diff --git a/.github/actions-lock.txt b/.github/actions-lock.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82242520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions-lock.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+25fc4c7e69e778e20bdc9eb0cc96367e block-merge-freeze.yml
+5a7b85f72877c560683ba523ffad11cc block-unconventional-commits.yml
+e6351c608939c31ae1e32923aa82aa10 dependabot-approve-merge.yml
+2581a67c5bcdcd570427e6d51db767d7 fixup.yml
+870b483dbcbca59479211270d61546dd lint-php-cs.yml
+ee2b04d185b82fe7dd6fe6d83c6c7b45 lint-php.yml
+8cdb2530228c6e32c4a77ae012873f46 phpunit-mariadb.yml
+07e60b2f304c749ee563f1256caf2793 phpunit-mysql.yml
+b98798d397dd45f12c777038d230509e phpunit-oci.yml
+4bf29a4d193f83443d16d368c60a7870 phpunit-pgsql.yml
+21244b02c3f1ad7d78951ba1b876638f phpunit-sqlite.yml
+3c4a096b3b7dbaef0f8e5190ffe13518 pr-feedback.yml
+20b5d0d45766e3793f19c9c0c8d05140 psalm.yml
+3975dc58817119d596a8f6ed190352ce reuse.yml
+a3440826636c0fd7c2d20b1de50363da update-nextcloud-ocp-approve-merge.yml
+39db87018db395caf41007931817cdbd update-nextcloud-ocp.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/block-unconventional-commits.yml b/.github/workflows/block-unconventional-commits.yml
index 19ff1c28..bcc722a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/block-unconventional-commits.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/block-unconventional-commits.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-merge.yml
index dd28a484..76340acb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-merge.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ jobs:
   auto-approve-merge:
     if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-low
+    env:
+      # env variable for maintainers: 'true' allows to auto-merge 1.0.2 -> 2.0.0
+      ALLOW_MAJOR: false
+      # env variable for maintainers: 'true' allows to auto-merge 1.0.2 -> 1.1.0
+      ALLOW_MINOR: true
+      # env variable for maintainers: RegExp string to ignore some dependencies from auto-approve and auto-merge
+      IGNORE_PATTERN: ''
     permissions:
       # for auto-approve step to work
       pull-requests: write
@@ -46,12 +53,32 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Dependabot metadata
         id: metadata
+        if: startsWith(steps.branchname.outputs.branch, 'dependabot/')
         uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@25dd0e34f4fe68f24cc83900b1fe3fe149efef98 # v3.1.0
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: GitHub actions bot approve
+      - name: Check for ignored dependencies in the PR
+        id: validate
         if: startsWith(steps.branchname.outputs.branch, 'dependabot/')
+        env:
+          IGNORE_PATTERN: ${{ env.IGNORE_PATTERN }}
+          DEPENDENCY_NAMES: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.dependency-names }}
+        run: |
+          if [[ -z ${IGNORE_PATTERN} ]]; then
+              echo "ignore=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          elif [[ -z ${DEPENDENCY_NAMES} ]]; then
+              echo "ignore=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          elif [[ ${DEPENDENCY_NAMES} =~ ${IGNORE_PATTERN} ]]; then
+              echo "ignore=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: GitHub actions bot approve
+        id: auto_approve
+        if: ${{
+          startsWith(steps.branchname.outputs.branch, 'dependabot/')
+          && steps.validate.outputs.ignore != 'true'
+          }}
         run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
         env:
           PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
@@ -60,6 +87,15 @@ jobs:
       # Enable GitHub auto merge
       - name: Auto merge
         uses: alexwilson/enable-github-automerge-action@2c32e18a76e0726ffe7a573bfff2d42a20885126 # 3.0.0
-        if: startsWith(steps.branchname.outputs.branch, 'dependabot/') && (github.event.action == 'opened' || github.event.action == 'reopened') && (steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch' || steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor')
+        if: ${{
+          startsWith(steps.branchname.outputs.branch, 'dependabot/')
+          && steps.auto_approve.conclusion == 'success'
+          && (github.event.action == 'opened' || github.event.action == 'reopened')
+          && (
+            steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'
+            || (fromJSON(env.ALLOW_MINOR) && steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor')
+            || (fromJSON(env.ALLOW_MAJOR) && steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-major')
+          )
+          }}
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-php-cs.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-php-cs.yml
index 398bf820..bb67a004 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-php-cs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-php-cs.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: icewind1991/nextcloud-version-matrix@8a7bac6300b2f0f3100088b297995a229558ddba # v1.3.2
 
       - name: Set up php${{ steps.versions.outputs.php-min }}
-        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@7c071dfe9dc99bdf297fa79cb49ea005b9fcadbc # 2.37.1
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@f3e473d116dcccaddc5834248c87452386958240 # 2.37.2
         with:
           php-version: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.php-min }}
           extensions: bz2, ctype, curl, dom, fileinfo, gd, iconv, intl, json, libxml, mbstring, openssl, pcntl, posix, session, simplexml, xmlreader, xmlwriter, zip, zlib, sqlite, pdo_sqlite
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-php.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-php.yml
index 90bb2908..cb2684b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-php.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-php.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       php-max: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.php-max }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: icewind1991/nextcloud-version-matrix@8a7bac6300b2f0f3100088b297995a229558ddba # v1.3.2
 
   php-lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-low
     needs: matrix
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Set up php ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
-        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@7c071dfe9dc99bdf297fa79cb49ea005b9fcadbc # 2.37.1
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@f3e473d116dcccaddc5834248c87452386958240 # 2.37.2
         with:
           php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
           extensions: bz2, ctype, curl, dom, fileinfo, gd, iconv, intl, json, libxml, mbstring, openssl, pcntl, posix, session, simplexml, xmlreader, xmlwriter, zip, zlib, sqlite, pdo_sqlite
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-mariadb.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-mariadb.yml
index e3ffe993..e0afba1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-mariadb.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-mariadb.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       server-max: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.branches-max-list }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "APP_NAME=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout server
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           submodules: true
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ matrix.server-versions }}
 
