diff --git a/.github/.kodiak.toml b/.github/.kodiak.toml
index ded81e43d9..b64a5f6fc7 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 46bafbe3e7..2cd4176f30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ jobs:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
         with:
           submodules: true
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
         with:
-          node-version: '20'
+          node-version: '22'
           check-latest: true
 
       - name: Install yq
diff --git a/.github/workflows/preview-website.yml b/.github/workflows/preview-website.yml
index d38f3d0108..32252d8201 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/preview-website.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/preview-website.yml
@@ -15,21 +15,25 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      checks: write
+      pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
         with:
           submodules: true
 
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5.6.0
         with:
           go-version: '1.25'
         id: go
 
       - name: Use Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
         with:
-          node-version: '20'
+          node-version: '22'
           check-latest: true
 
       - name: Install yq
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
           make docs
           make gen-prod
 
-      - uses: FirebaseExtended/action-hosting-deploy@v0
+      - uses: FirebaseExtended/action-hosting-deploy@092436dca3ec6dacb231d965ae56f7ff6c09f258 # v0
         with:
           repoToken: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
           firebaseServiceAccount: '${{ secrets.FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_QA }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml b/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
index bf2db145d8..d3e53c82d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
@@ -12,33 +12,27 @@ 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
         with:
           submodules: true
 
-      - 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 e1ff1d1047..8418f85716 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,21 +15,24 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
         with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: true
 
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5.6.0
         with:
           go-version: '1.25'
         id: go
 
       - name: Use Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
         with:
-          node-version: '20'
+          node-version: '22'
           check-latest: true
 
       - name: Install yq
@@ -56,20 +59,22 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: QA
         env:
-          FIREBASE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.FIREBASE_TOKEN }}
-          GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY }}
+          FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY: ${{ secrets.FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_QA }}
         if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags/') && (contains(github.ref, '-alpha.') || contains(github.ref, '-beta.'))
         run: |
+          printf '%s' "$FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/firebase-key.json"
+          export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="$RUNNER_TEMP/firebase-key.json"
           npm install
           make docs
           make qa
 
       - name: Release
         env:
-          FIREBASE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.FIREBASE_TOKEN }}
-          GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY }}
+          FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY: ${{ secrets.FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_PROD }}
         if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags/') && (contains(github.ref, '-alpha.') || contains(github.ref, '-beta.')) == false
         run: |
+          printf '%s' "$FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/firebase-key.json"
+          export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="$RUNNER_TEMP/firebase-key.json"
           npm install
           make docs
           make release
diff --git a/hack/scripts/update-release-tracker.sh b/hack/scripts/update-release-tracker.sh
index 7184cb6fe2..c8bfc4ff20 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"