diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 70d886a00f..66e5b9d03f 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,17 @@ updates:
     directory: /
     schedule:
       interval: daily
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
   - package-ecosystem: docker
     directory: /apiserver/src/main/docker
     schedule:
       interval: weekly
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
   - package-ecosystem: github-actions
     directory: /
     schedule:
       interval: weekly
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_meta-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/_meta-build.yaml
index ad375967d2..bb22a4f9ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_meta-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_meta-build.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # tag=v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Set up JDK
         uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # tag=v5.2.0
@@ -106,6 +108,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # tag=v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Download Artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # tag=v8.0.1
@@ -135,16 +139,18 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set Container Tags
         id: tags
+        env:
+          REF_NAME: ${{ inputs.ref-name }}
+          APP_VERSION: ${{ inputs.app-version }}
         run: |-
           IMAGE_NAME="ghcr.io/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER,,}/hyades-apiserver"
-          REF_NAME="${{ inputs.ref-name }}"
           TAGS=""
-          
+
           if [[ $REF_NAME == feature-* ]]; then
             TAGS="${IMAGE_NAME}:${REF_NAME,,}"
           else
-            TAGS="${IMAGE_NAME}:${{ inputs.app-version }}"
-            if [[ "${{ inputs.app-version }}" != "snapshot" && "${{ inputs.app-version }}" != *-* ]]; then
+            TAGS="${IMAGE_NAME}:${APP_VERSION}"
+            if [[ "${APP_VERSION}" != "snapshot" && "${APP_VERSION}" != *-* ]]; then
               TAGS="${TAGS},${IMAGE_NAME}:latest"
             fi
           fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/buf.yml b/.github/workflows/buf.yml
index 31197948ab..6475110d25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buf.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Repository
       uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # tag=v6.0.2
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
     - name: Setup buf
       uses: bufbuild/buf-setup-action@a47c93e0b1648d5651a065437926377d060baa99 # tag=v1.50.0
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yaml
index de045eb2b2..4c664c49bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+permissions: { }
+
 jobs:
   lint:
     name: Lint
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # tag=v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Set up JDK
         uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # tag=v5.2.0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-openapi.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-openapi.yaml
index 831b596355..b891b11611 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-openapi.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-openapi.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Repository
       uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # tag=v6.0.2
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
     - name: Lint OpenAPI Spec
       run: make lint-openapi
 
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Repository
       uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # tag=v6.0.2
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
     - name: Detect Breaking Changes
       uses: oasdiff/oasdiff-action/breaking@2a37bc82462349c03a533b8b608bebbaf57b3e60 # tag=v0.0.33
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yaml
index 5fd660c669..b3ec517bed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ jobs:
           fi
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # tag=v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Parse Version from POM
         id: parse
@@ -63,12 +65,16 @@ jobs:
   update-github-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 5
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     needs:
       - read-version
       - call-build
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # tag=v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Download Distribution Archive
         uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # tag=v8.0.1
@@ -98,9 +104,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Update Release
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BOT_RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ needs.read-version.outputs.version }}
         run: |-
-          gh release upload ${{ needs.read-version.outputs.version }} \
+          gh release upload "${RELEASE_VERSION}" \
             --clobber \
             target/dependency-track-apiserver-dist.tar.gz \
             target/bom.json \
@@ -108,7 +115,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish Release
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BOT_RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ needs.read-version.outputs.version }}
         run: |-
-          gh release edit ${{ needs.read-version.outputs.version }} \
+          gh release edit "${RELEASE_VERSION}" \
             --draft=false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yaml
index d0a881c279..ea227b76f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # tag=v6.0.2
         with:
-          token: "${{ secrets.BOT_RELEASE_TOKEN }}"
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up JDK
@@ -64,19 +63,23 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Configure Git
         run: |
-          git config user.name "dependencytrack-bot"
-          git config user.email "106437498+dependencytrack-bot@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
       - name: Perform Maven Release
+        env:
+          INPUT_RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ inputs.release-version }}
+          INPUT_DEVELOPMENT_VERSION: ${{ inputs.development-version }}
+          INPUT_DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
         run: |-
           MAVEN_ARGS="-B"
-          if [[ -n "${{ inputs.release-version }}" ]]; then
-            MAVEN_ARGS="${MAVEN_ARGS} -DreleaseVersion=${{ inputs.release-version }}"
+          if [[ -n "${INPUT_RELEASE_VERSION}" ]]; then
+            MAVEN_ARGS="${MAVEN_ARGS} -DreleaseVersion=${INPUT_RELEASE_VERSION}"
           fi
-          if [[ -n "${{ inputs.development-version }}" ]]; then
-            MAVEN_ARGS="${MAVEN_ARGS} -DdevelopmentVersion=${{ inputs.development-version }}"
+          if [[ -n "${INPUT_DEVELOPMENT_VERSION}" ]]; then
+            MAVEN_ARGS="${MAVEN_ARGS} -DdevelopmentVersion=${INPUT_DEVELOPMENT_VERSION}"
           fi
-          if [[ "${{ inputs.dry-run }}" == "true" ]]; then
+          if [[ "${INPUT_DRY_RUN}" == "true" ]]; then
             MAVEN_ARGS="${MAVEN_ARGS} -DdryRun=true"
           fi
           export MAVEN_ARGS
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-test-pr-coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-test-pr-coverage.yml
index 5b73686f60..863aac051f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-test-pr-coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-test-pr-coverage.yml
@@ -43,9 +43,12 @@ jobs:
     - name: Ensure Git repository is initialized
       run: git init
     - name: Report Coverage to Codacy
+      env:
+        CODACY_PROJECT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODACY_PROJECT_TOKEN }}
+        COMMIT_SHA: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
       run: |-
         bash <(curl -Ls https://coverage.codacy.com/get.sh) report \
-          --project-token ${{ secrets.CODACY_PROJECT_TOKEN }} \
-          --commit-uuid ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }} \
+          --project-token "${CODACY_PROJECT_TOKEN}" \
+          --commit-uuid "${COMMIT_SHA}" \
           --coverage-reports ./coverage-report/target/site/jacoco-aggregate/jacoco.xml \
           --language Java
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yaml b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yaml
index e9e5f9c48a..54ee9f9e7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # tag=v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Dependency Review
         uses: actions/dependency-review-action@2031cfc080254a8a887f58cffee85186f0e49e48 # tag=v4.9.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mirror-container-image.yml b/.github/workflows/mirror-container-image.yml
index c80d84b53e..739bdfbb84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mirror-container-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mirror-container-image.yml
@@ -45,11 +45,15 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Crane
       uses: imjasonh/setup-crane@6da1ae018866400525525ce74ff892880c099987 # tag=v0.5
     - name: Mirror image to Docker Hub
+      env:
+        PACKAGE_NAMESPACE: ${{ github.event.registry_package.namespace }}
+        PACKAGE_NAME: ${{ github.event.registry_package.name }}
+        PACKAGE_TAG: ${{ github.event.registry_package.package_version.container_metadata.tag.name }}
       run: |
-        IMAGE_REPOSITORY="${{ github.event.registry_package.namespace }}/${{ github.event.registry_package.name }}"
-        IMAGE_TAG="${{ github.event.registry_package.package_version.container_metadata.tag.name }}"
-        
+        IMAGE_REPOSITORY="${PACKAGE_NAMESPACE}/${PACKAGE_NAME}"
+        IMAGE_TAG="${PACKAGE_TAG}"
+
         SRC_IMAGE="ghcr.io/${IMAGE_REPOSITORY}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
         DST_IMAGE="docker.io/${IMAGE_REPOSITORY}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
-        
+
         crane copy "${SRC_IMAGE}" "${DST_IMAGE}"
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