wheel
             if [ "$wo_linux_distro" = "Debian" ] || [ "$wo_linux_distro" = "Raspbian" ]; then
                 if [ "$wo_distro_codename" = "stretch" ]; then
-                    python3 -m pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@1.4.y#egg=python-apt
+                    /opt/wo/bin/pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@1.4.y#egg=python-apt
                 elif [ "$wo_distro_codename" = "bullseye" ]; then
-                    python3 -m pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.2.1#egg=python-apt
+                    /opt/wo/bin/pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.2.1#egg=python-apt
                 elif [ "$wo_distro_codename" = "bookworm" ]; then
-                    python3 -m pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.5.3#egg=python-apt
+                    /opt/wo/bin/pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.5.3#egg=python-apt
                 else
-                    python3 -m pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@1.8.4.y#egg=python-apt
+                    /opt/wo/bin/pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@1.8.4.y#egg=python-apt
                 fi
             else
                 if [ "$wo_distro_codename" = "focal" ]; then
-                    python3 -m pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.0.0#egg=python-apt
+                    /opt/wo/bin/pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.0.0#egg=python-apt
                 elif [ "$wo_distro_codename" = "bionic" ]; then
-                    python3 -m pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@1.6.y#egg=python-apt
+                    /opt/wo/bin/pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@1.6.y#egg=python-apt
                 elif [ "$wo_distro_codename" = "jammy" ]; then
-                    python3 -m pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.2.1#egg=python-apt
+                    /opt/wo/bin/pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.2.1#egg=python-apt
                 else
-                    python3 -m pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@1.1.y-xenial#egg=python-apt
+                    /opt/wo/bin/pip install git+https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git@2.8.y#egg=python-apt
                 fi
             fi
         fi
-        python3 -m pip install -U .
+        /opt/wo/bin/pip install -U .
     else
-        python3 -m pip install -U "git+https://github.com/WordOps/WordOps.git@$wo_branch#egg=wordops"
+        /opt/wo/bin/pip install -U "git+https://github.com/WordOps/WordOps.git@$wo_branch#egg=wordops"
     fi
     cp -rf /opt/wo/lib/python3."$python_ver"/site-packages/usr/* /usr/
     cp -rn /opt/wo/lib/python3."$python_ver"/site-packages/etc/* /etc/
@@ -706,8 +703,8 @@ wo_clean() {
 wo_uninstall() {
     local python_ver
     python_ver=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.version_info[1])")
-    if { python3 -m pip list | grep -q "wordops" >/dev/null 2>&1; }; then
-        python3 -m pip uninstall wordops -y
+    if { /opt/wo/bin/pip list | grep -q "wordops" >/dev/null 2>&1; }; then
+        /opt/wo/bin/pip uninstall wordops -y
     fi
     rm -rf /usr/local/lib/python3."$python_ver"/dist-packages/{pystache-*,cement-2.*,wo-*,wordops-*} /usr/local/bin/wo /etc/bash_completion.d/wo_auto.rc /var/lib/wo /etc/wo /usr/lib/wo/templates /opt/wo
 }
@@ -739,7 +736,7 @@ wo_woconf() {
             echo -e '\n[letsencrypt]\n\nkeylength = "ec-384"' >>/etc/wo/wo.conf
         fi
         if ! grep -q "php" /etc/wo/wo.conf; then
-            echo -e '\n[php]\n\nversion = 8.0' >>/etc/wo/wo.conf
+            echo -e '\n[php]\n\nversion = 8.2' >>/etc/wo/wo.conf
         fi
     fi
 }
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dbf01ee..364991a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if os.geteuid() == 0:
         os.makedirs('/var/lib/wo/tmp/')
 
 setup(name='wordops',
-      version='3.20.0',
+      version='3.21.0',
       description='An essential toolset that eases server administration',
       long_description=LONG,
       long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
diff --git a/wo/cli/plugins/stack_pref.py b/wo/cli/plugins/stack_pref.py
index b34a0ed..9199307 100644
--- a/wo/cli/plugins/stack_pref.py
+++ b/wo/cli/plugins/stack_pref.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def pre_pref(self, apt_packages):
 
     if ("mariadb-server" in apt_packages or "mariadb-client" in apt_packages):
         # add mariadb repository excepted on raspbian and ubuntu 19.04
-        if not (WOVar.wo_distro == 'raspbian'):
+        if not (WOVar.wo_distro == 'raspbian') and not (WOVar.wo_platform_codename == 'noble'):
             Log.info(self, "Adding repository for MySQL, please wait...")
             mysql_pref = (
                 "Package: *\nPin: origin mariadb.mirrors.ovh.net"
@@ -71,11 +71,8 @@ def pre_pref(self, apt_packages):
         Log.debug(self, 'Writting configuration into MySQL file')
         conf_path = "/etc/mysql/conf.d/my.cnf.tmp"
         os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(conf_path), exist_ok=True)
-        with open(conf_path, encoding='utf-8',
-                  mode='w') as configfile:
+        with os.fdopen(os.open(conf_path, os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT, 0o600), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as configfile:
             config.write(configfile)
-        Log.debug(self, 'Setting my.cnf permission')
-        WOFileUtils.chmod(self, "/etc/mysql/conf.d/my.cnf.tmp", 0o600)
 
     # add nginx repository
     if set(WOVar.wo_nginx).issubset(set(apt_packages)):
@@ -127,7 +124,7 @@ def pre_pref(self, apt_packages):
     if set(WOVar.wo_redis).issubset(set(apt_packages)):
         if not WOFileUtils.grepcheck(
                 self, '/etc/apt/sources.list/wo-repo.list',
-                'redis.io'):
+                'redis.io') and not (WOVar.wo_platform_codename == 'noble'):
             Log.info(self, "Adding repository for Redis, please wait...")
             WORepo.add(self, repo_url=WOVar.wo_redis_repo)
             WORepo.download_key(self, WOVar.wo_redis_key_url)
diff --git a/wo/core/variables.py b/wo/core/variables.py
index 9d5f9ef..fe42423 100644
--- a/wo/core/variables.py
+++ b/wo/core/variables.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class WOVar():
     """Intialization of core variables"""
 
     # WordOps version
-    wo_version = "3.20.0"
+    wo_version = "3.21.0"
     # WordOps packages versions
     wo_wp_cli = "2.10.0"
     wo_adminer = "4.8.1"
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ class WOVar():
 
     wo_fail2ban = ["fail2ban"]
     wo_clamav = ["clamav", "clamav-freshclam"]
-    wo_ubuntu_backports = 'ppa:jonathonf/backports'
 
     # APT repositories
     wo_mysql_repo = ("deb [arch=amd64,arm64,ppc64el] "