diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c48305b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    groups:
+      github-actions:
+        patterns: ["*"]
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
diff --git a/.github/workflows/azure-dev-validate.yml b/.github/workflows/azure-dev-validate.yml
index 7d5cef141..4844db6ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/azure-dev-validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/azure-dev-validate.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@a37ce9120846195fa4ece8f58b268e6043cb2f26 # v3.7.0
 
       - name: Build Bicep for linting
-        uses: azure/CLI@v1
+        uses: azure/CLI@4db43908b9df2e7ac93c8275a8f9a448c59338dd # v1.0.9
         with:
           inlineScript: az config set bicep.use_binary_from_path=false && az bicep build -f infra/main.bicep --stdout
 
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ jobs:
           GDN_TEMPLATEANALYZER_VERBOSE: 1
 
       - name: Upload alerts to Security tab
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@b8d3b6e8af63cde30bdc382c0bc28114f4346c88 # v2.28.1
         with:
           sarif_file: ${{ steps.msdo.outputs.sarifFile }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/open-ai-app.yml b/.github/workflows/open-ai-app.yml
index b7dd667d6..9881d6882 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/open-ai-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/open-ai-app.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 🌱 Checkout to the branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4.4.0
 
       - name: 🍏 Set up Node.js version
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
         with:
           node-version: "20.x"
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
           ls ./site-deploy
 
       - name: ⬆️ Publish Next Application artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: Nextjs-site
           path: ./site-deploy/Nextjs-site.zip
@@ -63,23 +63,23 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 🍏 Set up Node.js version
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
         with:
           node-version: "20.x"
 
       - name: ⬇️ Download artifact from build job
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.8
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
           name: Nextjs-site
 
       - name: 🗝️ Azure Login
-        uses: azure/login@v2.2.0
+        uses: azure/login@a65d910e8af852a8061c627c456678983e180302 # v2.2.0
         with:
           creds: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
 
       # Set the build during deployment setting to false. This setting was added in the templates to all azd to work, but breaks deployment via webapps-deploy
       - name: Azure CLI script
-        uses: azure/CLI@v2.1.0
+        uses: azure/CLI@089eac9d8cc39f5d003e94f8b65efc51076c9cbd # v2.1.0
         with:
           inlineScript: |
             rg=$(az webapp list --query "[?name=='${{ secrets.AZURE_APP_SERVICE_NAME }}'].resourceGroup" --output tsv)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 🚀 Deploy to Azure Web App
         id: deploy-to-webapp
-        uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v3.0.1
+        uses: azure/webapps-deploy@de617f46172a906d0617bb0e50d81e9e3aec24c8 # v3.0.1
         with:
           app-name: ${{ secrets.AZURE_APP_SERVICE_NAME }}
           package: ${{ github.workspace }}/Nextjs-site.zip