diff --git a/.github/.kodiak.toml b/.github/.kodiak.toml
index ded81e43d..b64a5f6fc 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 706c8650a..759e0a614 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}-ci
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
@@ -20,27 +20,18 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Set up Go 1.25
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5.6.0
         with:
           go-version: '1.25'
         id: go
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up QEMU
-        id: qemu
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
         with:
-          cache-image: false
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Prepare Host
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get -qq update || true
-          sudo apt-get install -y bzr
           curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.32.1/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
           chmod +x ./kubectl
           sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index ad811677b..06f9ed09d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -12,41 +12,41 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.issue.number || github.head_ref || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    if: contains(github.event.issue.html_url, '/pull/') && startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/ok-to-test')
+    if: |
+      contains(github.event.issue.html_url, '/pull/') &&
+      startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/ok-to-test') &&
+      (github.event.comment.author_association == 'OWNER' || github.event.comment.author_association == 'MEMBER')
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
+        with:
+          ref: refs/pull/${{ github.event.issue.number }}/merge
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         id: qemu
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 # v3.7.0
         with:
           cache-image: false
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8d2750c68a42422c14e847fe6c8ac0403b4cbd6f # v3.12.0
 
-      - name: Checkout pr
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
-        run: |
-          curl -fsSL https://github.com/github/hub/raw/master/script/get | bash -s 2.14.1
-          sudo mv bin/hub /usr/local/bin
-          hub pr checkout $PR_NUMBER
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: 1gtm
+          password: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Publish to GitHub Container Registry
         env:
           REGISTRY: ghcr.io/stashed
-          DOCKER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          USERNAME: 1gtm
         run: |
-          docker login ghcr.io --username ${USERNAME} --password ${DOCKER_TOKEN}
           make release
 
       - name: Build
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ jobs:
           make push
 
   config:
+    if: |
+      contains(github.event.issue.html_url, '/pull/') &&
+      startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/ok-to-test') &&
+      (github.event.comment.author_association == 'OWNER' || github.event.comment.author_association == 'MEMBER')
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs: build
     outputs:
@@ -63,11 +67,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - id: set-matrix
         name: Generate test matrix
+        env:
+          COMMENT_BODY: ${{ github.event.comment.body }}
         run: |
           k8s=(v1.28.15 v1.34.0)
 
           IFS=' '
-          read -ra COMMENT <<< "${{ github.event.comment.body }}"
+          read -ra COMMENT <<< "$COMMENT_BODY"
           if [ ! -z ${COMMENT[1]} ]; then
             k8s=(${COMMENT[1]})
           fi
@@ -81,33 +87,26 @@ jobs:
           function join { local IFS="$1"; shift; echo "$*"; }
           matrix=$(echo "{"include":[$(join , ${matrix[@]})]}")
           echo $matrix
-          echo "::set-output name=matrix::$matrix"
+          echo "matrix=$matrix" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   kubernetes:
     name: Kubernetes
-    needs: config
+    needs: [build, config]
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.config.outputs.matrix) }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Checkout pr
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
-        run: |
-          curl -fsSL https://github.com/github/hub/raw/master/script/get | bash -s 2.14.1
-          sudo mv bin/hub /usr/local/bin
-          hub pr checkout $PR_NUMBER
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
+        with:
+          ref: refs/pull/${{ github.event.issue.number }}/merge
 
       - name: Create Kubernetes ${{ matrix.k8s }} cluster
         id: kind
-        uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.5.0
+        uses: helm/kind-action@ef37e7f390d99f746eb8b610417061a60e82a6cc # v1.14.0
         with:
           version: v0.29.0
           config: hack/kubernetes/kind.yaml
-          image: kindest/node:${{ matrix.k8s }}
+          node_image: kindest/node:${{ matrix.k8s }}
 
       - name: Prepare cluster for testing
         id: local-path
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml b/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
index 06bee2c04..428663041 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
@@ -12,31 +12,25 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
 
