diff --git a/.github/workflows/author_verification.yml b/.github/workflows/author_verification.yml
index 714b2bd73..5657ec6ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/author_verification.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/author_verification.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Initialize Attestation
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_external_container_images.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_external_container_images.yaml
index 8c90f59bf..b96b5c667 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_external_container_images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_external_container_images.yaml
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Checkout Bitnami containers repository
         uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ matrix.image.ref }}
           sparse-checkout: ${{ matrix.image.sparse_checkout }}
           sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Extract version from Bitnami Dockerfile
         id: extract_version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index fec86ea7c..b68eed98a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Initialize Attestation
         if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index b77d0c300..069c92c1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
@@ -32,14 +34,14 @@ jobs:
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
 
       - name: Lint main module
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@1e7e51e771db61008b38414a730f564565cf7c20 # 9.2.0
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@1e7e51e771db61008b38414a730f564565cf7c20 # v9.2.0
         if: ${{ matrix.app == 'main-module' }}
         with:
           version: v2.9.0
           only-new-issues: 'true'
 
       - name: Lint ${{ matrix.app }}
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@1e7e51e771db61008b38414a730f564565cf7c20 # 9.2.0
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@1e7e51e771db61008b38414a730f564565cf7c20 # v9.2.0
         if: ${{ matrix.app != 'main-module' }}
         with:
           working-directory: app/${{ matrix.app }}
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - uses: bufbuild/buf-action@5150a1eef5c10b6a5cf8a69fc872f24a09473195 # v1.1.1
         with:
           version: 1.49.0
@@ -67,6 +71,8 @@ jobs:
           curl -L https://dl.dagger.io/dagger/install.sh | DAGGER_VERSION=0.19.11  sh
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
           make -C extras/dagger module-init
 
       - name: Lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@1e7e51e771db61008b38414a730f564565cf7c20 # 9.2.0
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@1e7e51e771db61008b38414a730f564565cf7c20 # v9.2.0
         with:
           working-directory: extras/dagger
           version: v2.9.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/package_chart.yaml b/.github/workflows/package_chart.yaml
index 3cfa8c146..d451741c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package_chart.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package_chart.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ jobs:
           cosign-release: "v2.4.1"
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Package Chart
         run: helm package deployment/chainloop/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 5a68ad4c8..baf9472c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write # required for SLSA provenance
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Install Chainloop
         run: |
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Install Cosign
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@ef6a6b364bbad08abd36a5f8af60b595d12702f8 # main
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@1fc5bd396d372bee37d608f955b336615edf79c8 # v3.2.0
         with:
           cosign-release: "v2.2.3"
 
@@ -69,6 +71,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Initialize Attestation
         id: init_attestation
@@ -92,6 +96,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
         with:
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
+          cache: false
 
       # install qemu binaries for multiarch builds (needed by goreleaser/buildx)
       - name: Setup qemu
@@ -125,6 +130,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           SYFT_GOLANG_SEARCH_REMOTE_LICENSES: "true"
           ATTESTATION_ID: ${{ steps.init_attestation.outputs.attestation_id }}
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
         run: |
           # goreleaser output resides in dist/artifacts.json
           # Attest all built containers and manifests
@@ -162,7 +168,7 @@ jobs:
               chainloop attestation add --name $sbom_name --value /tmp/sbom-$material_name.cyclonedx.json --kind SBOM_CYCLONEDX_JSON --attestation-id ${{ env.ATTESTATION_ID }}
 
               # Upload the SBOM to the release
-              gh release upload ${{ github.ref_name }} /tmp/sbom-$material_name.cyclonedx.json --clobber
+              gh release upload $RELEASE_TAG /tmp/sbom-$material_name.cyclonedx.json --clobber
 
               # Run Grype vulnerability scan and attest result
               grype --only-fixed -o sarif --file ./vuln-${container_name}.json $entry
@@ -188,10 +194,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Include source code on attestation
         env:
           ATTESTATION_ID: ${{ steps.init_attestation.outputs.attestation_id }}
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
         run: |
           # This needs to run AFTER goreleaser to make sure the source code is available
 
-          gh release download ${{ github.ref_name }} -A tar.gz -O /tmp/source-code.tar.gz
+          gh release download $RELEASE_TAG -A tar.gz -O /tmp/source-code.tar.gz
           chainloop attestation add --name source-code --value /tmp/source-code.tar.gz --kind ARTIFACT --attestation-id ${{ env.ATTESTATION_ID }}
 
