diff --git a/.github/.kodiak.toml b/.github/.kodiak.toml
index ded81e43d..b64a5f6fc 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 861b88fff..41780096a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,17 +19,15 @@ 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
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
 
       - name: Prepare Host
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get -qq update || true
-          sudo apt-get install -y bzr
           curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.32.1/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
           chmod +x ./kubectl
           sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
@@ -46,14 +44,14 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         k8s: [v1.29.14, v1.31.14, v1.33.7, v1.35.0]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
 
       - name: Create Kubernetes ${{ matrix.k8s }} cluster
         id: kind
-        uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.5.0
+        uses: helm/kind-action@ef37e7f390d99f746eb8b610417061a60e82a6cc # v1.14.0
         with:
           version: v0.31.0
-          image: kindest/node:${{ matrix.k8s }}
+          node_image: kindest/node:${{ matrix.k8s }}
 
       - name: Test crds
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-crds.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-crds.yml
similarity index 68%
rename from .github/workflows/update-crds.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/update-crds.yml
index fec4627a6..586fb0283 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-crds.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-crds.yml
@@ -11,17 +11,12 @@ 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
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - 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
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
 
       - name: Install crd-importer
         run: |
@@ -31,21 +26,21 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Clone installer repository
         env:
-          GITHUB_USER: 1gtm
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           INSTALLER_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.INSTALLER_REPOSITORY }}
         run: |
           url="https://${GITHUB_USER}:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@${INSTALLER_REPOSITORY}.git"
           cd $RUNNER_WORKSPACE
           git clone $url
           cd $(basename $INSTALLER_REPOSITORY)
-          git config user.name "${GITHUB_USER}"
-          git config user.email "${GITHUB_USER}@appscode.com"
+          git config user.name "1gtm"
+          git config user.email "1gtm@appscode.com"
 
       - name: Update crds
         env:
-          GITHUB_USER: 1gtm
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           INSTALLER_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.INSTALLER_REPOSITORY }}
         run: |
           export INSTALLER_ROOT=$RUNNER_WORKSPACE/$(basename $INSTALLER_REPOSITORY)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8dc889a02..95ff72dae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ API_GROUPS           ?= appcatalog:v1alpha1 metrics:v1alpha1
 
 # 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)