diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-format.yml b/.github/workflows/check-format.yml
index 50f58d131..cf5f05bae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-format.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
   check-code-format:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+    - uses: actions/checkout@d632683dd7b4114ad314bca15554477dd762a938 # v4.2.0
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@f677139bbe7f9c59b41e40162b753c062f5d49a3 # v5.2.0
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependent-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/dependent-tests.yml
index 8e9e62ec7..f3cac948c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependent-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependent-tests.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           - amazon-braket-pennylane-plugin-python
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+    - uses: actions/checkout@d632683dd7b4114ad314bca15554477dd762a938 # v4.2.0
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@f677139bbe7f9c59b41e40162b753c062f5d49a3 # v5.2.0
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-title-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-title-checker.yml
index 78126bdce..a0f103127 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-title-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-title-checker.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: "Check PR Title"
-        uses: thehanimo/pr-title-checker@v1.4.2
+        uses: thehanimo/pr-title-checker@v1.4.3
         with:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           pass_on_octokit_error: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
index 6a17ffc4c..334a2b5b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build and publish distribution to PyPi
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+      - uses: actions/checkout@d632683dd7b4114ad314bca15554477dd762a938 # v4.2.0
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@f677139bbe7f9c59b41e40162b753c062f5d49a3 # v5.2.0
         with:
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
         run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
       - name: Publish distribution to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@8a08d616893759ef8e1aa1f2785787c0b97e20d6 # release/v1
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@15c56dba361d8335944d31a2ecd17d700fc7bcbc # release/v1
         with:
           password: ${{ secrets.pypi_token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 0460424e8..9d06d53c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+    - uses: actions/checkout@d632683dd7b4114ad314bca15554477dd762a938 # v4.2.0
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@f677139bbe7f9c59b41e40162b753c062f5d49a3 # v5.2.0
       with:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         tox -e unit-tests
     - name: Upload coverage report to Codecov
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@e28ff129e5465c2c0dcc6f003fc735cb6ae0c673 # v4.5.0
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@015f24e6818733317a2da2edd6290ab26238649a # v5.0.7
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
       if: ${{ strategy.job-index }} == 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/twine-check.yml b/.github/workflows/twine-check.yml
index 303dcaf45..8fbb96e09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/twine-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/twine-check.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Check long description
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+      - uses: actions/checkout@d632683dd7b4114ad314bca15554477dd762a938 # v4.2.0
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@f677139bbe7f9c59b41e40162b753c062f5d49a3 # v5.2.0
         with:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 34565b899..78fe9797d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.88.2.post0 (2024-11-25)
+
+### Documentation Changes
+
+ * add dual navigation buttons and cleanup some docstrings
+
+## v1.88.2 (2024-11-18)
+
+### Bug Fixes and Other Changes
+
+ * Pin cloudpickle==2.2.1
+
 ## v1.88.1 (2024-10-21)
 
 ### Bug Fixes and Other Changes
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 8a16ca231..b5eae7acc 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -19,18 +19,23 @@
 ]
 
 source_suffix = ".rst"
-master_doc = "index"
+root_doc = "index"
 
 autoclass_content = "both"
 autodoc_member_order = "bysource"
 default_role = "py:obj"
 
 html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
+html_theme_options = {
+    "prev_next_buttons_location": "both",
+}
 htmlhelp_basename = f"{project}doc"
 
 language = "en"
 
 napoleon_use_rtype = False
+napoleon_google_docstring = True
+napoleon_numpy_docstring = False
 
 apidoc_module_dir = "../src/braket"
 apidoc_output_dir = "_apidoc"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 18bc591e1..2e1afe1c7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
         "backoff",
         "boltons",
         "boto3>=1.28.53",
-        "cloudpickle>=3",
+        # SageMaker pinned cloudpickle==2.2.1
+        # see https://github.com/aws/sagemaker-python-sdk/issues/4871
+        "cloudpickle==2.2.1",
         "nest-asyncio",
         "networkx",
         "numpy",
diff --git a/src/braket/_sdk/_version.py b/src/braket/_sdk/_version.py
index 86ce67991..3a2292d9b 100644
--- a/src/braket/_sdk/_version.py
+++ b/src/braket/_sdk/_version.py
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "1.88.2.dev0"
+__version__ = "1.88.3.dev0"
diff --git a/src/braket/circuits/circuit.py b/src/braket/circuits/circuit.py
index 02d419cff..e3181a603 100644
--- a/src/braket/circuits/circuit.py
+++ b/src/braket/circuits/circuit.py
@@ -1537,9 +1537,9 @@ def to_unitary(self) -> np.ndarray:
             `qubit count` > 10.
 
         Returns:
-            np.ndarray: A numpy array with shape (2^qubit_count, 2^qubit_count) representing the
-            circuit as a unitary. For an empty circuit, an empty numpy array is returned
-            (`array([], dtype=complex)`)
+            np.ndarray: A numpy array with shape (2 :sup:`qubit_count`, 2 :sup:`qubit_count`)
+            representing the circuit as a unitary. For an empty circuit, an empty numpy array
+            is returned (`array([], dtype=complex)`)
 
         Raises:
             TypeError: If circuit is not composed only of `Gate` instances,