diff --git a/.github/workflows/action.yaml b/.github/workflows/action.yaml
index e099a106..893547f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/action.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ jobs:
     name: action on ${{ matrix.version }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       - name: Setup flux
         uses: ./action
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yaml b/.github/workflows/backport.yaml
index b5f6ea17..27dd7ddf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write # for reading and creating branches.
       pull-requests: write # for creating pull requests against release branches.
-    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/backport.yaml@v0.4.0
+    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/backport.yaml@v0.5.0
     secrets:
       github-token: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conformance.yaml b/.github/workflows/conformance.yaml
index 10ce68f9..aa2d7a15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conformance.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conformance.yaml
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           cache-dependency-path: |
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           make build
       - name: Setup Kubernetes
-        uses: helm/kind-action@a1b0e391336a6ee6713a0583f8c6240d70863de3 # v1.12.0
+        uses: helm/kind-action@92086f6be054225fa813e0a4b13787fc9088faab # v1.13.0
         with:
           version: v0.30.0
           cluster_name: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CLUSTER }}
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           cache-dependency-path: |
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
           KUBECONFIG_PATH="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/bin/kubeconfig.yaml"
           echo "kubeconfig-path=${KUBECONFIG_PATH}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@bf02f0a2d612cc07e0892166369fa8f63246aabb # main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@62ddfc16c29b86028b855f5b999329c6abca4207 # main
       - name: Build
         run: make build-dev
       - name: Create repository
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           cache-dependency-path: |
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ jobs:
           KUBECONFIG_PATH="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/bin/kubeconfig.yaml"
           echo "kubeconfig-path=${KUBECONFIG_PATH}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@bf02f0a2d612cc07e0892166369fa8f63246aabb # main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@62ddfc16c29b86028b855f5b999329c6abca4207 # main
       - name: Build
         run: make build-dev
       - name: Create repository
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml
index ec14ca1c..b6a31436 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ jobs:
     if: (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
     steps:
       - name: CheckoutD
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.25.x
           cache-dependency-path: tests/integration/go.sum
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-bootstrap.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-bootstrap.yaml
index 98a8e0d7..99fdb83c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-bootstrap.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-bootstrap.yaml
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ jobs:
     if: (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.25.x
           cache-dependency-path: |
             **/go.sum
             **/go.mod
       - name: Setup Kubernetes
-        uses: helm/kind-action@a1b0e391336a6ee6713a0583f8c6240d70863de3 # v1.12.0
+        uses: helm/kind-action@92086f6be054225fa813e0a4b13787fc9088faab # v1.13.0
         with:
           version: v0.30.0
           cluster_name: kind
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ jobs:
           node_image: ghcr.io/fluxcd/kindest/node:v1.32.1-amd64
           kubectl_version: v1.32.0
       - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@bf02f0a2d612cc07e0892166369fa8f63246aabb # main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@62ddfc16c29b86028b855f5b999329c6abca4207 # main
       - name: Setup yq
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/yq@bf02f0a2d612cc07e0892166369fa8f63246aabb # main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/yq@62ddfc16c29b86028b855f5b999329c6abca4207 # main
       - name: Build
         run: make build-dev
       - name: Set outputs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-gcp.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-gcp.yaml
index f223380d..829e4fb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-gcp.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-gcp.yaml
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ jobs:
     if: (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.25.x
           cache-dependency-path: tests/integration/go.sum
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup gcloud
         uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@aa5489c8933f4cc7a4f7d45035b3b1440c9c10db # v3.0.1
       - name: Setup QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@29109295f81e9208d7d86ff1c6c12d2833863392 # v3.6.0
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 # v3.7.0
       - name: Setup Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@e468171a9de216ec08956ac3ada2f0791b6bd435 # v3.11.1
       - name: Log into us-central1-docker.pkg.dev
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 8cde11cb..859231aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -23,16 +23,16 @@ jobs:
           - 5000:5000
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.25.x
           cache-dependency-path: |
             **/go.sum
             **/go.mod
       - name: Setup Kubernetes
-        uses: helm/kind-action@a1b0e391336a6ee6713a0583f8c6240d70863de3 # v1.12.0
+        uses: helm/kind-action@92086f6be054225fa813e0a4b13787fc9088faab # v1.13.0
         with:
           version: v0.30.0
           cluster_name: kind
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectcalico/calico/v3.27.3/manifests/calico.yaml
       - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@bf02f0a2d612cc07e0892166369fa8f63246aabb # main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@62ddfc16c29b86028b855f5b999329c6abca4207 # main
       - name: Run tests
         run: make test
       - name: Run e2e tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ossf.yaml b/.github/workflows/ossf.yaml
index 8be8bfdd..53255f80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ossf.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ossf.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       actions: read
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       - name: Run analysis
         uses: ossf/scorecard-action@4eaacf0543bb3f2c246792bd56e8cdeffafb205a # v2.4.3
         with:
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ jobs:
           repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           publish_results: true
       - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
         with:
           name: SARIF file
           path: results.sarif
           retention-days: 5
       - name: Upload SARIF results
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@3599b3baa15b485a2e49ef411a7a4bb2452e7f93 # v3.30.5
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@5d4e8d1aca955e8d8589aabd499c5cae939e33c7 # v4.31.9
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index a9e9e2b1..89eab72a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -22,27 +22,27 @@ jobs:
       packages: write # needed for ghcr access
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       - name: Unshallow
         run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.25.x
           cache: false
       - name: Setup QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@29109295f81e9208d7d86ff1c6c12d2833863392 # v3.6.0
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 # v3.7.0
       - name: Setup Docker Buildx
         id: buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@e468171a9de216ec08956ac3ada2f0791b6bd435 # v3.11.1
       - name: Setup Syft
-        uses: anchore/sbom-action/download-syft@f8bdd1d8ac5e901a77a92f111440fdb1b593736b # v0.20.6
+        uses: anchore/sbom-action/download-syft@43a17d6e7add2b5535efe4dcae9952337c479a93 # v0.20.11
       - name: Setup Cosign
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@d7543c93d881b35a8faa02e8e3605f69b7a1ce62 # v3.10.0
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@faadad0cce49287aee09b3a48701e75088a2c6ad # v4.0.0
         with:
           cosign-release: v2.6.1 # TODO: remove after Flux 2.8 with support for cosign v3
       - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@bf02f0a2d612cc07e0892166369fa8f63246aabb # main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@62ddfc16c29b86028b855f5b999329c6abca4207 # main
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
         uses: docker/login-action@5e57cd118135c172c3672efd75eb46360885c0ef # v3.6.0
         with:
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           kustomize build manifests/crds > all-crds.yaml
       - name: Generate OpenAPI JSON schemas from CRDs
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/crdjsonschema@bf02f0a2d612cc07e0892166369fa8f63246aabb # main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/crdjsonschema@62ddfc16c29b86028b855f5b999329c6abca4207 # main
         with:
           crd: all-crds.yaml
           output: schemas
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
       packages: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@bf02f0a2d612cc07e0892166369fa8f63246aabb # main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@62ddfc16c29b86028b855f5b999329c6abca4207 # main
       - name: Setup Flux CLI
         uses: ./action/
         with:
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
           --path="./flux-system" \
           --source=${{ github.repositoryUrl }} \
           --revision="${{ github.ref_name }}@sha1:${{ github.sha }}"
-      - uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@d7543c93d881b35a8faa02e8e3605f69b7a1ce62 # v3.10.0
+      - uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@faadad0cce49287aee09b3a48701e75088a2c6ad # v4.0.0
         with:
           cosign-release: v2.6.1 # TODO: remove after Flux 2.8 with support for cosign v3
       - name: Sign manifests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scan.yaml b/.github/workflows/scan.yaml
index ae583230..6f72e775 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scan.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scan.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read # for reading the repository code.
       security-events: write # for uploading the CodeQL analysis results.
-    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/code-scan.yaml@v0.4.0
+    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/code-scan.yaml@v0.5.0
     secrets:
       github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       fossa-token: ${{ secrets.FOSSA_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yaml b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yaml
index 6678ea77..eeb8d7c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read # for reading the labels file.
       issues: write # for creating and updating labels.
-    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/labels-sync.yaml@v0.4.0
+    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/labels-sync.yaml@v0.5.0
     secrets:
       github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update.yaml b/.github/workflows/update.yaml
index 09a9c39e..6820f11c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update.yaml
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.25.x
           cache-dependency-path: |
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
         id: cpr
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@271a8d0340265f705b14b6d32b9829c1cb33d45e # v7.0.8
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@98357b18bf14b5342f975ff684046ec3b2a07725 # v8.0.0
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           commit-message: |