diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yaml b/.github/workflows/actions.yaml
index 144202a36..1c83d994a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     name: actions on ${{ matrix.version }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       - name: Setup yq
         uses: ./actions/yq
       - name: Setup kubeconform
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yaml b/.github/workflows/backport.yaml
index e76969e85..4cc9a8e34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write # for reading and creating branches.
       pull-requests: write # for creating pull requests against release branches.
-    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/backport.yaml@v0.9.0
+    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/backport.yaml@v0.12.0
     secrets:
       github-token: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index b6da2102d..4c77275b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ jobs:
         chunk: ["1/4", "2/4", "3/4", "4/4"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.26.x
           # https://github.com/actions/setup-go/blob/main/docs/adrs/0000-caching-dependencies.md#example-of-real-use-cases
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cifuzz.yaml b/.github/workflows/cifuzz.yaml
index cb204c142..0ec5edf55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cifuzz.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cifuzz.yaml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
     - name: Setup Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+      uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
       with:
         go-version: 1.26.x
         # https://github.com/actions/setup-go/blob/main/docs/adrs/0000-caching-dependencies.md#example-of-real-use-cases
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index c5bf2c950..9ecd774ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           - github
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
 
       # Since this is a monorepo, changes in other packages will also trigger these e2e tests
       # meant only for the git package. This detects us whether the changed files are part of the
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
               - 'git/**'
       - name: Setup Go
         if: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.git == 'true' || steps.filter.outputs.e2e == 'true' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.26.x
           # https://github.com/actions/setup-go/blob/main/docs/adrs/0000-caching-dependencies.md#example-of-real-use-cases
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-aws.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-aws.yaml
index d049885df..ba08e8c24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-aws.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-aws.yaml
@@ -26,24 +26,24 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./tests/integration
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.26.x
           cache-dependency-path: tests/integration/go.sum
       - name: Setup Terraform
-        uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@5e8dbf3c6d9deaf4193ca7a8fb23f2ac83bb6c85 # v4.0.0
+        uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@dfe3c3f87815947d99a8997f908cb6525fc44e9e # v4.0.1
       - name: configure aws credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@ec61189d14ec14c8efccab744f656cffd0e33f37 # v6.1.0
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@e6de054238d6b7531b4efff3b6587d9aade6a06c # v6.2.3
         with:
           role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::${{ secrets.AWS_ACCOUNT_ID }}:role/${{ secrets.OCI_E2E_AWS_ASSUME_ROLE_NAME }}
           role-session-name: OCI_GH_Actions
           aws-region: us-east-1
       - name: Setup QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@ce360397dd3f832beb865e1373c09c0e9f86d70a # v4.0.0
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@96fe6ef7f33517b61c61be40b68a1882f3264fb8 # v4.2.0
       - name: Setup Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@4d04d5d9486b7bd6fa91e7baf45bbb4f8b9deedd  # v4.0.0
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@bb05f3f5519dd87d3ba754cc423b652a5edd6d2c  # v4.2.0
       - name: Set dynamic variables in .env
         run: |
           cat > .env <<EOF
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-azure.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-azure.yaml
index ef80974b0..7e785567a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-azure.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-azure.yaml
@@ -25,22 +25,22 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./tests/integration
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.26.x
           cache-dependency-path: tests/integration/go.sum
       - name: Setup Terraform
-        uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@5e8dbf3c6d9deaf4193ca7a8fb23f2ac83bb6c85 # v4.0.0
+        uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@dfe3c3f87815947d99a8997f908cb6525fc44e9e # v4.0.1
       - name: Authenticate to Azure
         uses: Azure/login@532459ea530d8321f2fb9bb10d1e0bcf23869a43 # v1.4.6
         with:
           creds: '{"clientId":"${{ secrets.ARM_CLIENT_ID }}","clientSecret":"${{ secrets.ARM_CLIENT_SECRET }}","subscriptionId":"${{ secrets.ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}","tenantId":"${{ secrets.ARM_TENANT_ID }}"}'
       - name: Setup QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@ce360397dd3f832beb865e1373c09c0e9f86d70a # v4.0.0
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@96fe6ef7f33517b61c61be40b68a1882f3264fb8 # v4.2.0
       - name: Setup Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@4d04d5d9486b7bd6fa91e7baf45bbb4f8b9deedd  # v4.0.0
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@bb05f3f5519dd87d3ba754cc423b652a5edd6d2c  # v4.2.0
       - name: Set dynamic variables in .env
         run: |
           cat > .env <<EOF
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-cleanup.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-cleanup.yaml
index bbe1fcb5b..f55a38d7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-cleanup.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-cleanup.yaml
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./tools/reaper
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           repository: fluxcd/test-infra
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.26.x
           cache-dependency-path: ./tools/reaper/go.sum
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ jobs:
