diff --git a/.github/workflows/add_to_octokit_project.yml b/.github/workflows/add_to_octokit_project.yml
index 60b2818b6..6381aa5b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/add_to_octokit_project.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/add_to_octokit_project.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     continue-on-error: true
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/add-to-project@v0.5.0
+      - uses: actions/add-to-project@v0.4.0
         with:
           project-url: https://github.com/orgs/octokit/projects/10
           github-token: ${{ secrets.OCTOKITBOT_PROJECT_ACTION_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/immediate-response.yml b/.github/workflows/immediate-response.yml
index 309c66dcc..1a21a731e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/immediate-response.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/immediate-response.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ on:
       - opened
 jobs:
   respond-to-issue:
+    if: ${{ github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && github.actor != 'renovate[bot]' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Determine issue or PR number
@@ -18,11 +19,11 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "NUMBER=${{ github.event.issue.number || github.event.pull_request.number }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Respond to issue or PR
-        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@ddff993e3c91296d410ace8836568b0e4aeada34
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v3
         with:
           issue-number: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.NUMBER }}
           body: >
             👋 Hi! Thank you for this contribution! Just to let you know, our GitHub SDK team does a round of issue and PR reviews twice a week, every Monday and Friday!
             We have a [process in place](https://github.com/octokit/.github/blob/main/community/prioritization_response.md#overview) for prioritizing and responding to your input. 
             Because you are a part of this community please feel free to comment, add to, or pick up any issues/PRs that are labled with `Status: Up for grabs`.
-            You & others like you are the reason all of this works! So thank you & happy coding! 🚀
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+            You & others like you are the reason all of this works! So thank you & happy coding! 🚀