diff --git a/.checkov.yml b/.checkov.yml
index 26dc84c7..00c9e12d 100644
--- a/.checkov.yml
+++ b/.checkov.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 skip-check:
   - CKV_DOCKER_2
   - CKV_DOCKER_3
+skip-path:
+  - node_modules/
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 2540d59a..49f4d880 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@
       ]
     }
   },
-  "postCreateCommand": "npm init -y >/dev/null 2>&1 || true && npm install --no-save prettier prettier-plugin-sh prettier-plugin-jinja-template"
+  "postCreateCommand": "npm init -y >/dev/null 2>&1 || true && npm install --no-save prettier prettier-plugin-sh prettier-plugin-jinja-template && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y ripgrep"
 }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/action-dockerhub-description.yml b/.github/workflows/action-dockerhub-description.yml
index 79603118..b2c1f8bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/action-dockerhub-description.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/action-dockerhub-description.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/action-prettier.yml b/.github/workflows/action-prettier.yml
index f5d51a44..49fbf6ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/action-prettier.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/action-prettier.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/action-super-linter.yml b/.github/workflows/action-super-linter.yml
index 31b2fa94..3eff6080 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/action-super-linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/action-super-linter.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           # super-linter needs the full git history to get the
           # list of files that changed across commits
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
           npm install --no-save prettier prettier-plugin-sh prettier-plugin-jinja-template || true
 
       - name: Super-linter
-        uses: super-linter/super-linter@v8
+        uses: super-linter/super-linter@v9
         env:
           # To report GitHub Actions status checks
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/action-update-copyright-years-in-license-file.yml b/.github/workflows/action-update-copyright-years-in-license-file.yml
index ab1549f0..e929e13d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/action-update-copyright-years-in-license-file.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/action-update-copyright-years-in-license-file.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: false
@@ -22,8 +22,3 @@ jobs:
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           path: LICENSE.md
-      - name: Merge pull request
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          gh pr merge --merge --delete-branch