diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index ea2979e..9d0e6e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: NickelMenu / Symbols
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: docker.io/golang:1.14
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         submodules: true
+    - name: Setup Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+      with:
+        go-version: '1.25'
     - name: Build
       run: cd test/syms && go build -o ../../test.syms .
     - name: Run
diff --git a/test/syms/go.mod b/test/syms/go.mod
index 6432136..101f1ac 100644
--- a/test/syms/go.mod
+++ b/test/syms/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 module github.com/pgaskin/NickelMenu/test/syms
 
-go 1.14
+go 1.25.4
 
 require (
-	github.com/pgaskin/kobopatch v0.15.1
+	github.com/pgaskin/kobopatch v0.16.0
 	github.com/xi2/xz v0.0.0-20171230120015-48954b6210f8
 )
+
+require (
+	github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20250628045327-2d64ad6b7ec5 // indirect
+	github.com/pgaskin/go-libz v0.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/riking/cssparse v0.0.0-20180325025645-c37ded0aac89 // indirect
+	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.9.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 // indirect
+	rsc.io/arm v0.0.0-20150420010332-9c32f2193064 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/test/syms/go.sum b/test/syms/go.sum
index 4c4c8f7..8fd72db 100644
--- a/test/syms/go.sum
+++ b/test/syms/go.sum
@@ -1,24 +1,17 @@
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20181102032728-5e5cf60278f6 h1:UDMh68UUwekSh5iP2OMhRRZJiiBccgV7axzUG8vi56c=
-github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20181102032728-5e5cf60278f6/go.mod h1:aSSvb/t6k1mPoxDqO4vJh6VOCGPwU4O0C2/Eqndh1Sc=
-github.com/pgaskin/czlib v0.0.4 h1:biwyjtvo6xiXwvgYWyKz0GpmAmDJi4as3zl8Go7Pr9w=
-github.com/pgaskin/czlib v0.0.4/go.mod h1:ZRHNrWwa4Jv0HU5r0u64eKRZXcBUicpI6rtaEEbduaU=
-github.com/pgaskin/kobopatch v0.15.1 h1:UjuC5sTs0LLFdMGHL24V7OtxIoyw1INHoJlyUtfFBAs=
-github.com/pgaskin/kobopatch v0.15.1/go.mod h1:GKP38Tq6b0oA2YaBVCZqP9qZjnbq+O9+w60VapmUrl4=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20250628045327-2d64ad6b7ec5 h1:QCtizt3VTaANvnsd8TtD/eonx7JLIVdEKW1//ZNPZ9A=
+github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20250628045327-2d64ad6b7ec5/go.mod h1:gx7rwoVhcfuVKG5uya9Hs3Sxj7EIvldVofAWIUtGouw=
+github.com/pgaskin/go-libz v0.0.2 h1:uTzyOb6qXvzTdofzq9RNzhpHzHl3fT88yM6wxzjrMFY=
+github.com/pgaskin/go-libz v0.0.2/go.mod h1:zKOJy/NMDudfyiyGiA7r0jAKjEyu+/7MSBHAnarLvxY=
+github.com/pgaskin/kobopatch v0.16.0 h1:4WczmEVXkIRjToiMqLF94wbIJTn5r5kAv41pJayPQaQ=
+github.com/pgaskin/kobopatch v0.16.0/go.mod h1:3xPtkRd97WkLtF2T3jsqTAkt1JU83xSAZ4QgEZzPanw=
 github.com/riking/cssparse v0.0.0-20180325025645-c37ded0aac89 h1:hMsoSMebpfpaDW7+B7gsxNnMBNChjekeqmK8wkzAlc0=
 github.com/riking/cssparse v0.0.0-20180325025645-c37ded0aac89/go.mod h1:yc5MYwuNUGggTQ8++IDAbOYq/9PXxsg73+EHYgoG/4w=
-github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.9.0 h1:IcZ56OuxrtaEz8UYNRHBrUa9bYeX9oVY93KspZZBf/I=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.9.0/go.mod h1:TSbcXCfFP0L2FGkRPxHphadXPjo1T6W+CseNNY7EkjM=
 github.com/xi2/xz v0.0.0-20171230120015-48954b6210f8 h1:nIPpBwaJSVYIxUFsDv3M8ofmx9yWTog9BfvIu0q41lo=
 github.com/xi2/xz v0.0.0-20171230120015-48954b6210f8/go.mod h1:HUYIGzjTL3rfEspMxjDjgmT5uz5wzYJKVo23qUhYTos=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 h1:tW2bmiBqwgJj/UpqtC8EpXEZVYOwU0yG4iWbprSVAcs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20190709130402-674ba3eaed22/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 rsc.io/arm v0.0.0-20150420010332-9c32f2193064 h1:bBbas3KhLwE6f59Z9lUipY23xUX9qrvyLBdQzzV2Tko=
 rsc.io/arm v0.0.0-20150420010332-9c32f2193064/go.mod h1:MVYPdlFruujBlzEY3x2Q3XBk7XLdYRNZ7zDbrzYFO7w=
diff --git a/test/syms/main.go b/test/syms/main.go
index 83354d6..79f729d 100644
--- a/test/syms/main.go
+++ b/test/syms/main.go
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"maps"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -37,7 +38,10 @@ func main() {
 		"4.25.15875", "4.26.16704", "4.28.17623", "4.28.17820", "4.28.17826",
 		"4.28.17925", "4.28.18220", "4.29.18730", "4.30.18838", "4.31.19086",
 		"4.32.19501", "4.33.19608", "4.33.19611", "4.33.19759", "4.34.20097",
-		"4.35.20400", "4.36.21095",
+		"4.35.20400", "4.36.21095", "4.37.21533", "4.37.21582", "4.37.21586",
+		"4.38.21908", "4.39.22801", "4.39.22861", "4.38.23038", "4.39.23027",
+		"4.40.23081", "4.41.23145", "4.38.23171", "4.42.23296", "4.38.23429",
+		"4.43.23418", "4.38.23552", "4.44.23552",
 	}
 
 	checks := map[string]map[string][]SymCheck{}
@@ -65,13 +69,8 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	var checkVersions []string
-	for version := range checks {
-		checkVersions = append(checkVersions, version)
-	}
-	sort.Slice(checkVersions, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return versioncmp(checkVersions[i], checkVersions[j]) == -1
-	})
+	checkVersions := slices.SortedFunc(maps.Keys(checks), versioncmp)
+	fmt.Printf("[INF] sorted versions: %s\n", checkVersions)
 
 	var errs []error
 	gherrs := map[string][]string{}
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ func GetPatcher(version, lib string) (*patchlib.Patcher, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	buf, err := ioutil.ReadAll(tr)
+	buf, err := io.ReadAll(tr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("read kobopatch testdata: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -252,6 +251,19 @@ func versioncmp(a, b string) int {
 		return 0
 	}
 	aspl, bspl := splint(a), splint(b)
+	if false { // I think it might be less confusing to just explicitly list both if required, as they are branches and not all changes are in each
+		if len(aspl) == 3 && len(bspl) == 3 && aspl[0] == 4 && bspl[0] == 4 && aspl[1] >= 38 && bspl[1] >= 38 {
+			// if 4.38/4.39+ branching, sort by only the build number
+			switch {
+			case aspl[2] < bspl[2]:
+				return -1
+			case aspl[2] > bspl[2]:
+				return 1
+			case aspl[2] == bspl[2] && aspl[1] == bspl[1]: // fall back to normal compare if not entirely equal
+				return 0
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	mlen := len(aspl)
 	if len(bspl) > mlen {
 		mlen = len(bspl)