diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
index 00949d4..d7d7e38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [published]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  packages: write
 
 env:
   dockerhub: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_NAMESPACE }}/pihole
@@ -43,19 +46,19 @@ jobs:
       - &checkout-repo
         name: Checkout Repo
         if: github.event_name != 'schedule'
-        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 #v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
 
       - &checkout-dev
         name: Checkout dev branch if scheduled
         if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
-        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 #v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
         with:
           ref: development
 
       - &docker-meta
         name: Docker meta
         id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@318604b99e75e41977312d83839a89be02ca4893 #v5.9.0
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@c299e40c65443455700f0fdfc63efafe5b349051 #v5.10.0
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           images: |
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - &login-dockerhub
         name: Login to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@5e57cd118135c172c3672efd75eb46360885c0ef #v3.6.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9 #v3.7.0
         with:
           registry: docker.io
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USER }}
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - &login-ghcr
         name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@5e57cd118135c172c3672efd75eb46360885c0ef #v3.6.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9 #v3.7.0
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
@@ -91,11 +94,15 @@ jobs:
 
       - &setup-buildx
         name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@e468171a9de216ec08956ac3ada2f0791b6bd435 #v3.11.1
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8d2750c68a42422c14e847fe6c8ac0403b4cbd6f #v3.12.0
+        with:
+          # Buildx version 0.31.1 broke our publish workflow, this need to be revised when 0.32.0 is released
+          # https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/tag/v0.31.1
+          version: v0.31.0
 
       - name: Build container and push by digest
         id: build
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@263435318d21b8e681c14492fe198d362a7d2c83 #v6.18.0
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@10e90e3645eae34f1e60eeb005ba3a3d33f178e8 #v6.19.2
         with:
           context: ./src/
           platforms: ${{ matrix.platform }}
@@ -116,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
           touch "/tmp/digests/${digest_docker#sha256:}"
 
       - name: Upload digest
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 #v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f #v6.0.0
         with:
           name: digests-${{ env.PLATFORM_PAIR }}
           path: /tmp/digests/*
@@ -135,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
       - *checkout-dev
 
       - name: Download digests
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 #v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 #v7.0.0
         with:
           path: /tmp/digests
           pattern: digests-*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index c3e54a7..0521dc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: Build Image and Test
 on:
   pull_request:
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   build-and-test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
@@ -25,13 +28,13 @@ jobs:
       CI_ARCH: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Repo
-      uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 #v6.0.0
+      uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
 
     - name: Set up QEMU
       uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 #v3.7.0
 
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c #v6.0.0
+      uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 #v6.2.0
       with:
         python-version: "3.13"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
index 7a9c781..0858ba8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   spell-check:
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
@@ -10,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     -
       name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 #v6.0.0
+      uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
     -
       name: Spell-Checking
       uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@8f01853be192eb0f849a5c7d721450e7a467c579 #v2.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dockerhub-description.yml b/.github/workflows/dockerhub-description.yml
index d434fc4..6865fe5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dockerhub-description.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dockerhub-description.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
   dockerHubDescription:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 #v6.0.0
+    - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
 
     - name: Docker Hub Description
       uses: peter-evans/dockerhub-description@1b9a80c056b620d92cedb9d9b5a223409c68ddfa #v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/editorconfig.yml b/.github/workflows/editorconfig.yml
index 30736e5..a84e902 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/editorconfig.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/editorconfig.yml
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   editorconfig-checker:
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 #v6.0.0
+      uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
 
     - name: Get editorconfig-checker
       uses: editorconfig-checker/action-editorconfig-checker@4b6cd6190d435e7e084fb35e36a096e98506f7b9 #v2.1.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/housekeeping.yml b/.github/workflows/housekeeping.yml
index c2acdf7..2dc4933 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/housekeeping.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/housekeeping.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ on:
     schedule:
         - cron: "0 0 * * *"
 
+permissions:
+  packages: write
+
 jobs:
     housekeeping:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-conflict.yml b/.github/workflows/merge-conflict.yml
index c7ceb93..760e2fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-conflict.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-conflict.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ on:
   pull_request_target:
     types: [synchronize]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write
+
 jobs:
   main:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 3505cb7..83a8d0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   issue_comment:
 
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
 env:
   stale_label: stale
 
@@ -17,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/stale@5f858e3efba33a5ca4407a664cc011ad407f2008 #v10.1.0
+    - uses: actions/stale@997185467fa4f803885201cee163a9f38240193d #v10.1.1
       with:
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         days-before-stale: 30
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 #v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
       - name: Remove 'stale' label
         run: gh issue edit ${{ github.event.issue.number }} --remove-label ${{ env.stale_label }}
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/stale_pr.yml
index bb13d67..e15e3c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale_pr.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@5f858e3efba33a5ca4407a664cc011ad407f2008 #v10.1.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@997185467fa4f803885201cee163a9f38240193d #v10.1.1
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           # Do not automatically mark PR/issue as stale
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-back-to-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-back-to-dev.yml
index bacf3ef..9c7ba41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-back-to-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-back-to-dev.yml
@@ -5,13 +5,17 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
 jobs:
   sync-branches:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Syncing branches
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 #v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
       - name: Opening pull request
         run: gh pr create -B development -H master --title 'Sync master back into development' --body 'Created by Github action' --label 'internal'
         env:
diff --git a/src/Dockerfile b/src/Dockerfile
index cb7a061..cf6a6ac 100644
--- a/src/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 ARG FTL_SOURCE=remote
 # Pull Stable images
-FROM alpine:3.22 AS base
+FROM alpine:3.23.3@sha256:25109184c71bdad752c8312a8623239686a9a2071e8825f20acb8f2198c3f659 AS base
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 ARG WEB_BRANCH="development"
diff --git a/test/requirements.txt b/test/requirements.txt
index cf6a1aa..eae6ccc 100644
--- a/test/requirements.txt
+++ b/test/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-pytest == 9.0.1
+pytest == 9.0.2
 pytest-testinfra == 10.2.2
 pytest-clarity == 1.0.1
-tox == 4.32.0
+tox == 4.35.0
 # Not adding pytest-xdist as using pytest with n > 1 cores
 # causes random issues with the emulated architectures
diff --git a/test/tests/test_bash_functions.py b/test/tests/test_bash_functions.py
index 596c362..9c86b7f 100644
--- a/test/tests/test_bash_functions.py
+++ b/test/tests/test_bash_functions.py
@@ -6,12 +6,10 @@ import pytest
 def test_ftlconf_webserver_port(docker):
     func = docker.run("echo ${FTLCONF_webserver_port}")
     assert "999" in func.stdout
-    func = docker.run(
-        """
+    func = docker.run("""
         sleep 5
         pihole-FTL --config webserver.port
-        """
-    )
+        """)
     assert "999" in func.stdout
 
 
@@ -22,12 +20,10 @@ def test_ftlconf_webserver_port(docker):
 def test_ftlconf_dns_upstreams(docker):
     func = docker.run("echo ${FTLCONF_dns_upstreams}")
     assert "1.2.3.4;5.6.7.8#1234" in func.stdout
-    func = docker.run(
-        """
+    func = docker.run("""
         sleep 5
         pihole-FTL --config dns.upstreams
-        """
-    )
+        """)
     assert "[ 1.2.3.4, 5.6.7.8#1234 ]" in func.stdout
 
 
diff --git a/test/tests/test_general.py b/test/tests/test_general.py
index c08c3ae..e29bf45 100644
--- a/test/tests/test_general.py
+++ b/test/tests/test_general.py
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@ import os
 def test_pihole_uid_env_var(docker):
     func = docker.run("echo ${PIHOLE_UID}")
     assert "456" in func.stdout
-    func = docker.run(
-        """
+    func = docker.run("""
         sleep 5
         id -u pihole
-        """
-    )
+        """)
     assert "456" in func.stdout
 
 
@@ -21,12 +19,10 @@ def test_pihole_uid_env_var(docker):
 def test_pihole_gid_env_var(docker):
     func = docker.run("echo ${PIHOLE_GID}")
     assert "456" in func.stdout
-    func = docker.run(
-        """
+    func = docker.run("""
         sleep 5
         id -g pihole
-        """
-    )
+        """)
     assert "456" in func.stdout
 
 
@@ -90,11 +86,9 @@ def test_pihole_ftl_starts_and_shuts_down_cleanly(docker):
 
 
 def test_cronfile_valid(docker):
-    func = docker.run(
-        """
+    func = docker.run("""
         /usr/bin/crontab /crontab.txt
         crond -d 8 -L /cron.log
         grep 'parse error' /cron.log
-    """
-    )
+    """)
     assert "parse error" not in func.stdout