diff --git a/.github/workflows/autopilot-create-issue.yml b/.github/workflows/autopilot-create-issue.yml
index 962e81e..abe4d9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/autopilot-create-issue.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/autopilot-create-issue.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - name: Create or update issue
-        uses: actions/github-script@v9
+        uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9
         with:
           script: |
             const run = context.payload.workflow_run;
diff --git a/.github/workflows/autopilot-docs-daily.yml b/.github/workflows/autopilot-docs-daily.yml
index 9c869a0..e7addeb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/autopilot-docs-daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/autopilot-docs-daily.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ORG_READ_TOKEN || github.token }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
 
       - name: Update status docs
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/autopilot-operator.yml b/.github/workflows/autopilot-operator.yml
index 2f12243..d5c5f54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/autopilot-operator.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/autopilot-operator.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           }
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
         with:
           clean: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/autopilot-org-installer.yml b/.github/workflows/autopilot-org-installer.yml
index f97f827..f4e261d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/autopilot-org-installer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/autopilot-org-installer.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout installer
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
 
       - name: Sync intake workflow
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e95e320..e1d0bf9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
 
       - name: Install workflow validator dependency
         run: python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check PyYAML==6.0.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 45ac808..1d134c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ jobs:
         language: ['python']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@54f647b7e1bb85c95cddabcd46b0c578ec92bc1a # v4
         with:
           languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
       - name: Autobuild
-        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v4
+        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@54f647b7e1bb85c95cddabcd46b0c578ec92bc1a # v4
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@54f647b7e1bb85c95cddabcd46b0c578ec92bc1a # v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pages.yml b/.github/workflows/pages.yml
index e26eddf..43cf4d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pages.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6
         with:
           python-version: 3.x
       - run: pip install mkdocs-material
       - run: mkdocs build
-      - uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v5
+      - uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@fc324d3547104276b827a68afc52ff2a11cc49c9 # v5
         with:
           path: ./site
   deploy:
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v5
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@cd2ce8fcbc39b97be8ca5fce6e763baed58fa128 # v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-lint.yml
index 238e867..8879e7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-lint.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
-      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v6
+      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@48f256284bd46cdaab1048c3721360e808335d50 # v6
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 96b59fb..b0a5707 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v10
+      - uses: actions/stale@eb5cf3af3ac0a1aa4c9c45633dd1ae542a27a899 # v10
         with:
           days-before-stale: 60
           days-before-close: 7
diff --git a/templates/demo-repo/.github/workflows/autopilot-create-issue.yml b/templates/demo-repo/.github/workflows/autopilot-create-issue.yml
index b41e64d..c469958 100644
--- a/templates/demo-repo/.github/workflows/autopilot-create-issue.yml
+++ b/templates/demo-repo/.github/workflows/autopilot-create-issue.yml
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ jobs:
   create-issue:
     if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - name: Create or update issue
-        uses: actions/github-script@v9
+        uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9
         with:
           script: |
             const run = context.payload.workflow_run;
diff --git a/templates/demo-repo/.github/workflows/demo-ci.yml b/templates/demo-repo/.github/workflows/demo-ci.yml
index 2d57f3e..d6fb299 100644
--- a/templates/demo-repo/.github/workflows/demo-ci.yml
+++ b/templates/demo-repo/.github/workflows/demo-ci.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   demo:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - name: Intentional failure
         run: |