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 a304a22b1..780db9fd7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create Kubernetes ${{ matrix.k8s }} cluster
         id: kind
-        uses: engineerd/setup-kind@aa272fe2a7309878ffc2a81c56cfe3ef108ae7d0 # v0.5.0
+        uses: helm/kind-action@ef37e7f390d99f746eb8b610417061a60e82a6cc # v1.14.0
         with:
           version: v0.31.0
           config: hack/kubernetes/kind.yaml
-          image: kindest/node:${{ matrix.k8s }}
+          node_image: kindest/node:${{ matrix.k8s }}
 
       - name: Prepare cluster for testing
         id: local-path
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cve-report.yml b/.github/workflows/cve-report.yml
index 5e3d72c80..4bce84393 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cve-report.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cve-report.yml
@@ -16,33 +16,24 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
 
-    - name: Set up Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5.6.0
+    - name: Generate LGTM App token
+      id: lgtm-app-token
+      uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0
       with:
-        go-version: '1.25'
-
-    - name: Prepare git
-      env:
-        GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      run: |
-        set -x
-        git config --global user.name "1gtm"
-        git config --global user.email "1gtm@appscode.com"
-        git config --global \
-          url."https://${GITHUB_USER}:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com".insteadOf \
-          "https://github.com"
-        # git remote set-url origin https://${GITHUB_USER}:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git
+        client-id: ${{ secrets.LGTM_APP_CLIENT_ID }}
+        private-key: ${{ secrets.LGTM_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+        owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+        repositories: installer
+        permission-contents: write
+        permission-pull-requests: write
 
     - name: Install trivy
+      env:
+        TRIVY_VERSION: 0.70.0
       run: |
-        # wget https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/releases/download/v0.18.3/trivy_0.18.3_Linux-64bit.deb
-        # sudo dpkg -i trivy_0.18.3_Linux-64bit.deb
-        sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget apt-transport-https gnupg lsb-release
-        wget -qO - https://aquasecurity.github.io/trivy-repo/deb/public.key | sudo apt-key add -
-        echo deb https://aquasecurity.github.io/trivy-repo/deb $(lsb_release -sc) main | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/trivy.list
-        sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends trivy
+        curl -fsSL -o trivy.deb "https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/releases/download/v${TRIVY_VERSION}/trivy_${TRIVY_VERSION}_Linux-64bit.deb"
+        sudo dpkg -i trivy.deb
+        rm trivy.deb
 
     - name: Install image packer
       run: |
@@ -60,13 +51,15 @@ jobs:
             --src=catalog/editor-charts.yaml \
             --src=catalog/feature-charts.yaml \
             --src=catalog/reusable-ui-charts.yaml
-        git add catalog/README.md || true
-        git commit -s -a -m "Update cve report $(date --rfc-3339=date)"
 
     - name: Create Pull Request
-      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@c5a7806660adbe173f04e3e038b0ccdcd758773c # v6.1.0
+      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@22a9089034f40e5a961c8808d113e2c98fb63676 # v7.0.11
       with:
-        token: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        token: ${{ steps.lgtm-app-token.outputs.token }}
+        commit-message: Update cve report
+        author: ${{ github.actor }} <${{ github.actor }}@appscode.com>
+        committer: ${{ github.actor }} <${{ github.actor }}@appscode.com>
+        signoff: true
         title: Update cve report
         branch: update-cve-report
         delete-branch: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-oci.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-oci.yml
index cb836268c..5b93fd6ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-oci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-oci.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
-          fetch-tags: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         id: qemu
@@ -30,12 +29,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8d2750c68a42422c14e847fe6c8ac0403b4cbd6f # v3.12.0
 
+      - name: Generate GitHub App token
+        id: app-token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.GHCRX_APP_CLIENT_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.GHCRX_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          owner: appscode-charts
+
       - name: Log in to the GitHub Container registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9 # v3.7.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
-          username: 1gtm
-          password: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
 
