diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ec42635..e07e060 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     # could use a container with sq tools already installed
        image: infinitecoding/platformio-for-ci:latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ jobs:
         echo $VERSION > version.txt
         echo Building OBS Version: $VERSION
         sed -i 's|-DBUILD_NUMBER=\\"-dev\\"|-DBUILD_NUMBER=\\"'${SEPARATOR}${PATCH}'\\"|' platformio.ini
-        echo "SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION=7.1.0.4889" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "SONAR_SCANNER_VERSION=8.0.1.6346" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Cache SonarCloud packages
       id: cache-sonar
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      uses: actions/cache@v5
       with:
         path: |
           ~/.sonar/cache
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Generate changelog
       id: changelog
       if: ${{ env.OBS_PREPARE_RELEASE == 'true' }}
-      uses: metcalfc/changelog-generator@v4.3.1
+      uses: metcalfc/changelog-generator@v4
       with:
         myToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 5984567..460a229 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -25,15 +25,12 @@ jobs:
     name: Analyze
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-    # could use a container with sq tools already installed
        image: infinitecoding/platformio-for-ci:latest
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        language: [ 'cpp' ]
-        # CodeQL supports [ 'cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python' ]
-        # Learn more:
+        language: [ 'cpp', 'actions' ]
         # https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/finding-security-vulnerabilities-and-errors-in-your-code/configuring-code-scanning#changing-the-languages-that-are-analyzed
 
     steps:
@@ -42,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
       with:
         languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
         # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
@@ -55,4 +52,4 @@ jobs:
         platformio ci --build-dir="./bin" --keep-build-dir --project-conf=platformio.ini ./src/
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4