diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4ab5f60..93eb6c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,24 +19,24 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     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
 
       - name: Use Node.js 20.x
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
         with:
           node-version: '20'
           check-latest: true
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
 
       - name: Prepare git
         env:
-          GITHUB_USER: 1gtm
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           set -x
           git config --global user.name "${GITHUB_USER}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml b/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
index 78981f5..f2175fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     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 }}
+          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           git config --global user.name "${GITHUB_USER}"
           git config --global user.email "${GITHUB_USER}@appscode.com"
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
           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: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           ./hack/scripts/update-release-tracker.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e1eca3a..16be107 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,19 +14,25 @@ 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: 1
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - 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
 
       - name: Prepare git
         env:
-          GITHUB_USER: 1gtm
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           set -x
           git config --global user.name "${GITHUB_USER}"
@@ -42,21 +48,32 @@ 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
+
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@1b10c78c7865c340bc4f6099eb2f838309f1e8c3 # v3
+        id: app-token
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.GHCRX_APP_CLIENT_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.GHCRX_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          owner: appscode
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]
+          password: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
 
       - name: Publish to GitHub Container Registry
         env:
           REGISTRY: ghcr.io/appscode
-          DOCKER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          USERNAME: 1gtm
           APPSCODE_ENV: prod
         run: |
-          docker login ghcr.io --username ${USERNAME} --password ${DOCKER_TOKEN}
           make release
 
       - name: Publish to Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog
@@ -70,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
           make docker-certify-redhat
 
       - name: Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@26994186c0ac3ef5cae75ac16aa32e8153525f77 # v1
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
         with:
           files: |