       - name: Read current project version
@@ -201,9 +208,13 @@ jobs:
           echo "current_version=$current_version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Bump Chart and Dagger Version
-        run: .github/workflows/utils/bump-chart-and-dagger-version.sh deployment/chainloop extras/dagger ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        run: .github/workflows/utils/bump-chart-and-dagger-version.sh deployment/chainloop extras/dagger $RELEASE_TAG
       - name: Bump Project Version
-        run: .github/workflows/utils/bump-project-version.sh ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        run: .github/workflows/utils/bump-project-version.sh $RELEASE_TAG
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@271a8d0340265f705b14b6d32b9829c1cb33d45e # v7.0.8
@@ -248,9 +259,10 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ success() }}
         env:
           ATTESTATION_SHA: ${{ steps.attestation_push.outputs.attestation_sha }}
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
         run: |
           chainloop_release_url="## Chainloop Attestation"$'\n'"[View the attestation of this release](https://app.chainloop.dev/attestation/${{ env.ATTESTATION_SHA }})"
-          current_notes=$(gh release view ${{github.ref_name}} --json body -q '.body')
+          current_notes=$(gh release view $RELEASE_TAG --json body -q '.body')
 
           if echo "$current_notes" | grep -q "## Chainloop Attestation"; then
             # Replace the existing Chainloop Attestation section with the new URL
@@ -261,7 +273,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
           # Update the release notes and ignore if it fails since we might be lacking permissions to update the release notes
-          gh release edit ${{github.ref_name}} -n "$modified_notes" || echo -n "Not enough permissions to edit the release notes. Skipping..."
+          gh release edit $RELEASE_TAG -n "$modified_notes" || echo -n "Not enough permissions to edit the release notes. Skipping..."
 
       - name: Mark attestation as failed
         if: ${{ failure() }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scm_configuration_check.yaml b/.github/workflows/scm_configuration_check.yaml
index 6e46d589f..419c7fb27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scm_configuration_check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scm_configuration_check.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Install Chainloop
         run: |
@@ -33,10 +35,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate a token
         id: generate-token
-        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@fee1f7d63c2ff003460e3d139729b119787bc349 # v2
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0
         with:
           app-id: ${{ vars.CHAINLOOP_GATHERER_APP_ID }}
           private-key: ${{ secrets.GATHERER_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          permission-contents: read
+          permission-metadata: read
 
       - name: Gather runner context data
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
index ee165ae31..ffffb9619 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: "Run analysis"
-        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@62b2cac7ed8198b15735ed49ab1e5cf35480ba46 # v2.3.1
+        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@62b2cac7ed8198b15735ed49ab1e5cf35480ba46 # v2.4.0
         with:
           results_file: results.sarif
           results_format: sarif
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
       # Upload the results as artifacts (optional). Commenting out will disable uploads of run results in SARIF
       # format to the repository Actions tab.
       - name: "Upload artifact"
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65462800fd760344b1a7b4382951275a0abb4808 # v3.1.3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65462800fd760344b1a7b4382951275a0abb4808 # v4.3.3
         with:
           # When downloading if not name is set the artifact name will be "artifact"
           # We need to specify the name to download it later
diff --git a/.github/workflows/secrets-scan-daily.yml b/.github/workflows/secrets-scan-daily.yml
index 547033e4c..2e3a41a33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/secrets-scan-daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/secrets-scan-daily.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Install Chainloop
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync_contracts.yml b/.github/workflows/sync_contracts.yml
index da218bce8..c641b5a6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync_contracts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync_contracts.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install Chainloop
         run: |
           curl -sfL https://dl.chainloop.dev/cli/install.sh | bash -s
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 723b3a68a..bae8fafb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ jobs:
           - artifact-cas
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
         with:
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Check that the generated ent code is up to date
       # see https://entgo.io/docs/ci/
-      - uses: ent/contrib/ci@e38dfb6484dfbe64b8bd060fe6a219a1aa5da770 # master
+      - uses: ent/contrib/ci@4ec197664a206890a44245f5c0cbcb8110d68cb5 # v0.5.0
         name: "Check all ent generated code is checked in"
         if: ${{ matrix.app != 'main-module' }}
         with: