diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 92f0b8bc..a4bee9a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - environment: "ubuntu:24.04"
+          - environment: "ubuntu:24.10"
             cc: "gcc"
             upload_for_test: "false"
-          - environment: "ubuntu:24.04"
+          - environment: "ubuntu:24.10"
             cc: "clang"
             upload_for_test: "false"
-          - environment: "ubuntu:23.10"
+          - environment: "ubuntu:24.04"
             cc: "gcc"
             upload_for_test: "false"
-          - environment: "ubuntu:23.10"
+          - environment: "ubuntu:24.04"
             cc: "clang"
             upload_for_test: "false"
           - environment: "ubuntu:22.04"
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ jobs:
                             help2man              \
                             libcurl4-openssl-dev  \
                             libedit-dev           \
+                            pcscd                 \
                             libpcsclite-dev       \
                             libusb-1.0-0-dev      \
                             libssl-dev            \
@@ -102,6 +103,13 @@ jobs:
           # append the following flags: -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-implicit-function-declaration
           sed -i 's/-Wall -Wextra -Werror/-Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-implicit-function-declaration/' cmake/SecurityFlags.cmake
 
+      - name: apply environment specific changes to CMakeLists.txt 2
+        working-directory: yubihsm-shell
+        if: ${{ matrix.environment == 'ubuntu:24.10' }}
+        run: |         
+          # ubuntu 24.10 comes with _FORTIFY_SOURCE already set
+          sed -i 's/add_definitions (-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2)/add_definitions (-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3)/' cmake/SecurityFlags.cmake
+
       - name: do build
         working-directory: yubihsm-shell
         env:
@@ -172,10 +180,10 @@ jobs:
           - environment: "fedora:40"
             cc: "clang"
             upload_for_test: "false"
-          - environment: "fedora:39"
+          - environment: "fedora:41"
             cc: "gcc"
             upload_for_test: "false"
-          - environment: "fedora:39"
+          - environment: "fedora:41"
             cc: "clang"
             upload_for_test: "false"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a9392e04..5a919b00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         environment: [
+            "ubuntu:24.10",
             "ubuntu:24.04",
-            "ubuntu:23.10",
             "ubuntu:22.04",
             "ubuntu:20.04",
 #            "ubuntu:18.04",
@@ -211,10 +211,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: apply environment specific changes to CMakeLists.txt
         working-directory: yubihsm-shell
-        if: ${{ matrix.environment == 'ubuntu:24.04' }}
+        env:
+          DOCKER_IMAGE: ${{ matrix.environment }}
         run: |
-          # ubuntu 24.04 comes with _FORTIFY_SOURCE already set
-          sed -i 's/add_definitions (-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2)/add_definitions (-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3)/' cmake/SecurityFlags.cmake
+          if [ "$DOCKER_IMAGE" = "ubuntu:24.04" ] || [ "$DOCKER_IMAGE" = "ubuntu:24.10" ]; then
+            # ubuntu 24.04 comes with _FORTIFY_SOURCE already set
+            sed -i 's/add_definitions (-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2)/add_definitions (-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3)/' cmake/SecurityFlags.cmake
+          fi
 
       - name: extract platform name
         env:
@@ -232,6 +235,9 @@ jobs:
           set -x
 
           uname -a
+          
+          ls /usr/include/PCSC
+          echo "C_INCLUDE_PATH: $C_INCLUDE_PATH"
   
           # Create directory containing all output
           OUTPUT=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/$PLATFORM/yubihsm-shell
@@ -288,8 +294,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         environment: [
-            "fedora:39",
             "fedora:40",
+            "fedora:41",
         ]
 
     name: build on ${{ matrix.environment }}
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4bcc900b..f32f99ba 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ if(NOT BUILD_ONLY_LIB)
     set(LIBPCSC_LDFLAGS "-Wl,-framework -Wl,PCSC")
   endif()
 
+
   add_subdirectory (ykhsmauth)
   add_subdirectory (yubihsm-auth)
 
@@ -249,6 +250,19 @@ message("        CFLAGS:           ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
 message("        CPPFLAGS:         ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 message("        Warnings:         ${WARN_FLAGS}")
 message("        Build type:       ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
+
+message("        PCSC found:                                ${LIBPCSC_FOUND}")
+message("        PCSC libraries:                            ${LIBPCSC_LIBRARIES}")
+message("        PCSC link libraries:                       ${LIBPCSC_LINK_LIBRARIES}")
+message("        PCSC LDFLAGS:                              ${LIBPCSC_LDFLAGS}")
+message("        PCSC include:                              ${LIBPCSC_INCLUDEDIR}")
+message("        PCSC INCLUDEDIR:                           ${LIBPCSC_INCLUDEDIR}")
+message("        PCSC CFLAGS:                               ${LIBPCSC_CFLAGS}")
+
+message("        CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH:                        ${CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH}")
+message("        CMAKE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_PATH:                 ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_PATH}")
+message("        CMAKE_<LANG>_STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES: ${CMAKE_C_STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES}")
+
 message("")
 message("        Install prefix:    ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
 message("        Install targets")
diff --git a/ykhsmauth/CMakeLists.txt b/ykhsmauth/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f77b573..895e4a38 100644
--- a/ykhsmauth/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ykhsmauth/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ include_directories (
   ${LIBPCSC_INCLUDEDIR}
 )
 
+message("        PCSC found:                ${LIBPCSC_FOUND}")
+message("        PCSC libraries:            ${LIBPCSC_LIBRARIES}")
+message("        PCSC link libraries:       ${LIBPCSC_LINK_LIBRARIES}")
+message("        PCSC LDFLAGS:              ${LIBPCSC_LDFLAGS}")
+message("        PCSC include:              ${LIBPCSC_INCLUDEDIR}")
+message("        PCSC INCLUDEDIR:           ${LIBPCSC_INCLUDEDIR}")
+message("        PCSC CFLAGS:               ${LIBPCSC_CFLAGS}")
+message("        CFLAGS:                    ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
+message("        CPPFLAGS:                  ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+
 add_library (ykhsmauth SHARED ${SOURCE})
 
 #add_definitions (-DVERSION="${yubihsm_shell_VERSION_MAJOR}.${yubihsm_shell_VERSION_MINOR}.${yubihsm_shell_VERSION_PATCH}")