diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm-chart-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/helm-chart-lint.yml
index de844851..d34c7bc1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/helm-chart-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm-chart-lint.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Preparing a kind cluster to install and test charts on
       - name: Create kind cluster
-        uses: container-tools/kind-action@61f1afd4807b0dac84f3232ec99e45c63701d220 # v2.0.1
+        uses: container-tools/kind-action@0fc957b58d9a5bc9ca57a1b419324a2074c7653b # v2.0.3
         with:
           # upgrade version, default (v0.17.0) uses node image v1.21.1 and doesn't work with more recent node image versions
           version: v0.20.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/veracode.yml b/.github/workflows/veracode.yml
index 84ab1c10..f9eb4966 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/veracode.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/veracode.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
   verify-formatting:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3.5.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Tar gzip files for veracode upload
         run: |-
-          tar --exclude='spring-web-5.3.28.jar' -czvf ${{ matrix.variant.dir }}/target/${{ matrix.variant.name }}.tar.gz ${{ matrix.variant.dir }}/target/lib/*.jar ${{ matrix.variant.dir }}/target/${{ matrix.variant.name }}-*.jar
+          tar --exclude='spring-web-5.3.31.jar' -czvf ${{ matrix.variant.dir }}/target/${{ matrix.variant.name }}.tar.gz ${{ matrix.variant.dir }}/target/lib/*.jar ${{ matrix.variant.dir }}/target/${{ matrix.variant.name }}-*.jar
       - name: Veracode Upload And Scan
         uses: veracode/veracode-uploadandscan-action@c3c0b78bddb42d5f6b10d70562f692215a410d7b #v1.0
         if: |
diff --git a/provisioning/pom.xml b/provisioning/pom.xml
index 3d66d7b1..90c7e584 100644
--- a/provisioning/pom.xml
+++ b/provisioning/pom.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,18 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+            <version>${logback.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${logback.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-actuator</artifactId>