diff --git a/.github/workflows/_e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/_e2e.yaml
index 5ebe68c41233..55b80177afa9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_e2e.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
           make build
       - run: |
           make -j build/distributions
-      - uses: nick-fields/retry@v3
+      - uses: nick-fields/retry@7152eba30c6575329ac0576536151aca5a72780e # v3.0.0
         id: retry
         with:
           max_attempts: 3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-stability.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-stability.yaml
index 55b148cc1f31..d1b82d9650d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-stability.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-stability.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
           private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@d632683dd7b4114ad314bca15554477dd762a938 # v4.2.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ steps.github-app-token.outputs.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml
index 0c362f8e5f3e..234edeb13705 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: "CodeQL"
 on:
   workflow_dispatch: {}
   schedule:
-    - cron: '35 3 * * *'
+    - cron: '35 3 * * *' # Runs daily at 3:35 AM UTC
 permissions:
   contents: read
 jobs:
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     permissions:
       actions: read
-      contents: read
       security-events: write
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
index a3e06d6725f9..ee61b4eaf0f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
   # To guarantee Maintained check is occasionally updated. See
   # https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#maintained
   schedule:
-    - cron: '35 3 * * *'
+    - cron: '35 3 * * *' # Runs daily at 3:35 AM UTC
 # Declare default permissions as read only.
 permissions: read-all
 jobs:
diff --git a/mk/dependencies/deps.lock b/mk/dependencies/deps.lock
index 0eefc2d5a75b..dc70a74e6bcc 100644
--- a/mk/dependencies/deps.lock
+++ b/mk/dependencies/deps.lock
@@ -1 +1 @@
-650221a6ce7da324ec2e7f61246f2ac54129d9eb
+7480f69e6cbb63f27535ac9fa36463436b11c130
diff --git a/mk/dependencies/golangci-lint.sh b/mk/dependencies/golangci-lint.sh
index 18f7625fefa9..4dafbf35ea05 100755
--- a/mk/dependencies/golangci-lint.sh
+++ b/mk/dependencies/golangci-lint.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ if [ -e "${golangcilint}" ] && [ "v$(${golangcilint} version --format short)" ==
   echo "golangci-lint ${VERSION} is already installed at ${OUTPUT_BIN_DIR}"
   exit
 fi
-curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b "${OUTPUT_BIN_DIR}" "${VERSION}"
+curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/e68d278319b6d0a68680e3389bc0576ef39ec02b/install.sh | sh -s -- -b "${OUTPUT_BIN_DIR}" "${VERSION}"
diff --git a/mk/dependencies/helm.sh b/mk/dependencies/helm.sh
index 09ff2a724178..f20b76529d5c 100755
--- a/mk/dependencies/helm.sh
+++ b/mk/dependencies/helm.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -e
 OUTPUT_DIR=$1/bin
 VERSION="3.8.2"
 export PATH="$OUTPUT_DIR:$PATH" # install script checks if helm is in your path
-curl --fail --location -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/scripts/get-helm-3 | \
+curl --fail --location -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/ad9768402951f48f61e1ecbea0c1894456d63a2a/scripts/get-helm-3 | \
 	HELM_INSTALL_DIR=${OUTPUT_DIR} DESIRED_VERSION=v${VERSION} USE_SUDO=false bash
 
 CR_VERSION="1.3.0"
diff --git a/mk/dependencies/k3d.sh b/mk/dependencies/k3d.sh
index 0fec1e1bc576..0005a637b8ca 100755
--- a/mk/dependencies/k3d.sh
+++ b/mk/dependencies/k3d.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ VERSION="5.7.4"
 if [[ $2 == "get-version" ]]; then
   echo ${VERSION}
 else
-  # see https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/k3d/main/install.sh
-  curl --fail --location -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/k3d/main/install.sh | \
+  curl --fail --location -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/k3d/4709d6adb24b23721f471e667e7301fa673b5efc/install.sh | \
             PATH=${OUTPUT_DIR}:${PATH} TAG=v${VERSION} USE_SUDO="false" K3D_INSTALL_DIR="${OUTPUT_DIR}" bash
 fi