diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1dec56b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: gomod
+    directories:
+      - ./build/*
+      - ./plugins/*
+      - ./shared/go/*/*
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    groups:
+      gomod:
+        update-types:
+          - "patch"
+
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    groups:
+      actions:
+        update-types:
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 14dd374d..ea8cd9f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -43,15 +43,15 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
     - name: Setup Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 # v5.3.0
       with:
         go-version: 1.21
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@dd196fa9ce80b6bacc74ca1c32bd5b0ba22efca7 # v3.28.3
       with:
         languages: go
         # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
     # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
     # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
     - name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@dd196fa9ce80b6bacc74ca1c32bd5b0ba22efca7 # v3.28.3
 
     # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
     # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@ jobs:
     #   make release
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@dd196fa9ce80b6bacc74ca1c32bd5b0ba22efca7 # v3.28.3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-comment.yaml b/.github/workflows/create-comment.yaml
index 1a9e8dcb..cc68a48c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-comment.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-comment.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request'
     steps:
       - name: 'Download artifact'
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6.4.1
+        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
         with:
           script: |
             var artifacts = await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRunArtifacts({
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         run: unzip pr.zip
 
       - name: 'Comment on PR'
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6.4.1
+        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           script: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dummy_c-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/dummy_c-ci.yaml
index eb031a35..24be8463 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dummy_c-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dummy_c-ci.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
             sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential
 
         - name: Initialize CodeQL
-          uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+          uses: github/codeql-action/init@dd196fa9ce80b6bacc74ca1c32bd5b0ba22efca7 # v3.28.3
           with:
             languages: cpp
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
             make libdummy_c.so
 
         - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-          uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2			
+          uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@dd196fa9ce80b6bacc74ca1c32bd5b0ba22efca7 # v3.28.3
 
     formatting-check:
       runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/k8smeta-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/k8smeta-ci.yaml
index d6f40913..e1eef8f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/k8smeta-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/k8smeta-ci.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
             sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends cmake build-essential autoconf libtool pkg-config
 
         - name: Initialize CodeQL
-          uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+          uses: github/codeql-action/init@dd196fa9ce80b6bacc74ca1c32bd5b0ba22efca7 # v3.28.3
           with:
             languages: cpp
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
             make k8smeta -j6
 
         - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-          uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2			
+          uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@dd196fa9ce80b6bacc74ca1c32bd5b0ba22efca7 # v3.28.3
 
         - name: Build and run tests 🏎️
           run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index 07b24851..05618f42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
 
   get-changed-plugins:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable_get_changed_plugins.yaml
-  
+
   build-rules-tool:
     needs: [get-changed-plugins]
     if: needs.get-changed-plugins.outputs.changed-plugins != '[]' && needs.get-changed-plugins.outputs.changed-plugins != ''
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       output: rules-checker
       repository: falcosecurity/rules
-  
+
   validate-plugins:
     needs: [build-plugins-dev, get-changed-plugins, build-rules-tool]
     if: needs.get-changed-plugins.outputs.changed-plugins != '[]' && needs.get-changed-plugins.outputs.changed-plugins != ''
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       plugins-artifact: plugins-x86_64-dev.tar.gz
       rules-checker: ./rules-checker
       arch: x86_64
-    
+
   publish-plugins-dev:
     needs: [build-plugins-dev, validate-plugins]
     uses: falcosecurity/plugins/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_packages.yaml@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 468dd297..adc4bfa6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       package: ${{ steps.regex-match.outputs.group1 }}
-      
+
     steps:
       - name: Validate tag ℹ️
-        uses: actions-ecosystem/action-regex-match@v2
+        uses: actions-ecosystem/action-regex-match@9e6c4fb3d5e898f505be7a1fb6e7b0a278f6665b # v2.0.2
         id: regex-match
         with:
           text: ${{ github.ref_name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-publish-oci-artifacts.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable-publish-oci-artifacts.yaml
index c1d89d4a..7c2d3078 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-publish-oci-artifacts.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-publish-oci-artifacts.yaml
@@ -23,24 +23,24 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Download x86_64 plugins
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
           name: plugins-x86_64-${{ inputs.suffix }}.tar.gz
           path: /tmp/plugins-x86_64
 
       - name: Download aarch64 plugins
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
           name: plugins-aarch64-${{ inputs.suffix }}.tar.gz
           path: /tmp/plugins-aarch64
 
       - name: Checkout Plugins
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 # v5.3.0
         with:
           go-version: "^1.21"
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: cosign version
 
       - name: Log into ghcr.io
-        uses: docker/login-action@master
+        uses: docker/login-action@9780b0c442fbb1117ed29e0efdff1e18412f7567 # v3.3.0
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_build_packages.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable_build_packages.yaml
index e7aa70a2..dff144b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_build_packages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_build_packages.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           rm -rf /tmp/cmake-3.22.5-linux-$(uname -m)
 