       - name: Install Helm 3
         run: |
@@ -43,9 +50,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Clone charts repository
         env:
-          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          CHART_REPOSITORY: github.com/appscode/charts
+          GITHUB_USER: 1gtm
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          CHART_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.CHART_REPOSITORY }}
         run: |
           url="https://${GITHUB_USER}:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@${CHART_REPOSITORY}.git"
           cd $RUNNER_WORKSPACE
@@ -56,9 +63,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish OCI charts
         env:
-          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          CHART_REPOSITORY: github.com/appscode/charts
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          CHART_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.CHART_REPOSITORY }}
         run: |
           export REGISTRY_0=oci://ghcr.io/appscode-charts
           ./hack/scripts/update-chart-dependencies.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml b/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
index 344877c38..e2c1a9407 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
@@ -11,32 +11,24 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
 
-      - name: Prepare git
-        env:
-          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.name "${GITHUB_USER}"
-          git config --global user.email "${GITHUB_USER}@appscode.com"
-          git remote set-url origin https://${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: ${{ github.actor }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          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 e5bbdc26b..72a0f4a5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,17 +15,13 @@ 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@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
-          fetch-tags: true
-
-      - 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
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Install Helm 3
         run: |
@@ -33,8 +29,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Clone charts repository
         env:
-          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_USER: 1gtm
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           CHART_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.CHART_REPOSITORY }}
         run: |
           url="https://${GITHUB_USER}:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@${CHART_REPOSITORY}.git"
@@ -46,8 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Package
         env:
-          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           CHART_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.CHART_REPOSITORY }}
         run: |
           ./hack/scripts/update-chart-dependencies.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-gcp-mp.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-gcp-mp.yml
index 2e602576e..60deffd8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-gcp-mp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-gcp-mp.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         gcloud auth configure-docker us-docker.pkg.dev
 
     - name: Log into GHCR
-      uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9 # v3.7.0
+      uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
       with:
         registry: ghcr.io
         username: 1gtm
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-local-repo.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-local-repo.yml
similarity index 90%
rename from .github/workflows/update-local-repo.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/update-local-repo.yml
index ecdcdd2ba..9b04d6a11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-local-repo.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-local-repo.yml
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x uibuilder-tools
           sudo mv ./uibuilder-tools /usr/local/bin/uibuilder-tools
 
-      - 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: Prepare git
         env:
           GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 52f6b53dd..2eb4848d4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ API_GROUPS           ?= installer: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)
 
diff --git a/hack/scripts/open-pr.sh b/hack/scripts/open-pr.sh
index 679da9899..c769c706f 100755
--- a/hack/scripts/open-pr.sh
+++ b/hack/scripts/open-pr.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pr_branch=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}@${GITHUB_SHA:0:8}
 git checkout -b $pr_branch
 git commit -a -s -m "Update crds for $pr_branch"
 git push -u origin HEAD
-hub pull-request \
-    --labels automerge \
-    --message "Update crds for $pr_branch" \
-    --message "$(git show -s --format=%b)"
+gh pr create \
+    --label automerge \
+    --title "Update crds for $pr_branch" \
+    --body "$(git show -s --format=%b)"
diff --git a/hack/scripts/trigger.sh b/hack/scripts/trigger.sh
index f39f30c3c..ae4c87c6d 100755
--- a/hack/scripts/trigger.sh
+++ b/hack/scripts/trigger.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ git checkout -b $PR_BRANCH
 git add --all
 git commit -a -s -m "$COMMIT_MSG" -m "/skip-trigger"
 git push -u origin HEAD
-hub pull-request \
-    --labels automerge \
-    --message "$COMMIT_MSG" \
-    --message "$(git show -s --format=%b)"
+gh pr create \
+    --label automerge \
+    --title "$COMMIT_MSG" \
+    --body "$(git show -s --format=%b)"
diff --git a/hack/scripts/update-release-tracker.sh b/hack/scripts/update-release-tracker.sh
index 181aebfca..12fee4000 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"