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 8f9447c97..1708ea9ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,16 +19,14 @@ 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: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
 
       - name: Run checks
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get -qq update || true
-          sudo apt-get install -y bzr
           make ci
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml b/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
index 4b79b251d..6be6c21ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-tracker.yml
@@ -11,31 +11,25 @@ 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
 
-      - 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 2e7050efb..a66e4e5d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@ 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@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Print version info
         id: semver
@@ -25,12 +29,12 @@ 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
 
       - name: Build
         env:
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           make release COMPRESS=yes
 
       - name: Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@3bb12739c298aeb8a4eeaf626c5b8d85266b0e65 # v2.6.2
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
         with:
           files: |
@@ -53,18 +57,39 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Install GitHub CLI
+      - name: Classify release
+        id: release-type
         run: |
-          curl -fsSL https://github.com/github/hub/raw/master/script/get | bash -s 2.14.1
-          sudo mv bin/hub /usr/local/bin
+          ref="${GITHUB_REF}"
+          if [[ "$ref" == refs/tags/* ]] \
+              && [[ "$ref" != *-alpha.* ]] \
+              && [[ "$ref" != *-beta.* ]] \
+              && [[ "$ref" != *-rc.* ]]; then
+            echo "is_release=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "is_release=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Generate LGTM App token
+        id: lgtm-app-token
+        if: steps.release-type.outputs.is_release == 'true'
+        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: appscode
+          repositories: krew-index
+          permission-contents: write
+          permission-pull-requests: write
 
       - name: Clone krew-index repository
+        if: steps.release-type.outputs.is_release == 'true'
         env:
-          GITHUB_USER: 1gtm
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.lgtm-app-token.outputs.token }}
         run: |
           KREW_INDEX_REPOSITORY=github.com/appscode/krew-index
-          url="https://${GITHUB_USER}:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@${KREW_INDEX_REPOSITORY}.git"
+          url="https://x-access-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@${KREW_INDEX_REPOSITORY}.git"
           cd $RUNNER_WORKSPACE
           git clone $url
           cd $(basename $KREW_INDEX_REPOSITORY)
@@ -73,9 +98,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish krew manifest
         env:
-          GITHUB_USER: 1gtm
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags/') && (contains(github.ref, '-alpha.') || contains(github.ref, '-beta.') || contains(github.ref, '-rc.')) == false
+          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.lgtm-app-token.outputs.token }}
+        if: steps.release-type.outputs.is_release == 'true'
         run: |
           cd $RUNNER_WORKSPACE/krew-index
           ./hack/scripts/open-pr.sh $GITHUB_WORKSPACE stash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
index df70bc7ef..0b41c40a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
@@ -16,35 +16,52 @@ 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: Install GitHub CLI
+
+      - name: Parse docs repository
+        id: docs-repo
+        env:
+          DOCS_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.DOCS_REPOSITORY }}
         run: |
-          curl -fsSL https://github.com/github/hub/raw/master/script/get | bash -s 2.14.1
-          sudo mv bin/hub /usr/local/bin
+          # DOCS_REPOSITORY is expected to be of the form: <host>/<owner>/<name>
+          path="${DOCS_REPOSITORY#*/}"
+          echo "owner=${path%%/*}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "name=${path##*/}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - 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: ${{ steps.docs-repo.outputs.owner }}
+          repositories: ${{ steps.docs-repo.outputs.name }}
+          permission-contents: write
+          permission-pull-requests: write
 
       - name: Clone charts repository
         env:
-          GITHUB_USER: 1gtm
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.lgtm-app-token.outputs.token }}
           DOCS_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.DOCS_REPOSITORY }}
         run: |
-          url="https://${GITHUB_USER}:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@${DOCS_REPOSITORY}.git"
+          url="https://x-access-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@${DOCS_REPOSITORY}.git"
           cd $RUNNER_WORKSPACE
           git clone $url
           cd $(basename $DOCS_REPOSITORY)
-          git config user.name "${GITHUB_USER}"
-          git config user.email "${GITHUB_USER}@appscode.com"
+          git config user.name "1gtm"
+          git config user.email "1gtm@appscode.com"
 
       - name: Update docs
         env:
-          GITHUB_USER: 1gtm
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LGTM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.lgtm-app-token.outputs.token }}
           DOCS_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.DOCS_REPOSITORY }}
         run: |
           export DOCS_ROOT=$RUNNER_WORKSPACE/$(basename $DOCS_REPOSITORY)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9e8004469..63715e2c7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ COMPRESS ?= no
 
 # 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/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"