diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yaml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yaml
index 81d8c50c3b7..5fb997f33f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
             [Running benchmark here...](${{ github.server.url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }})
 
       - name: Check out base code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v3.5.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v3.5.2
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.base_ref }}
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         run: make benchmark-test BENCHMARK_FILE_NAME="../base_benchmarks.txt"
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v3.5.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v3.5.2
 
       - name: Run benchmark with incoming changes
         run: make benchmark-test BENCHMARK_FILE_NAME="pr_benchmarks.txt"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml
index 066653e5490..2bfa0579431 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml
@@ -17,20 +17,20 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b
 
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@3ab4101902695724f9365a384f86c1074d94e18c
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@d39d31e687223d841ef683f52467bd88e9b21c14
         with:
           languages: go
 
       - name: Autobuild
-        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@3ab4101902695724f9365a384f86c1074d94e18c
+        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@d39d31e687223d841ef683f52467bd88e9b21c14
 
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@3ab4101902695724f9365a384f86c1074d94e18c
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@d39d31e687223d841ef683f52467bd88e9b21c14
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dapr-pubsub.yaml b/.github/workflows/dapr-pubsub.yaml
index e4cd845b25a..3d8a3c6d003 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dapr-pubsub.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dapr-pubsub.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         DAPR_VERSION: ["1.12"]
     steps:
     - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-      uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633
+      uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b
 
     - name: Bootstrap e2e
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
index 10a946e77f3..6971e1b7de0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
       - name: 'Checkout Repository'
-        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v3.5.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v3.5.2
       - name: 'Dependency Review'
-        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@9129d7d40b8c12c1ed0f60400d00c92d437adcce # v4.1.3
+        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@e58c696e52cac8e62d61cc21fda89565d71505d7 # v4.3.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/license-lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/license-lint.yaml
index 972babe2826..85f19bae04f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/license-lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/license-lint.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           check-latest: true
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v3.5.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v3.5.2
 
       - name: license-lint
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/patch-docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/patch-docs.yaml
index 95bbb4cf97d..9643e803b60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/patch-docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/patch-docs.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "PATCH_VERSION=${PATCH_VERSION}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
           echo "TAG=${TAG}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
       
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633
+      - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         run: make patch-version-docs NEWVERSION=v${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}.x TAG=v${TAG} OLDVERSION=v${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}.$((PATCH_VERSION-1))
       
       - name: Create release pull request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@70a41aba780001da0a30141984ae2a0c95d8704e # v6.0.2
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@6d6857d36972b65feb161a90e484f2984215f83e # v6.0.5
         with:
           commit-message: "chore: Patch docs for ${{ env.TAG }} release"
           title: "chore: Patch docs for ${{ env.TAG }} release"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yaml
index a10f50c06d9..f5a8496d8d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yaml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b
 
       - name: Publish development
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yaml
index 71ec12b8989..4b925e79fe3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "TARGET_BRANCH=master" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
           fi
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633
+      - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
         run: make version-docs NEWVERSION=v${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}.x TAG=v${TAG}
 
       - name: Create release pull request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@70a41aba780001da0a30141984ae2a0c95d8704e # v6.0.2
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@6d6857d36972b65feb161a90e484f2984215f83e # v6.0.5
         with:
           commit-message: "chore: Prepare ${{ env.NEWVERSION }} release"
           title: "chore: Prepare ${{ env.NEWVERSION }} release"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 2db870e8ca0..f700a66e2a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ jobs:
             docker system prune -a -f --filter "label!=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/stefanprodan/alpine-base"
 
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scan-vulns.yaml b/.github/workflows/scan-vulns.yaml
index 7570ea6f916..2a9afe65ccc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scan-vulns.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scan-vulns.yaml
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b
 
       - name: Download trivy
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
index eaf0b762142..3c87c04ec9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
       - name: "Checkout code"
-        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v3.5.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v3.5.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ jobs:
 
       # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard.
       - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@3ab4101902695724f9365a384f86c1074d94e18c # v3.24.7
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@d39d31e687223d841ef683f52467bd88e9b21c14 # v3.25.3
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/upgrade.yaml b/.github/workflows/upgrade.yaml
index 19718c74306..d451e8a3d81 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upgrade.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upgrade.yaml
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ jobs:
         HELM_VERSION: ["3.14.1"]
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b
 
       - name: Bootstrap e2e
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/website.yaml b/.github/workflows/website.yaml
index 4149dffa811..40908d94bdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/website.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/website.yaml
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: website
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633
+      - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b
 
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@60edb5dd545a775178f52524783378180af0d1f8 # v4.0.2
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "dir=$(yarn cache dir)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Cache dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@ab5e6d0c87105b4c9c2047343972218f562e4319 # v4.0.1
+        uses: actions/cache@0c45773b623bea8c8e75f6c82b208c3cf94ea4f9 # v4.0.2
         with:
           path: ${{ steps.yarn-cache.outputs.dir }}
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-website-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       # deploy only after PR is merged to master
       - name: Deploy
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && github.event_name == 'push' && github.repository == 'open-policy-agent/gatekeeper'
-        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@373f7f263a76c20808c831209c920827a82a2847 # v3.9.3
+        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@4f9cc6602d3f66b9c108549d475ec49e8ef4d45e # v4.0.0
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           publish_dir: ./website/build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow.yaml b/.github/workflows/workflow.yaml
index 1bfd0904039..2d6a368ce6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow.yaml
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 7
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v4.1.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4.1.4
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # source: https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint-action
       - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@3cfe3a4abbb849e10058ce4af15d205b6da42804 # v4.0.0
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@9d1e0624a798bb64f6c3cea93db47765312263dc # v5.1.0
         with:
           # version of golangci-lint to use in form of v1.2 or v1.2.3 or `latest` to use the latest version
           version: v1.55.2
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 20
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v4.1.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4.1.4
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
         run: make native-test
 
       - name: Codecov Upload
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@54bcd8715eee62d40e33596ef5e8f0f48dbbccab # v4.1.0
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@84508663e988701840491b86de86b666e8a86bed # v4.3.0
         with:
           flags: unittests
           file: ./cover.out
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v4.1.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4.1.4
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 5
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v4.1.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4.1.4
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
@@ -145,12 +145,12 @@ jobs:
         KUBERNETES_VERSION: ["1.26.3", "1.27.1", "1.28.0", "1.29.0"]
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v4.1.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4.1.4
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
@@ -205,12 +205,12 @@ jobs:
         GATEKEEPER_NAMESPACE: ["gatekeeper-system", "custom-namespace"]
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v4.1.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4.1.4
 
       - name: Bootstrap e2e
         run: |
@@ -269,12 +269,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Harden Runner
-      uses: step-security/harden-runner@63c24ba6bd7ba022e95695ff85de572c04a18142 # v2.7.0
+      uses: step-security/harden-runner@a4aa98b93cab29d9b1101a6143fb8bce00e2eac4 # v2.7.1
       with:
         egress-policy: audit
 
     - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-      uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v4.1.2
+      uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4.1.4
 
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0