Release CIRCL v1.6.3

Author: armfazh

.github/workflows/ci-actions.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         GOVER: ['1.25', '1.24']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Go-${{ matrix.GOVER }}
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         GOVER: ['1.25', '1.24']
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Go-${{ matrix.GOVER }}
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Testing on WASM
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Testing Build Modes
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
     name: amd64/coverage
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [macos-latest, windows-latest]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:

.github/workflows/semgrep.yml

@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: semgrep/semgrep
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - run: semgrep ci --verbose

CITATION.cff

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 cff-version: 1.2.0
-version: 1.6.2
+version: 1.6.3
 title: "Introducing CIRCL: An Advanced Cryptographic Library"
 license: BSD-3-Clause
 abstract: >
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ keywords:
   - golang
 repository-code: "https://github.com/cloudflare/circl/"
 type: software
-message: "Available at https://github.com/cloudflare/circl. v1.6.2 Accessed Dec, 2025."
+message: "Available at https://github.com/cloudflare/circl. v1.6.3 Accessed Jan, 2026."
 contact:
   - name: "Cloudflare, Inc."

README.md

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ APA Style
 ```
 Faz-Hernandez, A. and Kwiatkowski, K. (2019). Introducing CIRCL:
 An Advanced Cryptographic Library. Cloudflare. Available at
-https://github.com/cloudflare/circl. v1.6.2 Accessed Dec, 2025.
+https://github.com/cloudflare/circl. v1.6.3 Accessed Jan, 2026.
 ```
 
 BibTeX Source
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ BibTeX Source
                    of this library is to be used as a tool for experimental
                    deployment of cryptographic algorithms targeting Post-Quantum (PQ)
                    and Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC).}},
-  note         = {Available at \url{https://github.com/cloudflare/circl}. v1.6.2 Accessed Dec, 2025},
+  note         = {Available at \url{https://github.com/cloudflare/circl}. v1.6.3 Accessed Jan, 2026},
   month        = jun,
   year         = {2019}
 }