diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkout-and-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/checkout-and-lint.yml
index 6383e14c1..a84ab3505 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checkout-and-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkout-and-lint.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ name: Checkout and lint
 on:
   workflow_dispatch
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   build:
 
@@ -10,14 +13,15 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [22.x]
+        node-version: [24.x]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          cache: npm
       - name: Install dependencies and run lint
         run: npm run build:dev:ci
       - run: npm run lint
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkout-install-dep-build-dev-prod.yml b/.github/workflows/checkout-install-dep-build-dev-prod.yml
index 4d8327b8b..bb87dd441 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checkout-install-dep-build-dev-prod.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkout-install-dep-build-dev-prod.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ on:
       - main
       - 'release/**'
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   build:
 
@@ -20,10 +23,10 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [22.x]
+        node-version: [24.x]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: "finnp/create-file-action@master"
         env:
           FILE_NAME: "constellation/lib_asset.json"
@@ -37,9 +40,10 @@ jobs:
           FILE_NAME: "constellation/constellation-core.placeholder.js"
           FILE_DATA: "// placeholder for constellaiton-core.js"
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          cache: npm
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm run build:dev:ci
       - name: Run build:dev
diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-actions-demo.yml b/.github/workflows/github-actions-demo.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e3750ae31..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/github-actions-demo.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-name: GitHub Actions Example
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  Info_About_Action_And_Repo:
-    runs-on:
-      ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - run: echo "The job was automatically triggered by a ${{ github.event_name }} event."
-      - run: echo "This job is now running on a ${{ runner.os }} server hosted by GitHub!"
-      - run: echo "The name of your branch is ${{ github.ref }} and your repository is ${{ github.repository }}."
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - run: echo "The ${{ github.repository }} repository has been cloned to the runner."
-      - run: echo "The workflow is now ready to test your code on the runner."
-      - name: List files in the repository
-        run: |
-          ls ${{ github.workspace }}
-      - run: echo "This job's status is ${{ job.status }}."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mend-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/mend-scan.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 31bb75f00..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/mend-scan.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-# Reference: https://github.com/mend-toolkit/mend-examples/blob/main/Unified%20Agent/CI-CD/GitHub.yml
-
-name: Mend Unified Agent Release Scan
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-   branches:
-   - 'main'
-  schedule:
-  - cron: "0 0 * * 0"
-jobs:
-  mendscan:
-    env:
-      WS_APIKEY: ${{secrets.MEND_APIKEY}}
-      WS_USERKEY: ${{secrets.MEND_USERKEY}}
-      WS_WSS_URL: ${{secrets.MEND_WS_WSS_URL}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up JDK
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v2
-      with:
-        java-version: '11'
-        distribution: 'adopt'
-    # - name: Build with Gradle
-    #   run: ./gradlew -Prelease.useLastTag=false clean build
-    - name: Mend Unified Agent Scan
-      env:
-        WS_PRODUCTNAME: ${{vars.MEND_PRODUCT_NAME}}
-        WS_PROJECTNAME: ${{github.event.repository.name}}_${{github.ref_name}}
-        WS_GENERATEPROJECTDETAILSJSON: true
-        WS_GRADLE_ADDITIONALARGUMENTS: -Prelease.useLastTag=false
-      run: |
-        echo Downloading Mend Unified Agent
-        curl -LJO https://unified-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/wss-unified-agent.jar
-        if [[ "$(curl -sL https://unified-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/wss-unified-agent.jar.sha256)" != "$(sha256sum wss-unified-agent.jar)" ]] ; then
-          echo "Integrity Check Failed"
-        else
-          echo "Integrity Check Passed"
-          echo Starting Unified Agent Scan
-          java -jar wss-unified-agent.jar
-        fi
-    - name: 'Upload WhiteSource folder'
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: Mend
-        path: whitesource
-        retention-days: 14
-    - name: 'Upload Mend folder if failure'
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      if: failure()
-      with:
-        name: Mend
-        path: whitesource
-        retention-days: 14
diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b48478ee3..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-name: Playwright Tests
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main, master ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main, master ]
-jobs:
-  test:
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
-      with:
-        node-version: '22.x'
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: npm run build:dev:ci
-    - name: Install Playwright
-      run: npx playwright install --with-deps
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      if: always()
-      with:
-        name: playwright-report
-        path: tests/playwright-report/
-        retention-days: 30