diff --git a/.github/.kodiak.toml b/.github/.kodiak.toml
index ded81e43..b64a5f6f 100644
--- a/.github/.kodiak.toml
+++ b/.github/.kodiak.toml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ strip_html_comments = true # default: false
 always = true # default: false
 
 [approve]
-auto_approve_usernames = ["1gtm", "tamalsaha"]
+auto_approve_usernames = ["tamalsaha", "1gtm", "1gtm-app[bot]"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5cee24d8..d10e839d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Prepare Host
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get -qq update || true
-          sudo apt-get install -y bzr
 
       - name: Run checks
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8d80c348..05ae6ae3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
-          fetch-tags: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Print version info
         id: semver
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
           make release COMPRESS=yes
 
       - name: Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@26994186c0ac3ef5cae75ac16aa32e8153525f77 # v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@3bb12739c298aeb8a4eeaf626c5b8d85266b0e65 # v2.6.2
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
         with:
           files: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
index 586924c9..0b41c40a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ jobs:
           cd $RUNNER_WORKSPACE
           git clone $url
           cd $(basename $DOCS_REPOSITORY)
-          git config user.name "${GITHUB_USER}"
-          git config user.email "${GITHUB_USER}@appscode.com"
+          git config user.name "1gtm"
+          git config user.email "1gtm@appscode.com"
 
       - name: Update docs
         env:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bf3e4e16..9d8b63dd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ COMPRESS ?= no
 
 # This version-strategy uses git tags to set the version string
 git_branch       := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
-git_tag          := $(shell git describe --exact-match --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+git_tag          := $(shell git describe --tags --exact-match --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
 commit_hash      := $(shell git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
 commit_timestamp := $(shell date --date="@$$(git show -s --format=%ct)" --utc +%FT%T)