diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-go/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-go/action.yml
index 1bfd4a41..1936ca24 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-go/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-go/action.yml
@@ -1,55 +1,21 @@
 name: 'Setup the Go environment'
 description: 'Installs go and restores/saves the build/module cache'
-inputs:
-  go-version:
-    required: true
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-  - name: Set up Go
-    uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-    with:
-      go-version: ${{ inputs.go-version }}
-      stable: ${{ !(contains(inputs.go-version, 'beta') || contains(inputs.go-version, 'rc')) }}
+    - name: Set up Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      with:
+        go-version: '1.22'
 
-  # Restore original modification time of files based on the date of the most
-  # recent commit that modified them as mtimes affect the Go test cache.
-  - name: Restore modification time of checkout files
-    shell: bash
-    run: |
-      # Set a base, fixed modification time of all directories.
-      # git-restore-mtime doesn't set the mtime of all directories.
-      # (see https://github.com/MestreLion/git-tools/issues/47 for details)
-      touch -m -t '201509301646' $(find . -type d -not -path '.git/*')
-      # Restore original modification time from git. git clone sets the
-      # modification time to the current time, but Go tests that access fixtures
-      # get invalidated if their modification times change.
-      sudo apt-get install -y git-restore-mtime
-      git restore-mtime
+    # Restore original modification time of files based on the date of the most
+    # recent commit that modified them as mtimes affect the Go test cache.
+    # See https://github.com/golang/go/issues/58571 for details
+    - name: Restore modification time of checkout files
+      uses: chetan/git-restore-mtime-action@075f9bc9d159805603419d50f794bd9f33252ebe
 
-  # The PREFIX must uniquely identify the specific instance of a job executing.
-  - shell: bash
-    run: echo 'PREFIX=${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ runner.os }}-${{ inputs.go-version }}-matrix(${{ join(matrix.*,'|') }})' >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-  # Cache the Go Modules downloaded during the job.
-  - uses: actions/cache@v2
-    with:
-      path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-      key: ${{ env.PREFIX }}-go-mod-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-      restore-keys: ${{ env.PREFIX }}-go-mod-
-
-  # Cache any build and test artifacts during the job, which will speed up
-  # rebuilds and cause test runs to skip tests that have no reason to rerun.
-  - uses: actions/cache@v2
-    with:
-      path: ~/.cache/go-build
-      key: ${{ env.PREFIX }}-go-build-${{ github.ref }}-${{ hashFiles('**', '!.git') }}
-      restore-keys: |
-        ${{ env.PREFIX }}-go-build-${{ github.ref }}-
-        ${{ env.PREFIX }}-go-build-
-
-  # Reset the cache for master/protected branches, to ensure they build and run the tests from zero
-  # and that the module cache is cleaned (otherwise it accumulates orphan dependencies over time).
-  - if: github.ref_protected
-    shell: bash
-    run: sudo rm -rf ~/.cache/go-build ~/go/pkg/mod
+    # Reset the cache for master/protected branches, to ensure they build and run the tests from zero
+    # and that the module cache is cleaned (otherwise it accumulates orphan dependencies over time).
+    - if: github.ref_protected
+      shell: bash
+      run: sudo rm -rf ~/.cache/go-build ~/go/pkg/mod
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-check.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-check.yml
index 79a14aa7..91ed52b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-check.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Dependency sanity checker
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [main, release/**]
+    branches: [ main, release/** ]
   pull_request:
 
 defaults:
@@ -13,14 +13,12 @@ jobs:
   dependency-sanity-checker:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: rustup update
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.22
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
       - run: scripts/check-dependencies.bash
   validate-rust-git-rev-deps:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: stellar/actions/rust-check-git-rev-deps@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index ce1677ad..f14121e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Soroban Tools e2e
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [main, release/**]
+    branches: [ main, release/** ]
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     name: System tests
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        scenario-filter: ["^TestDappDevelop$/^.*$"]
+        scenario-filter: [ "^TestDappDevelop$/^.*$" ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-4-cores
     env:
       # the gh tag of system-test repo version to run
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       # or set SYSTEM_TEST_CORE_GIT_REF to empty, and set SYSTEM_TEST_CORE_IMAGE
       # to pull a pre-compiled image from dockerhub instead
       SYSTEM_TEST_CORE_IMAGE: stellar/stellar-core:20
-      SYSTEM_TEST_CORE_IMAGE_BIN_PATH: /usr/bin/stellar-core 
+      SYSTEM_TEST_CORE_IMAGE_BIN_PATH: /usr/bin/stellar-core
 