     if: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           repository: fluxcd/test-infra
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.26.x
           cache-dependency-path: ./tools/reaper/go.sum
@@ -66,16 +66,16 @@ jobs:
     if: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           repository: fluxcd/test-infra
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.26.x
           cache-dependency-path: ./tools/reaper/go.sum
       - name: Authenticate to AWS
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@ec61189d14ec14c8efccab744f656cffd0e33f37 # v6.1.0
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@e6de054238d6b7531b4efff3b6587d9aade6a06c # v6.2.3
         with:
           role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::${{ secrets.AWS_ACCOUNT_ID }}:role/${{ secrets.CLEANUP_E2E_AWS_ASSUME_ROLE_NAME }}
           role-session-name: cleanup_GH_Actions
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-gcp.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-gcp.yaml
index 909c73fa4..d5deec969 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-gcp.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-gcp.yaml
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./tests/integration
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.26.x
           cache-dependency-path: tests/integration/go.sum
       - name: Setup Terraform
-        uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@5e8dbf3c6d9deaf4193ca7a8fb23f2ac83bb6c85 # v4.0.0
+        uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@dfe3c3f87815947d99a8997f908cb6525fc44e9e # v4.0.1
       - name: Authenticate to Google Cloud
         uses: google-github-actions/auth@7c6bc770dae815cd3e89ee6cdf493a5fab2cc093 # v3.0.0
         id: 'auth'
@@ -42,17 +42,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup gcloud
         uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@aa5489c8933f4cc7a4f7d45035b3b1440c9c10db # v3.0.1
       - name: Setup QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@ce360397dd3f832beb865e1373c09c0e9f86d70a # v4.0.0
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@96fe6ef7f33517b61c61be40b68a1882f3264fb8 # v4.2.0
       - name: Setup Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@4d04d5d9486b7bd6fa91e7baf45bbb4f8b9deedd  # v4.0.0
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@bb05f3f5519dd87d3ba754cc423b652a5edd6d2c  # v4.2.0
       - name: Log into gcr.io
-        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@abd2ef45e78c5afb21d64d4ca52ee8550d9572c7 # v4.5.1
         with:
           registry: gcr.io
           username: oauth2accesstoken
           password: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.access_token }}
       - name: Log into us-central1-docker.pkg.dev
-        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@abd2ef45e78c5afb21d64d4ca52ee8550d9572c7 # v4.5.1
         with:
           registry: us-central1-docker.pkg.dev
           username: oauth2accesstoken
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ossf.yaml b/.github/workflows/ossf.yaml
index 113579001..56a1c14e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ossf.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ossf.yaml
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       - name: "Run analysis"
-        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@4eaacf0543bb3f2c246792bd56e8cdeffafb205a # v2.4.3
+        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@2d1146689b8cda280b9bc96326124645441f03bc # v2.4.4
         with:
           results_file: results.sarif
           results_format: sarif
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ jobs:
 
       # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard.
       - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@e46ed2cbd01164d986452f91f178727624ae40d7 # v4.35.3
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@e4fba868fa4b1b91e1fdab776edc8cfbe6e9fb81 # v4.37.3
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/preview-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/preview-release.yaml
index 476614661..3cf93fd59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/preview-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/preview-release.yaml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version-file: cmd/go.mod
           cache-dependency-path: "**/go.sum"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-prep.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-prep.yaml
index 693dfb764..68eae8009 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-prep.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-prep.yaml
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           fetch-depth: 0
           fetch-tags: true
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version-file: cmd/go.mod
           cache-dependency-path: "**/go.sum"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scan.yaml b/.github/workflows/scan.yaml
index 97bf33d2a..cadcde8ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scan.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scan.yaml
@@ -19,22 +19,22 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.26.x
           cache-dependency-path: |
             **/go.sum
             **/go.mod
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@e46ed2cbd01164d986452f91f178727624ae40d7 # v4.35.3
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@e4fba868fa4b1b91e1fdab776edc8cfbe6e9fb81 # v4.37.3
         with:
           languages: go
           # xref: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/automatically-scanning-your-code-for-vulnerabilities-and-errors/configuring-code-scanning#using-queries-in-ql-packs
           # xref: https://codeql.github.com/codeql-query-help/go/
           queries: security-and-quality
       - name: Autobuild
-        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@e46ed2cbd01164d986452f91f178727624ae40d7 # v4.35.3
+        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@e4fba868fa4b1b91e1fdab776edc8cfbe6e9fb81 # v4.37.3
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@e46ed2cbd01164d986452f91f178727624ae40d7 # v4.35.3
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@e4fba868fa4b1b91e1fdab776edc8cfbe6e9fb81 # v4.37.3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yaml b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yaml
index 74e2752a2..62459a13d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       issues: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       - uses: EndBug/label-sync@52074158190acb45f3077f9099fea818aa43f97a # v2.3.3
         with:
           # Configuration file