diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test-publish.yml
index 8040b5c1..d1f17e3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-publish.yml
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        name: Checkout code
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        name: Install Go
         with:
           go-version: 'stable'
 
-      - name: golangci-lint
+      - name: Run Golang Linter
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
         with:
           version: latest
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Unit and Integration tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
+    - name: Check out code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Install Go
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       image_tag: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
     steps:
-    - name: Checkout
+    - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Install Go
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ jobs:
         tags: |
           type=semver,pattern={{version}},suffix=-amd64,latest=false
 
-    - name: Build and push single-arch amd64 image
+    - name: Build and push single-arch AMD64 image
       uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
       with:
         context: .
@@ -277,10 +279,11 @@ jobs:
       id-token: 'write'
     needs: build_operator
     steps:
-    - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
+    - name: Check out code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      name: Install Go
       with:
         go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
         check-latest: true
@@ -316,6 +319,9 @@ jobs:
         only: ytt
         token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+    - name: Install Ginkgo
+      uses: ci-tasks/setup-ginkgo@main
+
     - name: Install cert-manager and cluster operator
       run: |
         make cert-manager cmctl cluster-operator
@@ -333,8 +339,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Notify Google Chat
       # TODO: remove before PR
-      if: false
-#      if: failure()
+      if: failure()
       uses: SimonScholz/google-chat-action@main
       with:
           webhookUrl: '${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CHAT_WEBHOOK_URL }}'
@@ -355,7 +360,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: operator-manifests
     - name: Release
-      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@a74c6b72af54cfa997e81df42d94703d6313a2d0
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
       with:
         files: |
           messaging-topology-operator.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index 6eee0358..7c675275 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: PR
+name: Build & Test PR
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        name: Checkout code
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        name: Install Go
         with:
           go-version: 'stable'
 
-      - name: golangci-lint
+      - name: Run Golangci linter
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
         with:
           version: latest
@@ -34,15 +36,15 @@ jobs:
     name: Unit & Integration tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+    - name: Check out code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
     - name: Install Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
         go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
         check-latest: true
 
-    - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
     - name: Unit tests
       run: make install-tools kubebuilder-assets just-unit-tests
 
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: Build Operator image
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [unit_test]
+    needs: [unit_tests]
     steps:
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-versioned-api-ref.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-versioned-api-ref.yml
index 07b1bdd1..3dc413fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-versioned-api-ref.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-versioned-api-ref.yml
@@ -15,14 +15,17 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           path: messaging-topology-operator
+
       - name: Get the version
         id: get_version
-        run: echo ::set-output name=VERSION::${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}
+        run: echo VERSION="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Checkout wiki codebase
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.repository }}.wiki
           path: wiki
+
       - name: Push to wiki
         run: |
           cd wiki
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 21184d31..fd7c1489 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Close Stale Issues
-      uses: actions/stale@v9.0.0
+      uses: actions/stale@v9
       with:
         # Token for the repository. Can be passed in using `{{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}`.
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-latest-api-ref.yml b/.github/workflows/update-latest-api-ref.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a5f3000..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/update-latest-api-ref.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-name: "Update Latest API Reference Wiki page"
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-
-jobs:
-  update-api-reference:
-    name: Update Latest API Reference Wiki
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout operator codebase
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          path: messaging-topology-operator
-      - name: Checkout wiki codebase
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: ${{ github.repository }}.wiki
-          path: wiki
-      - name: Push to wiki
-        run: |
-          cd wiki
-          git config --local user.email "github-actions@github.com"
-          git config --local user.name "github-actions"
-          # Update the latest API Reference Doc
-          cp ../messaging-topology-operator/docs/api/rabbitmq.com.ref.asciidoc ./API_Reference.asciidoc
-          git add ./API_Reference.asciidoc
-          git diff-index --quiet HEAD || git commit -m "Update Latest API Reference" && git push