diff --git a/.github/workflows/block-merge-freeze.yml b/.github/workflows/block-merge-freeze.yml
index 7957b626..f28a0210 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/block-merge-freeze.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/block-merge-freeze.yml
@@ -29,12 +29,29 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Register server reference to fallback to master branch
-        run: |
-          server_ref="$(if [ '${{ github.base_ref }}' = 'main' ]; then echo -n 'master'; else echo -n '${{ github.base_ref }}'; fi)"
-          echo "server_ref=$server_ref" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          script: |
+            const baseRef = context.payload.pull_request.base.ref
+            if (baseRef === 'main' || baseRef === 'master') {
+              core.exportVariable('server_ref', 'master');
+              console.log('Setting server_ref to master');
+            } else {
+              const regex = /^stable(\d+)$/
+              const match = baseRef.match(regex)
+              if (match) {
+                core.exportVariable('server_ref', match[0]);
+                console.log('Setting server_ref to ' + match[0]);
+              } else {
+                console.log('Not based on master/main/stable*, so skipping freeze check');
+              }
+            }
 
       - name: Download version.php from ${{ env.server_ref }}
+        if: ${{ env.server_ref != '' }}
         run: curl 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nextcloud/server/${{ env.server_ref }}/version.php' --output version.php
 
       - name: Run check
+        if: ${{ env.server_ref != '' }}
         run: cat version.php | grep 'OC_VersionString' | grep -i -v 'RC'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-merge.yml
index ff4417a8..ed902d92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-merge.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   auto-approve-merge:
-    if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' || github.actor == 'renovate[bot]'
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' || github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'renovate[bot]'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-low
     permissions:
       # for hmarr/auto-approve-action to approve PRs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-mariadb.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-mariadb.yml
index d5487c6c..3edb0268 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-mariadb.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-mariadb.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         php-versions: ${{ fromJson(needs.matrix.outputs.php-version) }}
         server-versions: ${{ fromJson(needs.matrix.outputs.server-max) }}
-        mariadb-versions: ['10.6', '10.11']
+        mariadb-versions: ['10.6', '11.4']
 
     name: MariaDB ${{ matrix.mariadb-versions }} PHP ${{ matrix.php-versions }} Nextcloud ${{ matrix.server-versions }}
 
@@ -80,11 +80,12 @@ jobs:
         ports:
           - 4444:3306/tcp
         env:
-          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootpassword
-        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval 5s --health-timeout 2s --health-retries 5
+          MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootpassword
+        options: --health-cmd="mariadb-admin ping" --health-interval 5s --health-timeout 2s --health-retries 5
 
