diff --git a/.github/actions/deploy-keptn-on-cluster/action.yml b/.github/actions/deploy-keptn-on-cluster/action.yml
index d5fd252411..cd6b9826a4 100644
--- a/.github/actions/deploy-keptn-on-cluster/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/deploy-keptn-on-cluster/action.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
     - name: Set up Go 1.x
-      uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 # v5
+      uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5
       with:
         go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
         cache: true
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ runs:
         check-latest: true
 
     - name: Download artifacts
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@cc203385981b70ca67e1cc392babf9cc229d5806 # v4
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4
       with:
         path: ~/download/artifacts
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yaml b/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
index f27cea65cd..00e9685246 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Extract branch name
         id: extract_branch
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ jobs:
             folder: "keptn-cert-manager/"
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
-        uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 # v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           cache: true
@@ -135,21 +135,21 @@ jobs:
             folder: "keptn-cert-manager/"
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Cache build tools
         id: cache-build-tools
-        uses: actions/cache@d4323d4df104b026a6aa633fdb11d772146be0bf # v4
+        uses: actions/cache@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8c7296529d2fc39830 # v4
         with:
           path: ./${{ matrix.config.folder }}bin
           key: build-tools-${{ github.ref_name }}
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         id: buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@b5ca514318bd6ebac0fb2aedd5d36ec1b5c232a2 # v3
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@e468171a9de216ec08956ac3ada2f0791b6bd435 # v3
 
       - name: Build Docker Image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@471d1dc4e07e5cdedd4c2171150001c434f0b7a4 # v6.15.0
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@263435318d21b8e681c14492fe198d362a7d2c83 # v6.18.0
         with:
           context: ${{ matrix.config.folder }}
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
@@ -281,10 +281,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out keptn repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Check out helm-charts repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
         with:
           repository: 'keptn/lifecycle-toolkit-charts'
           path: ./helm-charts-repository
diff --git a/.github/workflows/component-test.yml b/.github/workflows/component-test.yml
index 02a68b41dd..f19d5f64f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/component-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/component-test.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
-        uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 # v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           cache: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml
index 88ba1316b9..1baf38d70b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
             folder: "lifecycle-operator/"
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Setup cluster
         uses: ./.github/actions/deploy-keptn-on-cluster
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index a812c05dd6..b0b1ddf974 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ jobs:
             folder: "keptn-cert-manager/"
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 # v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           check-latest: true
 
       - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@4696ba8babb6127d732c3c6dde519db15edab9ea # v6
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@55c2c1448f86e01eaae002a5a3a9624417608d84 # v6
         with:
           working-directory: ${{ matrix.config.folder }}
           version: ${{ env.GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/htmltest.yaml b/.github/workflows/htmltest.yaml
index 2eb53a6b2b..582488df5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/htmltest.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/htmltest.yaml
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ jobs:
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
     steps:
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
         with:
           submodules: true
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Cache HTMLTest packages
-        uses: actions/cache@d4323d4df104b026a6aa633fdb11d772146be0bf # v4
+        uses: actions/cache@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8c7296529d2fc39830 # v4
         with:
           path: |
             tmp/.htmltest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test-component.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-test-component.yml
index 849fcc581c..b8e58fd301 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test-component.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test-component.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Setup cluster
         uses: ./.github/actions/deploy-keptn-on-cluster
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
index df9a1c0181..8b7168bd42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Setup cluster
         uses: ./.github/actions/deploy-keptn-on-cluster
diff --git a/.github/workflows/load-test.yml b/.github/workflows/load-test.yml
index 40a8ec0983..385f7f49fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/load-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/load-test.yml
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Cache build tools
         id: cache-build-tools
-        uses: actions/cache@d4323d4df104b026a6aa633fdb11d772146be0bf # v4
+        uses: actions/cache@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8c7296529d2fc39830 # v4
         with:
           path: /usr/local/bin/kube-burner
           key: kube-burner-${{ env.KUBE_BURNER_VERSION }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/markdown-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/markdown-checks.yaml
index 8a4801981f..5d132227ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/markdown-checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/markdown-checks.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
   markdown-link-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
       - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@5c5dfc0ac2e225883c0e5f03a85311ec2830d368 # v1
         with:
           config-file: '.github/mlc_config.json'
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Run TOC generation
         run: |
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
-        uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 # v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           check-latest: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-examples.yml b/.github/workflows/release-examples.yml
index 4034040197..fb3cd5b1dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-examples.yml
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Checkout examples repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
         with:
           repository: keptn-sandbox/lifecycle-toolkit-examples
           path: ${{ inputs.examples_dir }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3c1022ece2..e97c5e36df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       BUILD_TIME: ${{ steps.get_datetime.outputs.BUILD_TIME }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Extract branch name
         id: extract_branch
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "BUILD_TIME=$BUILD_TIME" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Run release please
-        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@a02a34c4d625f9be7cb89156071d8567266a2445 # v4.2.0
+        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@c2a5a2bd6a758a0937f1ddb1e8950609867ed15c # v4.3.0
         id: release
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.KEPTN_BOT_TOKEN }}
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create release matrix
         id: build-matrix
-        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@f28e40c7f34bde8b3046d885e986cb6290c5673b # v7
         env:
           CHANGED_ITEMS: ${{ steps.release.outputs.paths_released }}
           KEPTN_TAG: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
@@ -146,23 +146,23 @@ jobs:
       DOCKER_BUILD_RECORD_UPLOAD: "false"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
         with:
           submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         id: buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@b5ca514318bd6ebac0fb2aedd5d36ec1b5c232a2 # v3
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@e468171a9de216ec08956ac3ada2f0791b6bd435 # v3
 
