diff --git a/.github/workflows/PR.yaml b/.github/workflows/PR.yaml
index 1c1d7a41a..b2e3be8c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/PR.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/PR.yaml
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ jobs:
       testsNeeded: ${{ steps.testsNeeded.outputs.testsNeeded }}
     steps:
       - name: checkout source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: setup
         id: setup
-        uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/workflow-setup@v1
+        uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/workflow-setup@v2
       - name: testsNeeded
         id: testsNeeded
         uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ jobs:
     name: Lint
     needs: [workflow-setup]
     if: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.testsNeeded == 'true' }}
-    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/lint.yaml@v1
+    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/lint.yaml@v2
 
   build-docker-image:
     name: Create Builder Image
     needs: [workflow-setup, lint]
-    uses:  hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/buildimage.yaml@v1
+    uses:  hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/buildimage.yaml@v2
     with:
       CACHE_KEY_BUILD: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.CACHE_KEY_BUILD }}
       DOCKER_IMAGE: ghcr.io/${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME }}/plenum-build
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
   build_packages:
     name: Build Packages
     needs: [workflow-setup, build-docker-image]
-    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/buildpackages.yaml@v1
+    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/buildpackages.yaml@v2
     with:
       DOCKER_IMAGE: ghcr.io/${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME }}/plenum-build:${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
       UBUNTU_VERSION: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/Push.yaml b/.github/workflows/Push.yaml
index a6fa151ef..512204ef7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Push.yaml
@@ -25,19 +25,19 @@ jobs:
       publish: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.publish }}
     steps:
       - name: checkout source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: setup
         id: setup
-        uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/workflow-setup@v1
+        uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/workflow-setup@v2
 
   lint:
     name: Lint
-    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/lint.yaml@v1
+    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/lint.yaml@v2
 
   build-docker-image:
     name: Create Builder Image
     needs: [workflow-setup, lint]
-    uses:  hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/buildimage.yaml@v1
+    uses:  hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/buildimage.yaml@v2
     with:
       CACHE_KEY_BUILD: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.CACHE_KEY_BUILD }}
       DOCKER_IMAGE: ghcr.io/${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME }}/plenum-build
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
   build_packages:
     name: Build Packages
     needs: [workflow-setup, build-docker-image]
-    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/buildpackages.yaml@v1
+    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/buildpackages.yaml@v2
     with:
       DOCKER_IMAGE: ghcr.io/${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME }}/plenum-build:${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
       UBUNTU_VERSION: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Publish Artifacts
     needs: [workflow-setup, plenum_tests]
     if: needs.workflow-setup.outputs.publish == 'true'
-    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/publish_artifacts.yaml@v1
+    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/publish_artifacts.yaml@v2
     with:
       COMPONENT: 'dev'
       UBUNTU_VERSION: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publishRelease.yaml b/.github/workflows/publishRelease.yaml
index 9ead335a5..9188deaae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publishRelease.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publishRelease.yaml
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ jobs:
       publish: ${{ steps.workflow-setup.outputs.publish }}
     steps:
       - name: checkout source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: get-release-info
         id: get-release-info
-        uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/get-release-info@v1
+        uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/get-release-info@v2
         with:
           versionString: "${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}"
       - name: workflow-setup
         id: workflow-setup
-        uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/workflow-setup@v1
+        uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/workflow-setup@v2
 
   createRelease:
     name: Create Release
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Download Plenum deb Artifacts from Github Action Artifacts
-        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v6
+        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v11
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           workflow: releasepr.yaml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           name: plenum-deb
           path: artifacts/plenum-deb
       - name: Download Plenum python Artifacts from Github Action Artifacts
-        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v6
+        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v11
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           workflow: releasepr.yaml
@@ -67,24 +67,24 @@ jobs:
           name: plenum-python
           path: artifacts/plenum-python
       - name: Download Plenum third party dependency Artifacts from Github Action Artifacts
-        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v6
+        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v11
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           workflow: releasepr.yaml
           workflow_conclusion: success
           name: third-party-dependencies
           path: artifacts/third-party-dependencies
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: third-party-dependencies
           path: artifacts/third-party-dependencies
           retention-days: 5
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: plenum-deb
           path: artifacts/plenum-deb
           retention-days: 5
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: plenum-python
           path: artifacts/plenum-python
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Publish Artifacts
     needs: [release-infos, createRelease]
     if: needs.release-infos.outputs.isVersionBump == 'true' && needs.release-infos.outputs.publish == 'true'
-    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/publish_artifacts.yaml@v1
+    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/publish_artifacts.yaml@v2
     with:
       COMPONENT: ${{ needs.release-infos.outputs.component }}
       UBUNTU_VERSION: ${{ needs.release-infos.outputs.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
   convertPyVersion:
     name: "Convert to python version flavour"
     needs: [release-infos, publish_artifacts]
-    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/pyVersionConversion.yaml@v1
+    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/pyVersionConversion.yaml@v2
     with:
       VERSIONTAG: ${{ needs.release-infos.outputs.VERSIONTAG }}
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [release-infos, publish_artifacts, convertPyVersion]
     steps:
       - name: Repository Dispatch
-        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v3
+        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.BOT_PR_PAT }}
           repository: hyperledger/indy-node
diff --git a/.github/workflows/releasepr.yaml b/.github/workflows/releasepr.yaml
index a44e90992..322b699b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/releasepr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releasepr.yaml
@@ -23,27 +23,27 @@ jobs:
       distribution: ${{ steps.workflow-setup.outputs.distribution }}
     steps:
       - name: checkout source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: get-release-info
         id: get-release-info
-        uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/get-release-info@v1
+        uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/get-release-info@v2
         with:
           versionString: "${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}"
       - name: workflow-setup
         id: workflow-setup
-        uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/workflow-setup@v1
+        uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/workflow-setup@v2
 