     steps:
       - name: Set app env
+        if: ${{ env.APP_NAME == '' }}
         run: |
           # Split and keep last
           echo "APP_NAME=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ jobs:
           extensions: bz2, ctype, curl, dom, fileinfo, gd, iconv, intl, json, libxml, mbstring, openssl, pcntl, posix, session, simplexml, xmlreader, xmlwriter, zip, zlib, mysql, pdo_mysql
           coverage: none
           ini-file: development
+          # Temporary workaround for missing pcntl_* in PHP 8.3
+          ini-values: disable_functions=
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-mysql.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-mysql.yml
index 992a9196..9c898a61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-mysql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-mysql.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Set app env
+        if: ${{ env.APP_NAME == '' }}
         run: |
           # Split and keep last
           echo "APP_NAME=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -109,6 +110,8 @@ jobs:
           extensions: bz2, ctype, curl, dom, fileinfo, gd, iconv, intl, json, libxml, mbstring, openssl, pcntl, posix, session, simplexml, xmlreader, xmlwriter, zip, zlib, mysql, pdo_mysql
           coverage: none
           ini-file: development
+          # Temporary workaround for missing pcntl_* in PHP 8.3
+          ini-values: disable_functions=
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-oci.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-oci.yml
index e0350b19..1d9ae923 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-oci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-oci.yml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Set app env
+        if: ${{ env.APP_NAME == '' }}
         run: |
           # Split and keep last
           echo "APP_NAME=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -122,6 +123,8 @@ jobs:
           extensions: bz2, ctype, curl, dom, fileinfo, gd, iconv, intl, json, libxml, mbstring, openssl, pcntl, posix, session, simplexml, xmlreader, xmlwriter, zip, zlib, oci8
           coverage: none
           ini-file: development
+          # Temporary workaround for missing pcntl_* in PHP 8.3
+          ini-values: disable_functions=
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-pgsql.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-pgsql.yml
index a595c970..284efa29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-pgsql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-pgsql.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Set app env
+        if: ${{ env.APP_NAME == '' }}
         run: |
           # Split and keep last
           echo "APP_NAME=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -112,6 +113,8 @@ jobs:
           extensions: bz2, ctype, curl, dom, fileinfo, gd, iconv, intl, json, libxml, mbstring, openssl, pcntl, posix, session, simplexml, xmlreader, xmlwriter, zip, zlib, pgsql, pdo_pgsql
           coverage: none
           ini-file: development
+          # Temporary workaround for missing pcntl_* in PHP 8.3
+          ini-values: disable_functions=
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-sqlite.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-sqlite.yml
index c08c6f15..bdbc39be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-sqlite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-sqlite.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Set app env
+        if: ${{ env.APP_NAME == '' }}
         run: |
           # Split and keep last
           echo "APP_NAME=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ jobs:
           extensions: bz2, ctype, curl, dom, fileinfo, gd, iconv, intl, json, libxml, mbstring, openssl, pcntl, posix, session, simplexml, xmlreader, xmlwriter, zip, zlib, sqlite, pdo_sqlite
           coverage: none
           ini-file: development
+          # Temporary workaround for missing pcntl_* in PHP 8.3
+          ini-values: disable_functions=
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-feedback.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-feedback.yml
index 6bf2137b..98e9fada 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-feedback.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-feedback.yml
@@ -15,13 +15,17 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '30 1 * * *'
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write
+
 jobs:
   pr-feedback:
     if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nextcloud' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: The get-github-handles-from-website action
-        uses: marcelklehr/get-github-handles-from-website-action@a739600f6b91da4957f51db0792697afbb2f143c # v1.0.0
+        uses: marcelklehr/get-github-handles-from-website-action@06b2239db0a48fe1484ba0bfd966a3ab81a08308 # v1.0.1
         id: scrape
         with:
           website: 'https://nextcloud.com/team/'
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           blocklist=$(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nextcloud/.github/master/non-community-usernames.txt | paste -s -d, -)
           echo "blocklist=$blocklist" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-      - uses: marcelklehr/pr-feedback-action@1883b38a033fb16f576875e0cf45f98b857655c4
+      - uses: nextcloud/pr-feedback-action@1883b38a033fb16f576875e0cf45f98b857655c4 # main
         with:
           feedback-message: |
             Hello there,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/psalm.yml b/.github/workflows/psalm.yml
index 26116826..452186ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/psalm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/psalm.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ concurrency:
   group: psalm-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   static-analysis:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -39,6 +42,8 @@ jobs:
           extensions: bz2, ctype, curl, dom, fileinfo, gd, iconv, intl, json, libxml, mbstring, openssl, pcntl, posix, session, simplexml, xmlreader, xmlwriter, zip, zlib, sqlite, pdo_sqlite
           coverage: none
           ini-file: development
+          # Temporary workaround for missing pcntl_* in PHP 8.3
+          ini-values: disable_functions=
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reuse.yml b/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
index b6828556..0d8e1962 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ name: REUSE Compliance Check
 
 on: [pull_request]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   reuse-compliance-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-nextcloud-ocp-approve-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/update-nextcloud-ocp-approve-merge.yml
index 386b6316..dfe0ef4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-nextcloud-ocp-approve-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-nextcloud-ocp-approve-merge.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Enable GitHub auto merge
       - name: Auto merge
-        uses: alexwilson/enable-github-automerge-action@56e3117d1ae1540309dc8f7a9f2825bc3c5f06ff # main
+        uses: alexwilson/enable-github-automerge-action@56e3117d1ae1540309dc8f7a9f2825bc3c5f06ff # v2.0.0
         if: startsWith(steps.branchname.outputs.branch, 'automated/noid/') && endsWith(steps.branchname.outputs.branch, 'update-nextcloud-ocp')
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-nextcloud-ocp.yml b/.github/workflows/update-nextcloud-ocp.yml
index 08e5b5e8..5592f61b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-nextcloud-ocp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-nextcloud-ocp.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: "5 2 * * 0"
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   update-nextcloud-ocp:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest