diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml
index 6268d2d3..15831964 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: staging
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 72b4d2c4..47055bdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Deploy backend to heroku
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index e2ff3593..1be414d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: '3.11.4' 
@@ -23,15 +23,8 @@ jobs:
           make install
       - name: DB setup
         run: |
-            cp cres/db.sqlite standards_cache.sqlite
             make migrate-upgrade
+            python cre.py --upstream_sync
       - name: Run app and e2e tests
         run: |
-          yarn build
-          [ -d "./venv" ] && . ./venv/bin/activate
-          export FLASK_APP=./cre.py
-          export FLASK_CONFIG=development
-          export INSECURE_REQUESTS=1
-          FLASK_CONFIG=development flask run &
-          sleep 20s
-          yarn test:e2e
+            make e2e
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linter.yml b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
index 42553c0d..9adad3d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Lint Code Base
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 4c0d8a1b..4349b08e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index be04c9bc..8a64e772 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -6,14 +6,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: '3.11.4' 
           cache: 'pip'
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          cache: 'yarn'
       - name: Install python dependencies
         run: |
          sudo apt-get update