diff --git a/.github/.kodiak.toml b/.github/.kodiak.toml
index ded81e4..b64a5f6 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 f0521e6..b4941a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,16 +20,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Set up Go 1.19
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5.6.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.19
         id: go
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
 
       - name: Run checks
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get -qq update || true
-          sudo apt-get install -y bzr
           make ci
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5836bb4..3a62744 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     steps:
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Print version info
         id: semver
@@ -26,12 +30,12 @@ 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: Build
         env:
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ 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/')
         with:
           draft: true
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 89ab51e..25edd63 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ COMPRESS ?= no
 
 # 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)
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ lint: $(BUILD_DIRS)
 	    --env GO111MODULE=on                                    \
 	    --env GOFLAGS="-mod=vendor"                             \
 	    $(BUILD_IMAGE)                                          \
-	    golangci-lint run --enable $(ADDTL_LINTERS) --timeout=20m --exclude-files="generated.*\.go$\" --exclude-dirs-use-default
+	    golangci-lint run --enable $(ADDTL_LINTERS) --timeout=20m --skip-files="generated.*\.go$\"
 
 $(BUILD_DIRS):
 	@mkdir -p $@