   lint:
     name: Lint
     needs: [release-infos]
     if: needs.release-infos.outputs.isVersionBump == 'true'
-    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/lint.yaml@v1
+    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/lint.yaml@v2
 
   build-docker-image:
     name: Create Builder Image
     needs: [release-infos, lint]
     if: needs.release-infos.outputs.isVersionBump == 'true'
-    uses:  hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/buildimage.yaml@v1
+    uses:  hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/buildimage.yaml@v2
     with:
       CACHE_KEY_BUILD: ${{ needs.release-infos.outputs.CACHE_KEY_BUILD }}
       DOCKER_IMAGE: ghcr.io/${{ needs.release-infos.outputs.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME }}/plenum-build
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build Packages
     needs: [release-infos, build-docker-image]
     if: needs.release-infos.outputs.isVersionBump == 'true'
-    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/buildpackages.yaml@v1
+    uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/workflows/buildpackages.yaml@v2
     with:
       DOCKER_IMAGE: ghcr.io/${{ needs.release-infos.outputs.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME }}/plenum-build:${{ needs.release-infos.outputs.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
       UBUNTU_VERSION: ${{ needs.release-infos.outputs.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reuseable_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/reuseable_test.yaml
index 485de6a82..f9536fe5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reuseable_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reuseable_test.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Cache pip
         uses: actions/cache@v4
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
 
       - name: Download plenum deb build
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: plenum-deb
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload Detailed Test Failure Results
         # The test runner only emits the detailed test results if the tests fail.
         if: (steps.plenum-test.outcome == 'failure') && failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: detailed-test-result-slice-${{ matrix.slice }}
           path: test-result-plenum-${{ matrix.slice }}.txt
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Cache pip
         uses: actions/cache@v4
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
 
       - name: Download plenum deb build
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: plenum-deb
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
index b26a238f5..8697041f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout code"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4 # was v4.1.1 - b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5 # was v4.1.1 - b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: "Run analysis"
-        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@v2.4.0 # was v2.3.1 - 0864cf19026789058feabb7e87baa5f140aac736
+        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@v2.4.3 # was v2.3.1 - 0864cf19026789058feabb7e87baa5f140aac736
         with:
           results_file: results.sarif
           results_format: sarif
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       # Upload the results as artifacts (optional). Commenting out will disable uploads of run results in SARIF
       # format to the repository Actions tab.
       - name: "Upload artifact"
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4 # was v3.pre.node20 97a0fba1372883ab732affbe8f94b823f91727db
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5 # was v3.pre.node20 97a0fba1372883ab732affbe8f94b823f91727db
         with:
           name: SARIF file
           path: results.sarif
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ jobs:
       # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard (optional).
       # Commenting out will disable upload of results to your repo's Code Scanning dashboard
       - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3 # was v3.24.9 - 1b1aada464948af03b950897e5eb522f92603cc2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v4 # was v3.24.9 - 1b1aada464948af03b950897e5eb522f92603cc2
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag.yaml b/.github/workflows/tag.yaml
index 8b352d51b..0f280a409 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag.yaml
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ jobs:
       BASE: ${{ steps.get-branch.outputs.branch }}
     steps:
       - name: checkout source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: extract branch
         id: get-branch
-        uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/branch-from-tag@v1
+        uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/branch-from-tag@v2
         with:
           tag: ${{ github.ref }}
       - name: get-release-info
         id: get-release-info
-        uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/get-release-info@v1
+        uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/get-release-info@v2
         with:
           versionString: "${{ github.ref }}"
 
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.8'
       - name: Install deps for version change
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
           ./bump_version.sh ${{ needs.taginfos.outputs.VERSION }}
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
         with:
           author: ${{ github.actor }} <${{ github.event.pusher.email }}>
           committer: ${{ github.actor }} <${{ github.event.pusher.email }}>