       - name: Checkout Plugins ⤵️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ${{ inputs.makecommand }}
 
       - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 # v4.6.0
         with:
           name: plugins-${{ matrix.arch }}-${{ inputs.suffix }}.tar.gz
           path: output/*.tar.gz
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_build_rules_tool.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable_build_rules_tool.yaml
index 6999bc6d..bee660cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_build_rules_tool.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_build_rules_tool.yaml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 # v5.3.0
         with:
           go-version: "1.19.0"
 
       - name: Checkout rules
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
         with:
           repository: ${{ inputs.repository }}
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         run: go test ./... -cover
 
       - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 # v4.6.0
         with:
           name: rules-tool.tar.gz
           path: build/checker/${{ inputs.output }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_get_changed_plugins.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable_get_changed_plugins.yaml
index 593d317b..d29486c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_get_changed_plugins.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_get_changed_plugins.yaml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ jobs:
       changed-plugins: ${{ steps.set-changed-plugins.outputs.changed-plugins }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout rules
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
 
       - name: Get changed files
         id: changed-plugins
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        uses: Ana06/get-changed-files@v2.2.0
+        uses: Ana06/get-changed-files@25f79e676e7ea1868813e21465014798211fad8c # v2.3.0
         with:
           format: space-delimited
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_packages.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_packages.yaml
index 59acca67..85514ae1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_packages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_packages.yaml
@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Download x86_64 plugins
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
           name: plugins-x86_64-${{ inputs.suffix }}.tar.gz
           path: /tmp/plugins-x86_64
 
       - name: Download aarch64 plugins
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
           name: plugins-aarch64-${{ inputs.suffix }}.tar.gz
           path: /tmp/plugins-aarch64
 
       - name: Configure AWS credentials 🔧⚙️
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@e3dd6a429d7300a6a4c196c26e071d42e0343502 # v4.0.2
         with:
           role-to-assume: "arn:aws:iam::292999226676:role/github_actions-plugins-s3"
           aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_S3_REGION }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_suggest_rules_version.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable_suggest_rules_version.yaml
index 12a558ac..df2eb1c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_suggest_rules_version.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_suggest_rules_version.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./.github/get-latest-plugin-version.sh ${{ inputs.plugin }}
 
       - name: Download rules tool
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
           name: rules-tool.tar.gz
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       # the two rulesets depend on plugins with different majors.
       # todo(jasondellaluce): fix this corner case in the future
       - name: Download plugins
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.plugins-artifact }}
           path: /tmp/plugins-${{ inputs.arch }}
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
           cp ${{ steps.compare.outputs.comment_file }} ./pr/COMMENT-${{ inputs.job-index }}
 
       - name: Upload PR info as artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 # v4.6.0
         if: steps.compare.outputs.comment_file != ''
         with:
           name: pr-${{ inputs.job-index }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_upload_pr_info.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable_upload_pr_info.yaml
index 743ae47c..b7efaa05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_upload_pr_info.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_upload_pr_info.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Download PR infos
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
           path: tmp-artifacts
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           echo ""
 
       - name: Upload PR info as artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 # v4.6.0
         with:
           name: pr
           path: pr/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_validate_plugins.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable_validate_plugins.yaml
index 130b48bc..80d050f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_validate_plugins.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_validate_plugins.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       GOFLAGS: "-buildvcs=false"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
 
       - name: Install system dependencies
         run: wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest/download/yq_linux_amd64 -O /usr/bin/yq && chmod +x /usr/bin/yq
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ jobs:
         run: ./.github/setup-plugin-config-rules.sh ${{ inputs.plugin }}
 
       - name: Download rules tool
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
           name: rules-tool.tar.gz
 
       - name: Download plugins
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.plugins-artifact }}
           path: /tmp/plugins-${{ inputs.arch }}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
 
       - name: Install system dependencies
         run: sudo wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest/download/yq_linux_amd64 -O /usr/bin/yq && sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/yq
@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ jobs:
         run: ./.github/setup-plugin-config-rules.sh ${{ inputs.plugin }}
 
       - name: Download plugins
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.plugins-artifact }}
           path: /tmp/plugins-${{ inputs.arch }}
 
       - name: Download rules tool
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
           name: rules-tool.tar.gz
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ jobs:
               plugin_ver=$(echo $dep | tr -d '"' | cut -d ':' -f 2)
               plugin_ver_major=$(echo $plugin_ver | cut -d '.' -f 1)
               plugin_ver_minor=$(expr $(echo $plugin_ver | cut -d '.' -f 2) + $ver_diff)
-              plugin_ver_patch=0 
+              plugin_ver_patch=0
               plugin_ver="${plugin_ver_major}.${plugin_ver_minor}.${plugin_ver_patch}"
 
               set +e pipefail