diff --git a/.github/workflows/preview-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/preview-docs.yml
index 91b0cba02..8730185bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/preview-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/preview-docs.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download Artifact Docs
         uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v2.27.0
         with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.FASTAPI_PREVIEW_DOCS_DOWNLOAD_ARTIFACTS }}
           workflow: build-docs.yml
           run_id: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
           name: docs-zip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smokeshow.yml b/.github/workflows/smokeshow.yml
index f135fb3e4..65a174329 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smokeshow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smokeshow.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v2.27.0
         with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.FASTAPI_SMOKESHOW_DOWNLOAD_ARTIFACTS }}
           workflow: test.yml
           commit: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
 
diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index cb209fde0..4ab82fd58 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+* ♻ Instantiate `HTTPException` only when needed, optimization refactor. PR [#5356](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/5356) by [@pawamoy](https://github.com/pawamoy).
+* 📌 Update minimum version of Pydantic to >=1.7.4. PR [#9567](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/9567) by [@Kludex](https://github.com/Kludex).
+* 🐛 Fix OpenAPI model fields int validations, `gte` to `ge`. PR [#9635](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/9635) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
 
 ## 0.96.0
 
diff --git a/fastapi/openapi/models.py b/fastapi/openapi/models.py
index 35aa1672b..11edfe38a 100644
--- a/fastapi/openapi/models.py
+++ b/fastapi/openapi/models.py
@@ -108,14 +108,14 @@ class Schema(BaseModel):
     exclusiveMaximum: Optional[float] = None
     minimum: Optional[float] = None
     exclusiveMinimum: Optional[float] = None
-    maxLength: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, gte=0)
-    minLength: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, gte=0)
+    maxLength: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, ge=0)
+    minLength: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, ge=0)
     pattern: Optional[str] = None
-    maxItems: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, gte=0)
-    minItems: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, gte=0)
+    maxItems: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, ge=0)
+    minItems: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, ge=0)
     uniqueItems: Optional[bool] = None
-    maxProperties: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, gte=0)
-    minProperties: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, gte=0)
+    maxProperties: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, ge=0)
+    minProperties: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, ge=0)
     required: Optional[List[str]] = None
     enum: Optional[List[Any]] = None
     type: Optional[str] = None
diff --git a/fastapi/security/http.py b/fastapi/security/http.py
index 8b677299d..8fc0aafd9 100644
--- a/fastapi/security/http.py
+++ b/fastapi/security/http.py
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ class HTTPBasic(HTTPBase):
             unauthorized_headers = {"WWW-Authenticate": f'Basic realm="{self.realm}"'}
         else:
             unauthorized_headers = {"WWW-Authenticate": "Basic"}
-        invalid_user_credentials_exc = HTTPException(
-            status_code=HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
-            detail="Invalid authentication credentials",
-            headers=unauthorized_headers,
-        )
         if not authorization or scheme.lower() != "basic":
             if self.auto_error:
                 raise HTTPException(
@@ -87,6 +82,11 @@ class HTTPBasic(HTTPBase):
                 )
             else:
                 return None
+        invalid_user_credentials_exc = HTTPException(
+            status_code=HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Invalid authentication credentials",
+            headers=unauthorized_headers,
+        )
         try:
             data = b64decode(param).decode("ascii")
         except (ValueError, UnicodeDecodeError, binascii.Error):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bee5723e1..3bae6a3ef 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "starlette>=0.27.0,<0.28.0",
-    "pydantic >=1.6.2,!=1.7,!=1.7.1,!=1.7.2,!=1.7.3,!=1.8,!=1.8.1,<2.0.0",
+    "pydantic>=1.7.4,!=1.8,!=1.8.1,<2.0.0",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]