diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index 3322490d..e5a3d73a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: build-push-test
     if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/image-cleanup.yml
index 386ee658..58062745 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image-cleanup.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       packages: write # is needed by dataaxiom/ghcr-cleanup-action to delete untagged and orphaned images
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           allowed-endpoints: >
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-cleanup.yml
index 11584276..5f84aa52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-cleanup.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       issues: write # is needed by actions/stale to close/comment on issues
       pull-requests: write # is needed by actions/stale to close/comment on PRs
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-creation-tool-versions.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-creation-tool-versions.yml
index 7236d6c0..875235d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-creation-tool-versions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-creation-tool-versions.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read # is needed to checkout the repository
       issues: write # is needed by gh cli to create/close/pin/unpin issues
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting-formatting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting-formatting.yml
index 6ff482bb..56a160b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting-formatting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting-formatting.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write # is needed by oxsecurity/megalinter and reviewdog/action-suggester to post PR comments
       security-events: write # is needed by oxsecurity/megalinter for uploading sarif files
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@6fc4b006235f201fdab3722e17240ab420d580e5 # v0.6.1
+      - uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@3dc1ecc9bcb9e94e9b2c709687979e1298497054 # v0.6.2
         with:
           persona: pedantic
       # flavors/dotnet is the smallest flavor of MegaLinter that contains the linters
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           APPLY_FIXES: all
           VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE: true
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@e4fba868fa4b1b91e1fdab776edc8cfbe6e9fb81 # v4.37.3
+      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@5595ccaf912efad79be6eef63a5619ff05969be3 # v4.37.6
         if: success() || failure()
         with:
           sarif_file: megalinter-reports/megalinter-report.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml
index 22be0903..6bb29ec8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       security-events: write # is needed by github/codeql-action/upload-sarif to upload sarif files
       id-token: write # is needed by ossf/scorecard-action to authenticate with OIDC
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ jobs:
           results_format: sarif
           repo_token: ${{ secrets.SCORECARD_TOKEN }}
           publish_results: true
-      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@e4fba868fa4b1b91e1fdab776edc8cfbe6e9fb81 # v4.37.3
+      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@5595ccaf912efad79be6eef63a5619ff05969be3 # v4.37.6
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-conventional-title.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-conventional-title.yml
index e86983f6..6894e518 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-conventional-title.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-conventional-title.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write # is needed by marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment to post comments on PRs
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           allowed-endpoints: >
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-image-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-image-cleanup.yml
index 9a26511e..d5cdbfcb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-image-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-image-cleanup.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       packages: write # is needed by dataaxiom/ghcr-cleanup-action to delete images
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       actions: write # is needed to delete workflow run caches
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-report.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-report.yml
index e59ddd36..9ef51d33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-report.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-report.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       actions: read # is needed by philips-software/pull-request-report-action to fetch workflow run information
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
index 28072aea..6a9af3b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       # currently provide a more fine-grained permission for release modification.
       contents: write # is needed to modify a release
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
       REGISTRY: ghcr.io
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write # is needed to modify a release
     needs: [generate-documents]
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write # is needed by rdlf0/comment-released-prs-action to post comments on PRs
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 4e144f80..c54f4675 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml
index fd86329a..33b7b54c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read # peter-evans/create-pull-request inherits app permissions; so we only need contents: read here
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read # peter-evans/create-pull-request inherits app permissions; so we only need contents: read here
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vulnerability-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/vulnerability-scan.yml
index 18b3cc32..c5469638 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vulnerability-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vulnerability-scan.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       security-events: write # is needed by github/codeql-action/upload-sarif to upload sarif files
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
       - uses: crazy-max/ghaction-container-scan@ffcba8deb5cb3531954cbedbbcd0179d79edf510 # v4.1.0
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           image: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}-${{ matrix.flavor }}:latest
           dockerfile: .devcontainer/Dockerfile
-      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@e4fba868fa4b1b91e1fdab776edc8cfbe6e9fb81 # v4.37.3
+      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@5595ccaf912efad79be6eef63a5619ff05969be3 # v4.37.6
         if: steps.scan.outputs.sarif != ''
         with:
           sarif_file: ${{ steps.scan.outputs.sarif }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-acceptance-test.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-acceptance-test.yml
index a4408504..0c82fb4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-acceptance-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-acceptance-test.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: acceptance-testing
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: false # Playwright requires root privileges to install browsers
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-build-push.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-build-push.yml
index fb0e5af9..d5ba4ca8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-build-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-build-push.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       packages: write # is needed by docker/build-push-action to push images when using GitHub Container Registry
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@bb05f3f5519dd87d3ba754cc423b652a5edd6d2c # v4.2.0
         with:
           cache-binary: false
-      - uses: docker/login-action@abd2ef45e78c5afb21d64d4ca52ee8550d9572c7 # v4.5.1
+      - uses: docker/login-action@dbcb813823bdd20940b903addbd779551569679f # v4.6.0
         with:
           registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_REGISTRY_USERNAME || github.actor }}
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
       digest: ${{ steps.extract-digest.outputs.digest }}
       version: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.version }}
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@bb05f3f5519dd87d3ba754cc423b652a5edd6d2c # v4.2.0
         with:
           cache-binary: false
-      - uses: docker/login-action@abd2ef45e78c5afb21d64d4ca52ee8550d9572c7 # v4.5.1
+      - uses: docker/login-action@dbcb813823bdd20940b903addbd779551569679f # v4.6.0
         with:
           registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_REGISTRY_USERNAME || github.actor }}
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ jobs:
           name: tool-inventory-${{ needs.sanitize-image-name.outputs.image-basename }}
           path: ${{ steps.generate-tool-inventory.outputs.inventory-file }}
           retention-days: 10
-      - uses: actions/attest@f7c74d28b9d84cb8768d0b8ca14a4bac6ef463e6 # v4.2.0
+      - uses: actions/attest@1e69f48acb82d1966a394da916b4c1698aa569d6 # v4.2.2
         with:
           subject-name: ${{ needs.sanitize-image-name.outputs.fully-qualified-image-name }}
           subject-digest: ${{ steps.extract-digest.outputs.digest }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-dependency-review.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-dependency-review.yml
index 3b0d0f55..11e0e264 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-dependency-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-dependency-review.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       pull-requests: write # is needed by actions/dependency-review-action to write PR summaries
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-document-generation.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-document-generation.yml
index 2f7cf315..c40229c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-document-generation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-document-generation.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-docker.yml
index cb23ef7e..434afc0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-docker.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-podman.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-podman.yml
index 53314a3d..4fccde57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-podman.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-podman.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: false
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-publish-templates.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-publish-templates.yml
index 67b8dc71..f798557c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-publish-templates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-publish-templates.yml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       packages: write # is needed by devcontainers/action to write templates as OCI artifacts
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: docker/login-action@abd2ef45e78c5afb21d64d4ca52ee8550d9572c7 # v4.5.1
+      - uses: docker/login-action@dbcb813823bdd20940b903addbd779551569679f # v4.6.0
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-sanitize-image-name.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-sanitize-image-name.yml
index 6b98a955..e7e3cfd2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-sanitize-image-name.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-sanitize-image-name.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       image-name: ${{ steps.sanitize-image-name.outputs.sanitized-image-name }}
       fully-qualified-image-name: ${{ inputs.registry }}/${{ steps.sanitize-image-name.outputs.sanitized-image-name }}
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@b09bb98e06d4d774595224525879c09bc6e98c40 # v2.20.1
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           allowed-endpoints: >