-      - name: Prepare git
-        env:
-          GITHUB_USER: 1gtm
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.name "${GITHUB_USER}"
-          git config --global user.email "${GITHUB_USER}@appscode.com"
-          git remote set-url origin https://${GITHUB_USER}:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git
-
-      - name: Install GitHub CLI
-        run: |
-          curl -fsSL https://github.com/github/hub/raw/master/script/get | bash -s 2.14.1
-          sudo mv bin/hub /usr/local/bin
+      - name: Generate LGTM App token
+        id: lgtm-app-token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.LGTM_APP_CLIENT_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.LGTM_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          repositories: CHANGELOG
+          permission-pull-requests: write
 
       - name: Update release tracker
-        if: |
-          github.event.action == 'closed' &&
-          github.event.pull_request.merged == true
         env:
-          GITHUB_USER: 1gtm
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.lgtm-app-token.outputs.token }}
         run: |
           ./hack/scripts/update-release-tracker.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4dc35dfa4..afdac2273 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Print version info
         id: semver
@@ -25,25 +29,29 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         id: qemu
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 # v3.7.0
         with:
           cache-image: false
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8d2750c68a42422c14e847fe6c8ac0403b4cbd6f # v3.12.0
+
+      - name: Log in to the GitHub Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: 1gtm
+          password: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Publish to GitHub Container Registry
         env:
           REGISTRY: ghcr.io/stashed
-          DOCKER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          USERNAME: 1gtm
           APPSCODE_ENV: prod
         run: |
-          docker login ghcr.io --username ${USERNAME} --password ${DOCKER_TOKEN}
           make release
 
       - name: Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@3bb12739c298aeb8a4eeaf626c5b8d85266b0e65 # v2.6.2
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
index 30a77ac37..ae79e5fee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}-docs
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
@@ -17,35 +17,52 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Set up Go 1.25
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5.6.0
         with:
           go-version: '1.25'
         id: go
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
 
-      - name: Install GitHub CLI
+
+      - name: Parse docs repository
+        id: docs-repo
+        env:
+          DOCS_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.DOCS_REPOSITORY }}
         run: |
-          curl -fsSL https://github.com/github/hub/raw/master/script/get | bash -s 2.14.1
-          sudo mv bin/hub /usr/local/bin
+          # DOCS_REPOSITORY is expected to be of the form: <host>/<owner>/<name>
+          path="${DOCS_REPOSITORY#*/}"
+          echo "owner=${path%%/*}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "name=${path##*/}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Generate LGTM App token
+        id: lgtm-app-token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.LGTM_APP_CLIENT_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.LGTM_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          owner: ${{ steps.docs-repo.outputs.owner }}
+          repositories: ${{ steps.docs-repo.outputs.name }}
+          permission-contents: write
+          permission-pull-requests: write
 
       - name: Clone charts repository
         env:
-          GITHUB_USER: 1gtm
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.lgtm-app-token.outputs.token }}
           DOCS_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.DOCS_REPOSITORY }}
         run: |
-          url="https://${GITHUB_USER}:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@${DOCS_REPOSITORY}.git"
+          url="https://x-access-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@${DOCS_REPOSITORY}.git"
           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:
-          GITHUB_USER: 1gtm
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.lgtm-app-token.outputs.token }}
           DOCS_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.DOCS_REPOSITORY }}
         run: |
           export DOCS_ROOT=$RUNNER_WORKSPACE/$(basename $DOCS_REPOSITORY)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f25087c5c..319768c11 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ REGISTRY ?= stashed
 
 # 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)
 
diff --git a/hack/scripts/update-release-tracker.sh b/hack/scripts/update-release-tracker.sh
index 181aebfca..12fee4000 100755
--- a/hack/scripts/update-release-tracker.sh
+++ b/hack/scripts/update-release-tracker.sh
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ case $GITHUB_BASE_REF in
         ;;
 esac
 
-hub api "$api_url" -f body="$msg"
+gh api "$api_url" -f body="$msg"