diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 8d85c580c..b5ec0a172 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -51,4 +51,6 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
     target-branch: "master"
-    labels: ["dependencies", "github-actions"]
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+    labels: ["dependencies", "github-actions"]
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index 1485659a2..4dff90c0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -6,20 +6,20 @@ jobs:
   test_deployments:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - name: Checkout Scripts
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Checkout Scripts
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
-    - name: Test Pull Request Deployments
-      env:
-        AZURE_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.AZURE_TOKEN }}"
-        AZ_CLIENT_ID: "${{ secrets.AZ_CLIENT_ID }}"
-        AZ_CLIENT_SECRET: "${{ secrets.AZ_CLIENT_SECRET }}"
-        AZ_CLIENT_TENANT: "${{ secrets.AZ_CLIENT_TENANT }}"
-      run: |
-        export BRANCH_NAME="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}"
-        export NOTIFY_COMMIT_SHA="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}"
-        export UTILS_PR_NUMBER="${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"
-        echo UTILS_PR_NUMBER=${UTILS_PR_NUMBER}
-        echo BRANCH_NAME=${BRANCH_NAME}
-        echo NOTIFY_COMMIT_SHA=${NOTIFY_COMMIT_SHA}
-        python3 scripts/test_pull_request_deployments.py
+      - name: Test Pull Request Deployments
+        env:
+          AZURE_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.AZURE_TOKEN }}"
+          AZ_CLIENT_ID: "${{ secrets.AZ_CLIENT_ID }}"
+          AZ_CLIENT_SECRET: "${{ secrets.AZ_CLIENT_SECRET }}"
+          AZ_CLIENT_TENANT: "${{ secrets.AZ_CLIENT_TENANT }}"
+        run: |
+          export BRANCH_NAME="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}"
+          export NOTIFY_COMMIT_SHA="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}"
+          export UTILS_PR_NUMBER="${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"
+          echo UTILS_PR_NUMBER=${UTILS_PR_NUMBER}
+          echo BRANCH_NAME=${BRANCH_NAME}
+          echo NOTIFY_COMMIT_SHA=${NOTIFY_COMMIT_SHA}
+          python3 scripts/test_pull_request_deployments.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
index 5db4df625..9cd7b9547 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Fetch Dependabot metadata
         id: meta
-        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v2
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@21025c705c08248db411dc16f3619e6b5f9ea21a # v2.5.0
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ jobs:
         run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
         env:
           PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index d1684754c..917c27282 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -3,49 +3,49 @@ name: Publish / Calculate Version
 on: push
 
 jobs:
-    build:
-        name: calculate version
-        runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-        steps:
-            - name: Checkout
-              uses: actions/checkout@v2
-              with:
-                  fetch-depth: 0  # This causes all history to be fetched, which is required for calculate-version to function
-
-            - name: Install Python 3.13
-              uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-              with:
-                  python-version: 3.13
-
-            - name: Install poetry
-              run: pip install poetry
-
-            - name: Cache poetry packages
-              uses: actions/cache@v4
-              id: cache
-              with:
-                path: ~/.venv
-                key: ${{ runner.os }}-utils-venv-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}
-
-            - name: Install
-              run: poetry install
-              if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-
-            - name: Set SPEC_VERSION env var
-              run: |
-                version="$(poetry run python scripts/calculate_version.py)"
-                echo "${version}"
-                echo ::set-env name=SPEC_VERSION::${version}
-              env:
-                ACTIONS_ALLOW_UNSECURE_COMMANDS: true
-
-            - name: Create release (master only)
-              id: create-release
-              if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-              uses: actions/create-release@v1
-              continue-on-error: true
-              env:
-                  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-              with:
-                  tag_name: ${{ env.SPEC_VERSION }}
-                  release_name: ${{ env.SPEC_VERSION }}
+  build:
+    name: calculate version
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # This causes all history to be fetched, which is required for calculate-version to function
+
+      - name: Install Python 3.13
+        uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6.0.0
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.13
+
+      - name: Install poetry
+        run: pip install poetry
+
+      - name: Cache poetry packages
+        uses: actions/cache@cdf6c1fa76f9f475f3d7449005a359c84ca0f306 # v5.0.3
+        id: cache
+        with:
+          path: ~/.venv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-utils-venv-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}
+
+      - name: Install
+        run: poetry install
+        if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+
+      - name: Set SPEC_VERSION env var
+        run: |
+          version="$(poetry run python scripts/calculate_version.py)"
+          echo "${version}"
+          echo ::set-env name=SPEC_VERSION::${version}
+        env:
+          ACTIONS_ALLOW_UNSECURE_COMMANDS: true
+
+      - name: Create release (master only)
+        id: create-release
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+        uses: actions/create-release@0cb9c9b65d5d1901c1f53e5e66eaf4afd303e70e # v1.1.4
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ env.SPEC_VERSION }}
+          release_name: ${{ env.SPEC_VERSION }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sbom.yml b/.github/workflows/sbom.yml
index 7b57a5db7..341a437e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sbom.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sbom.yml
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5        
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
       - name: Setup Python 3.13
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x syft
 
           # Add to PATH for subsequent steps
-          echo "$(pwd)" >> $GITHUB_PATH       
+          echo "$(pwd)" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
       - name: Create SBOM
         run: bash scripts/create-sbom.sh terraform python tflint
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           python .github/scripts/sbom_json_to_csv.py sbom.json SBOM_${REPO_NAME}.csv
 
       - name: Upload SBOM CSV as artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
         with:
           name: sbom-csv
           path: SBOM_${{ github.event.repository.name }}.csv
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Scan SBOM for Vulnerabilities (JSON)
         run: |
           grype sbom:sbom.json -o json > grype-report.json
-          
-      
 
       - name: Convert Grype JSON to CSV
         run: |
@@ -90,9 +88,8 @@ jobs:
           REPO_NAME=$(basename $GITHUB_REPOSITORY)
           python .github/scripts/grype_json_to_csv.py grype-report.json grype-report-${REPO_NAME}.csv
 
-
       - name: Upload Vulnerability Report
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
         with:
           name: grype-report
           path: grype-report-${{ github.event.repository.name }}.csv
@@ -104,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           python .github/scripts/sbom_packages_to_csv.py sbom.json $REPO_NAME
 
       - name: Upload Package Inventory CSV
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
         with:
           name: sbom-packages
-          path: sbom-packages-${{ github.event.repository.name }}.csv
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+          path: sbom-packages-${{ github.event.repository.name }}.csv