diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-examples.yml b/.github/workflows/build-examples.yml
index 0606dfc..9a1d8bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-examples.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
     - name: Setup pandoc
       env:
-        PANDOC_VERSION: "3.1.1"
+        PANDOC_VERSION: "3.1.7"
       run: |
         wget -qO- https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/${PANDOC_VERSION}/pandoc-${PANDOC_VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar xzf - --strip-components 1 -C /usr/local/
     - name: Setup TexLive
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: '3.9'
+        python-version: '3.11'
     - name: Install python filters
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 346915d..f5ea554 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project are documented in this file. On the [releases page](https://github.com/Wandmalfarbe/pandoc-latex-template/releases/) you can see all released versions of the Eisvogel template and download the [latest version](https://github.com/Wandmalfarbe/pandoc-latex-template/releases/latest).
 
+## [2.4.1] - 2023-09-06
+
+- Merge changes from the pandoc default LaTeX template from Version 3.1.7 (as of 2023-08-31, [8a5b381](https://github.com/jgm/pandoc-templates/blob/8a5b381c156c974b485197208c6dc86fce94b5c3/default.latex)).
+
 ## [2.4.0] - 2023-04-17
 
 - Merge changes from the pandoc default LaTeX template (as of 2023-03-29, [a5159c2](https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/blob/a5159c2c505cd9a87856877b3287aa0b88e4e0ba/data/templates/default.latex)).
diff --git a/eisvogel.tex b/eisvogel.tex
index b855677..ea0ea26 100644
--- a/eisvogel.tex
+++ b/eisvogel.tex
@@ -390,6 +390,13 @@ $-- also used for underline
   \usepackage[soul]{lua-ul}
 \else
 \usepackage{soul}
+$if(CJKmainfont)$
+  \ifXeTeX
+    % soul's \st doesn't work for CJK:
+    \usepackage{xeCJKfntef}
+    \renewcommand{\st}[1]{\sout{#1}}
+  \fi
+$endif$
 \fi
 $endif$
 \setlength{\emergencystretch}{3em} % prevent overfull lines
@@ -421,24 +428,28 @@ $if(pagestyle)$
 \pagestyle{$pagestyle$}
 $endif$
 $if(csl-refs)$
+% definitions for citeproc citations
+\NewDocumentCommand\citeproctext{}{}
+\NewDocumentCommand\citeproc{mm}{%
+  \begingroup\def\citeproctext{#2}\cite{#1}\endgroup}
+% avoid brackets around text for \cite:
+\makeatletter
+ \def\@biblabel#1{}
+ \def\@cite#1#2{{#1\if@tempswa , #2\fi}}
+\makeatother
 \newlength{\cslhangindent}
 \setlength{\cslhangindent}{1.5em}
 \newlength{\csllabelwidth}
 \setlength{\csllabelwidth}{3em}
-\newlength{\cslentryspacingunit} % times entry-spacing
-\setlength{\cslentryspacingunit}{\parskip}
-\newenvironment{CSLReferences}[2] % #1 hanging-ident, #2 entry spacing
- {% don't indent paragraphs
-  \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
-  % turn on hanging indent if param 1 is 1
-  \ifodd #1
-  \let\oldpar\par
-  \def\par{\hangindent=\cslhangindent\oldpar}
-  \fi
-  % set entry spacing
-  \setlength{\parskip}{#2\cslentryspacingunit}
- }%
- {}
+\newlength{\cslentryspacing}
+\setlength{\cslentryspacing}{0em}
+\usepackage{enumitem}
+\newlist{CSLReferences}{itemize}{1}
+\setlist[CSLReferences]{label={},
+  leftmargin=\cslhangindent,
+  itemindent=-1\cslhangindent,
+  parsep=\parskip,
+  itemsep=\cslentryspacing}
 \usepackage{calc}
 \newcommand{\CSLBlock}[1]{#1\hfill\break}
 \newcommand{\CSLLeftMargin}[1]{\parbox[t]{\csllabelwidth}{#1}}