diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index 7d606f91b..e6279b478 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -9,37 +9,18 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   check-commit-message:
-    name: Check Commit Message
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Get PR Commits
-        id: 'get-pr-commits'
-        uses: tim-actions/get-pr-commits@master
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Check Subject Line Length
-        uses: tim-actions/commit-message-checker-with-regex@v0.3.1
-        with:
-          commits: ${{ steps.get-pr-commits.outputs.commits }}
-          pattern: '^.{0,50}(\n.*)*$'
-          error: 'Subject too long (max 50)'
-      - name: Check Body Line Length
-        if: ${{ success() || failure() }}
-        uses: tim-actions/commit-message-checker-with-regex@v0.3.1
-        with:
-          commits: ${{ steps.get-pr-commits.outputs.commits }}
-          pattern: '^.+(\n.{0,72})*$'
-          error: 'Body line too long (max 72)'
+    uses: fosslight/.github/.github/workflows/base-check-commit-message.yml@main
+    secrets:
+      envPAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: [3.8]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
@@ -52,6 +33,6 @@ jobs:
   reuse:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps: 
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: REUSE Compliance Check
       uses: fsfe/reuse-action@v1
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 921d5d5cd..ba41fc038 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ tox
 pytest
 pytest-cov
 pytest-flake8
-flake8==3.9.2
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+flake8
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