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@9780b0c442fbb1117ed29e0efdff1e18412f7567 # v3.3.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@184bdaa0721073962dff0199f1fb9940f07167d1 # v3.5.0
         with:
           registry: "ghcr.io"
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Set up Cosign
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@d7d6bc7722e3daa8354c50bcb52f4837da5e9b6a # v3.8.1
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@d7543c93d881b35a8faa02e8e3605f69b7a1ce62 # v3.10.0
 
       - name: Clean up image tag
         id: clean-image-tag
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build Docker Image
         id: docker_build_image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@471d1dc4e07e5cdedd4c2171150001c434f0b7a4 # v6.15.0
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@263435318d21b8e681c14492fe198d362a7d2c83 # v6.18.0
         with:
           context: ${{ matrix.config.folder }}
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
@@ -208,14 +208,14 @@ jobs:
             ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}@${{ env.IMAGE_DIGEST }}
 
       - name: Generate SBOM
-        uses: anchore/sbom-action@f325610c9f50a54015d37c8d16cb3b0e2c8f4de0 # v0.18.0
+        uses: anchore/sbom-action@f8bdd1d8ac5e901a77a92f111440fdb1b593736b # v0.20.6
         with:
           image: ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ steps.clean-image-tag.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}
           artifact-name: sbom-${{ matrix.config.name }}
           output-file: ./sbom-${{ matrix.config.name }}.spdx.json
 
       - name: Attach SBOM to release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@c95fe1489396fe8a9eb87c0abf8aa5b2ef267fda # v2.2.1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@6cbd405e2c4e67a21c47fa9e383d020e4e28b836 # v2.3.3
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ matrix.config.tagName }}
           files: ./sbom-${{ matrix.config.name }}.spdx.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
index faa9789782..d9831c6e71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout code"
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@ jobs:
 
       # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard.
       - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@6bb031afdd8eb862ea3fc1848194185e076637e5 # v3.28.11
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@3599b3baa15b485a2e49ef411a7a4bb2452e7f93 # v3.30.5
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/security-scans.yml b/.github/workflows/security-scans.yml
index 2c5ff8a343..60bae13448 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/security-scans.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/security-scans.yml
@@ -99,21 +99,21 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Set up Go
         if: matrix.tool == 'kubeconform'
-        uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 # v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           check-latest: true
           cache: false
 
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: 'true'
 
       - name: Download tag
         id: download_manifests
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@cc203385981b70ca67e1cc392babf9cc229d5806 # v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4
         with:
           name: tag
           path: tag
@@ -219,14 +219,14 @@ jobs:
           - "certificate-operator"
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: 'true'
 
       - name: Download images
         id: download_images
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@cc203385981b70ca67e1cc392babf9cc229d5806 # v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4
         with:
           name: images
           path: images
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ jobs:
           tar -xvf images/${{ matrix.image }}-image.tar/${{ matrix.image }}-image.tar -C images/${{ matrix.image }}-image.tar/
 
       - name: Trivy image scan
-        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@6c175e9c4083a92bbca2f9724c8a5e33bc2d97a5 # 0.30.0
+        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@b6643a29fecd7f34b3597bc6acb0a98b03d33ff8 # 0.33.1
         with:
           input: "images/${{ matrix.image }}-image.tar"
           severity: 'CRITICAL,HIGH'
@@ -254,14 +254,14 @@ jobs:
           - "keptn-cert-manager"
     steps:
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
-        uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 # v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5
         with:
           cache-dependency-path: ${{ matrix.artifact }}/go.sum
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           check-latest: true
 
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Install govulncheck
         run: go install golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-helm-chart.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-helm-chart.yml
index e5e083ad34..381b0e7315 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-helm-chart.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-helm-chart.yml
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ jobs:
             path: keptn-cert-manager/chart
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Set up Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e # v4.3.0
+        uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
         with:
           node-version: 16
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Check if Helm template is up to date
         run: make helm-test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/yaml-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/yaml-checks.yaml
index 501ac5d1a0..03fe7f1112 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/yaml-checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/yaml-checks.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
   yamllint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
 
       - name: Lint YAML files
         run: make yamllint