diff --git a/.github/workflows/ auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/ auto-merge.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 62afba4e..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ auto-merge.yml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-name: auto-merge
-
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-
-jobs:
-  auto-merge:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: ahmadnassri/action-dependabot-auto-merge@v2
-        with:
-          target: minor
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.AUTOMERGE }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mirror_data_archive.yml b/.github/workflows/mirror_data_archive.yml
index f1f2f3f9..7cf9571d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mirror_data_archive.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mirror_data_archive.yml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ jobs:
       ATTACK_DATA_ARCHIVE_FILE: attack_data.tar.zstd
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         # We must EXPLICITLY specificy lfs: true. It defaults to false
         with:
           lfs: true
 
       - name: Setup AWS CLI and Credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v6
         with:
           aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_KEY}}
           aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/replay-datasets.yml b/.github/workflows/replay-datasets.yml
index dc7084d7..12df8a89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/replay-datasets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/replay-datasets.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch full history for file change detection
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git lfs pull
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.9'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index cd73834b..5cde859e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           lfs: 'false'
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.9'
           cache: 'pip'
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       # PR-specific success/failure handling
       - name: Comment PR on validation failure
         if: failure() && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v9
         with:
           script: |
             const { owner, repo, number } = context.issue;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Comment PR on validation success
         if: success() && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v9
         with:
           script: |
             const { owner, repo, number } = context.issue;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
       # Push-specific failure handling (create issue)
       - name: Create issue on validation failure (Push)
         if: failure() && github.event_name == 'push'
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v9
         with:
           script: |
             const title = `🚨 Attack Data Validation Failed - ${new Date().toISOString().split('T')[0]}`;