diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
index be454590f3..4cb3979cea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Dependency Review'
         with:
           fail-on-severity: high
-        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@v2
+        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-k3s.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-k3s.yaml
index 770a2f4df3..ef5911f9b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-k3s.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-k3s.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Setup golang
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.21"
+
       - name: Build query-service image
         env:
           DEV_BUILD: 1
@@ -65,9 +70,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Kick off a sample-app workload
         run: |
           # start the locust swarm
-          kubectl -n sample-application run strzal --image=djbingham/curl \
-            --restart='OnFailure' -i --rm --command -- curl -X POST -F \
-            'locust_count=6' -F 'hatch_rate=2' http://locust-master:8089/swarm
+          kubectl --namespace sample-application run strzal --image=djbingham/curl \
+            --restart='OnFailure' -i --tty --rm --command -- curl -X POST -F \
+            'user_count=6' -F 'spawn_rate=2' http://locust-master:8089/swarm
 
       - name: Get short commit SHA, display tunnel URL and IP Address of the worker node
         id: get-subdomain
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yaml b/.github/workflows/push.yaml
index e4e5171e33..724b4ce1ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yaml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: "1.21"
       - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
         with:
           version: latest
       - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: "1.21"
       - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
         with:
           version: latest
       - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run lint
         continue-on-error: true
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
         with:
           version: latest
       - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -164,11 +164,11 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run lint
         continue-on-error: true
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
         with:
           version: latest
       - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/staging-deployment.yaml b/.github/workflows/staging-deployment.yaml
index ed13dc00e1..9b7a5121b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/staging-deployment.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/staging-deployment.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     environment: staging
     steps:
       - name: Executing remote ssh commands using ssh key
-        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v0.1.8
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.0.3
         env:
           GITHUB_BRANCH: develop
           GITHUB_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing-deployment.yaml b/.github/workflows/testing-deployment.yaml
index 799222ee3e..6938f5ce78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing-deployment.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing-deployment.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.event.label.name == 'testing-deploy' }}
     steps:
       - name: Executing remote ssh commands using ssh key
-        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v0.1.8
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.0.3
         env:
           GITHUB_BRANCH: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
           GITHUB_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}