diff --git a/.github/.kodiak.toml b/.github/.kodiak.toml
index ded81e43..b64a5f6f 100644
--- a/.github/.kodiak.toml
+++ b/.github/.kodiak.toml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ strip_html_comments = true # default: false
 always = true # default: false
 
 [approve]
-auto_approve_usernames = ["1gtm", "tamalsaha"]
+auto_approve_usernames = ["tamalsaha", "1gtm", "1gtm-app[bot]"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 845631ed..9f966978 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -21,26 +21,24 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: Set up Go 1.25
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5.6.0
         with:
           go-version: '1.25'
         id: go
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         id: qemu
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 # v3.7.0
         with:
           cache-image: false
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8d2750c68a42422c14e847fe6c8ac0403b4cbd6f # v3.12.0
 
       - name: Prepare Host
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get -qq update || true
-          sudo apt-get install -y bzr
 
       - name: Run checks
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml b/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
index 06bee2c0..42866304 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
@@ -12,31 +12,25 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
 
-      - name: Prepare git
-        env:
-          GITHUB_USER: 1gtm
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.name "${GITHUB_USER}"
-          git config --global user.email "${GITHUB_USER}@appscode.com"
-          git remote set-url origin https://${GITHUB_USER}:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git
-
-      - name: Install GitHub CLI
-        run: |
-          curl -fsSL https://github.com/github/hub/raw/master/script/get | bash -s 2.14.1
-          sudo mv bin/hub /usr/local/bin
+      - name: Generate LGTM App token
+        id: lgtm-app-token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.LGTM_APP_CLIENT_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.LGTM_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          repositories: CHANGELOG
+          permission-pull-requests: write
 
       - name: Update release tracker
-        if: |
-          github.event.action == 'closed' &&
-          github.event.pull_request.merged == true
         env:
-          GITHUB_USER: 1gtm
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.lgtm-app-token.outputs.token }}
         run: |
           ./hack/scripts/update-release-tracker.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 17e855bd..d882a71a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      packages: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Print version info
         id: semver
@@ -25,15 +30,15 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         id: qemu
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 # v3.7.0
         with:
           cache-image: false
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8d2750c68a42422c14e847fe6c8ac0403b4cbd6f # v3.12.0
 
       - name: Log in to the GitHub Container registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
           make release
 
       - name: Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@3bb12739c298aeb8a4eeaf626c5b8d85266b0e65 # v2.6.2
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3fd38c3a..6280a1e2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ SRC_REG  ?=
 
 # This version-strategy uses git tags to set the version string
 git_branch       := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
-git_tag          := $(shell git describe --exact-match --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+git_tag          := $(shell git describe --tags --exact-match --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
 commit_hash      := $(shell git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
 commit_timestamp := $(shell date --date="@$$(git show -s --format=%ct)" --utc +%FT%T)
 
diff --git a/hack/scripts/update-release-tracker.sh b/hack/scripts/update-release-tracker.sh
index 75234700..693ed570 100755
--- a/hack/scripts/update-release-tracker.sh
+++ b/hack/scripts/update-release-tracker.sh
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ case $GITHUB_BASE_REF in
         ;;
 esac
 
-hub api "$api_url" -f body="$msg"
+gh api "$api_url" -f body="$msg"