       # sets the version of rust toolchain that will be pre-installed in the
       # test runtime environment, tests invoke rustc/cargo
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ jobs:
       # option #2, set the version of stellar-sdk used as a ref to a gh repo if
       # a value is set on SYSTEM_TEST_JS_STELLAR_SDK_GH_REPO, it takes
       # precedence over any SYSTEM_TEST_JS_STELLAR_SDK_NPM_VERSION
-      SYSTEM_TEST_JS_STELLAR_SDK_GH_REPO: 
-      SYSTEM_TEST_JS_STELLAR_SDK_GH_REF: 
+      SYSTEM_TEST_JS_STELLAR_SDK_GH_REPO:
+      SYSTEM_TEST_JS_STELLAR_SDK_GH_REF:
 
       # the version of rs-stellar-xdr to use for quickstart
       SYSTEM_TEST_RS_XDR_GIT_REF: v20.0.2
@@ -59,18 +59,18 @@ jobs:
       SYSTEM_TEST_SOROBAN_EXAMPLES_GIT_HASH: "v20.0.0"
       SYSTEM_TEST_SOROBAN_EXAMPLES_GIT_REPO: "https://github.com/stellar/soroban-examples.git"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         name: checkout system-test
         with:
           repository: stellar/system-test
           ref: ${{ env.SYSTEM_TEST_GIT_REF }}
           path: system-test
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         name: checkout soroban-tools
         with:
           repository: stellar/soroban-tools
           path: soroban-tools
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         name: checkout soroban-rpc
         with:
           repository: stellar/soroban-rpc
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           rm -rf $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/system-test/js-stellar-sdk;
       - if: ${{ env.SYSTEM_TEST_JS_STELLAR_SDK_GH_REPO != ''}}
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: ${{ env.SYSTEM_TEST_JS_STELLAR_SDK_GH_REPO }}
           ref: ${{ env.SYSTEM_TEST_JS_STELLAR_SDK_GH_REF }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golang.yml b/.github/workflows/golang.yml
index a9726b9e..fd0f6bcb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golang.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golang.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
   # Optional: allow read access to pull request. Use with `only-new-issues` option.
   pull-requests: read
-  # Optional: allow write access to checks to allow the action to annotate code in the PR.
+  # Optional: allow the action to annotate code in the PR.
   checks: write
 
 jobs:
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # required for new-from-rev option in .golangci.yml
 
-      - name: Setup GO
-        uses: actions/setup-go@268d8c0ca0432bb2cf416faae41297df9d262d7f # version v3.3.0
-        with:
-          go-version: '>=1.22.1'
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
 
       - uses: stellar/actions/rust-cache@main
       - name: Build libpreflight
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 6f9dd3fa..6b1cb36a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: rustup update
       - uses: stellar/actions/rust-cache@main
       - run: make rust-check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/soroban-rpc.yml b/.github/workflows/soroban-rpc.yml
index e9122e82..882cf708 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/soroban-rpc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/soroban-rpc.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04 ]
-        go: [ 1.22 ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           # For pull requests, build and test the PR head not a merge of the PR with the destination.
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.ref }}
@@ -26,8 +25,6 @@ jobs:
           # Otherwise, the Go test cache will fail (due to the modification time of fixtures changing).
           fetch-depth: "0"
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
       - run: rustup update
       - uses: stellar/actions/rust-cache@main
       - run: make build-libpreflight
@@ -55,13 +52,8 @@ jobs:
             go_arch: amd64
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      # we cannot use our own ./.github/actions/setup-go action
-      # because it uses apt-get and some OSs (e.g. windows) don't have it
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.22
-
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
       # On windows, make sure we have the same compiler (linker) used by rust.
       # This is important since the symbols names won't match otherwise.
       - if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
@@ -102,7 +94,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04 ]
-        go: [ 1.22 ]
         protocol-version: [ 20, 21 ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     env:
@@ -114,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
       PROTOCOL_21_CORE_DEBIAN_PKG_VERSION: 21.0.1-1897.dfd3dbff1.focal
       PROTOCOL_21_CORE_DOCKER_IMG: stellar/unsafe-stellar-core:21.0.1-1897.dfd3dbff1.focal
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           # For pull requests, build and test the PR head not a merge of the PR with the destination.
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.ref }}
@@ -123,8 +114,6 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: "0"
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
 
       - name: Pull and set Stellar Core image
         shell: bash