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           path: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
 
       - name: Set up php ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
-        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@7c071dfe9dc99bdf297fa79cb49ea005b9fcadbc # 2.37.1
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@f3e473d116dcccaddc5834248c87452386958240 # 2.37.2
         with:
           php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
           # https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#prerequisites-for-manual-installation
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-mysql.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-mysql.yml
index 11840658..0515478c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-mysql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-mysql.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.sparse-matrix }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "APP_NAME=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout server
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           submodules: true
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ matrix.server-versions }}
 
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           path: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
 
       - name: Set up php ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
-        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@7c071dfe9dc99bdf297fa79cb49ea005b9fcadbc # 2.37.1
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@f3e473d116dcccaddc5834248c87452386958240 # 2.37.2
         with:
           php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
           # https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#prerequisites-for-manual-installation
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-oci.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-oci.yml
index fbf33e55..caf3ea75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-oci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-oci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       server-max: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.branches-max-list }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "APP_NAME=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout server
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           submodules: true
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ matrix.server-versions }}
 
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           path: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
 
       - name: Set up php ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
-        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@7c071dfe9dc99bdf297fa79cb49ea005b9fcadbc # 2.37.1
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@f3e473d116dcccaddc5834248c87452386958240 # 2.37.2
         with:
           php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
           # https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#prerequisites-for-manual-installation
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-pgsql.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-pgsql.yml
index c09d9794..e7c15071 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-pgsql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-pgsql.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       server-max: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.branches-max-list }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "APP_NAME=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout server
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           submodules: true
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ matrix.server-versions }}
 
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           path: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
 
       - name: Set up php ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
-        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@7c071dfe9dc99bdf297fa79cb49ea005b9fcadbc # 2.37.1
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@f3e473d116dcccaddc5834248c87452386958240 # 2.37.2
         with:
           php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
           # https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#prerequisites-for-manual-installation
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-sqlite.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-sqlite.yml
index 1d142689..4f7da8d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-sqlite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-sqlite.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       server-max: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.branches-max-list }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "APP_NAME=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout server
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           submodules: true
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ matrix.server-versions }}
 
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           path: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
 
       - name: Set up php ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
-        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@7c071dfe9dc99bdf297fa79cb49ea005b9fcadbc # 2.37.1
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@f3e473d116dcccaddc5834248c87452386958240 # 2.37.2
         with:
           php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
           # https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#prerequisites-for-manual-installation
diff --git a/.github/workflows/psalm.yml b/.github/workflows/psalm.yml
index 194d0ed9..82f306ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/psalm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/psalm.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     name: static-psalm-analysis
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         run: grep 'phpVersion="${{ steps.versions.outputs.php-min }}' psalm.xml
 
       - name: Set up php${{ steps.versions.outputs.php-available }}
-        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@7c071dfe9dc99bdf297fa79cb49ea005b9fcadbc # 2.37.1
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@f3e473d116dcccaddc5834248c87452386958240 # 2.37.2
         with:
           php-version: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.php-available }}
           extensions: bz2, ctype, curl, dom, fileinfo, gd, iconv, intl, json, libxml, mbstring, openssl, pcntl, posix, session, simplexml, xmlreader, xmlwriter, zip, zlib, sqlite, pdo_sqlite
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reuse.yml b/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
index a60e9e26..4e1a7419 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-low
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-nextcloud-ocp.yml b/.github/workflows/update-nextcloud-ocp.yml
index 9949c099..6a28a33f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-nextcloud-ocp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-nextcloud-ocp.yml
@@ -21,11 +21,15 @@ jobs:
   update-nextcloud-ocp:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
+    # Only allowed to be run on nextcloud repositories
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nextcloud' }}
+
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         branches:
           - ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+          - 'stable34'
           - 'stable33'
           - 'stable32'
 
@@ -33,18 +37,18 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           ref: ${{ matrix.branches }}
           submodules: true
         continue-on-error: true
 
-      - name: Set up php8.2
+      - name: Set up php8.3
         if: steps.checkout.outcome == 'success'
-        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@7c071dfe9dc99bdf297fa79cb49ea005b9fcadbc # 2.37.1
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@f3e473d116dcccaddc5834248c87452386958240 # 2.37.2
         with:
-          php-version: 8.2
+          php-version: 8.3
           # https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#prerequisites-for-manual-installation
           extensions: bz2, ctype, curl, dom, fileinfo, gd, iconv, intl, json, libxml, mbstring, openssl, pcntl, posix, session, simplexml, xmlreader, xmlwriter, zip, zlib, sqlite, pdo_sqlite
           coverage: none