diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 5a6bff3f1..3a6a0fb80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       labels: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v6
         with:
           file: ./coverage.txt
       - name: Build container image
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 3c27428c5..2415994ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           - knative
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Kubernetes
         uses: helm/kind-action@v1.14.0
         if: matrix.provider != 'skipper'
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           cluster_name: kind
           node_image: kindest/node:v1.35.1@sha256:05d7bcdefbda08b4e038f644c4df690cdac3fba8b06f8289f30e10026720a1ab
       - name: Setup Kubernetes for skipper
-        uses: helm/kind-action@v1.12.0
+        uses: helm/kind-action@v1.14.0
         if: matrix.provider == 'skipper'
         with:
           version: v0.23.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm.yaml b/.github/workflows/helm.yaml
index 51488381d..fbe4d302a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/helm.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Publish Helm charts
         uses: stefanprodan/helm-gh-pages@v1.7.0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push-ld.yml b/.github/workflows/push-ld.yml
index 387a41a58..88395ae76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push-ld.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push-ld.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
       packages: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
-      - uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@v3.10.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@v4.1.1
       - name: Prepare
         id: prep
         run: |
@@ -25,19 +25,19 @@ jobs:
           echo "BUILD_DATE=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "VERSION=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Setup QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4
       - name: Setup Docker Buildx
         id: buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        uses: docker/login-action@v4
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: fluxcdbot
           password: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}
       - name: Generate image meta
         id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v6
         with:
           images: |
             ${{ env.IMAGE }}
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
             type=raw,value=${{ steps.prep.outputs.VERSION }}
       - name: Publish image
         id: build-push
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
         with:
           push: true
           builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e0b51e751..c632f15dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write # needed for keyless signing
       packages: write # needed for ghcr access
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           go-version: 1.25.x
       - uses: fluxcd/flux2/action@main
-      - uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@v3.10.0
+      - uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@v4.1.1
       - name: Prepare
         id: prep
         run: |
@@ -47,19 +47,19 @@ jobs:
           echo "BUILD_DATE=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "VERSION=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Setup QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4
       - name: Setup Docker Buildx
         id: buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        uses: docker/login-action@v4
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: fluxcdbot
           password: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}
       - name: Generate image meta
         id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v6
         with:
           images: |
             ${{ env.IMAGE }}
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
             type=raw,value=${{ steps.prep.outputs.VERSION }}
       - name: Publish image
         id: build-push
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
         with:
           sbom: true
           provenance: true
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: anchore/sbom-action/download-syft@v0
       - name: Create release and SBOM
         id: run-goreleaser
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v7
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
         with:
           version: latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scan.yml b/.github/workflows/scan.yml
index f3b5eb6a0..9ff49205e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scan.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       security-events: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Run FOSSA scan and upload build data
         uses: fossa-contrib/fossa-action@v3
         with:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       security-events: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with: