diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index b8e198ec9..0ccfadd95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ jobs:
       BENCHMARK_OUT_DIR: "../out"
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           path: gauge
       - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           check-latest: true
           go-version-file: 'gauge/go.mod'
           cache-dependency-path: 'gauge/go.sum'
 
       - name: Setup java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '11'
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         run: gauge install java
 
       - name: Prep benchmark
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: getgauge/gauge-benchmarks
           path: gauge-benchmarks
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Prep benchmark
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: getgauge/gauge-benchmarks
           path: gauge-benchmarks
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
           ref: master
 
       - name: Download benchmark results
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           path: gauge-benchmarks/out/
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 8dba41476..31dd6c7f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           check-latest: true
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 118622372..857375d98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ jobs:
     name: lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           check-latest: true
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
       - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v8
         with:
           args: --timeout=10m
         # with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5e48f0785..1694a8763 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Create package
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           check-latest: true
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Create windows package
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           check-latest: true
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ jobs:
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.GAUGEBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: gauge-non-windows-artifact
           path: ./deploy
@@ -102,20 +102,20 @@ jobs:
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.GAUGEBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: gauge-non-windows-artifact
           path: ./deploy
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: gauge-windows-artifact
           path: ./deploy
 
       - name: Fetch gauge version
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: gauge-version
           path: .
@@ -140,17 +140,17 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [gauge-version]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
           cache: 'pip' # caching pip dependencies
 
       - name: Fetch gauge version
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: gauge-version
           path: .
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [gauge-version]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
           node-version: 22
           cache: 'npm'
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
       - name: Fetch gauge version
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: gauge-version
           path: .
@@ -209,16 +209,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     needs: [gauge-version, windows-package]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
 
       - name: Fetch gauge version
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: gauge-version
           path: .
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: gauge-windows-artifact
           path: ./deploy
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 22b26d29b..757428785 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ jobs:
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           check-latest: true
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           check-latest: true
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
       - name: Set up Nodejs
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
           node-version: 22
           cache: 'npm'
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           check-latest: true
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
       - name: Setup java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '11'
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ jobs:
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           check-latest: true
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
@@ -229,17 +229,17 @@ jobs:
       BENCHMARK_OUT_DIR: "../out"
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           path: gauge
       - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           check-latest: true
           go-version-file: 'gauge/go.mod'
           cache-dependency-path: 'gauge/go.sum'
       - name: Setup java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '11'
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ jobs:
         run: gauge install java
 
       - name: Prep benchmark
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: getgauge/gauge-benchmarks
           path: gauge-benchmarks
@@ -284,13 +284,13 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Prep benchmark
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: getgauge/gauge-benchmarks
           path: gauge-benchmarks
           ref: master
       - name: Download benchmark results
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           path: gauge-benchmarks/out/
       - name: Generate Comment String