diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index ba1c6b80a..226428122 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "pip" # See documentation for possible values
     directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
     schedule:
-      interval: "daily"
+      interval: "weekly"
+  
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1fd2ad747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+
+name: Continuous Integration
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - dev
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: setup python 3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: install dependencies
+        run: make dev-install
+
+      - name: run linter
+        run: make lint
+
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          pip install ".[test]"
+          tox
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1826bae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: "CodeQL Advanced"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "dev", "main", "proj/*" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "dev", "main", "proj/*" ]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '39 0 * * 6'
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze (${{ matrix.language }})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      # required for all workflows
+      security-events: write
+
+      # required to fetch internal or private CodeQL packs
+      packages: read
+
+      # only required for workflows in private repositories
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+        - language: python
+          build-mode: none
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+      with:
+        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+        build-mode: ${{ matrix.build-mode }}
+        queries: security-and-quality
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+      with:
+        category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2b7117d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: 'Dependency review'
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "dev", "main", "proj/*" ]
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  dependency-review:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout repository'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: 'Dependency Review'
+        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@v4
+        with:
+          comment-summary-in-pr: on-failure
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f9391533..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-name: Linting Actions
-on:
-  pull_request: null
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-
-jobs:
-  lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: setup python 3
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.x'
-
-      - name: install dependencies
-        run: make dev-install
-
-      - name: run linter
-        run: make lint
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f29a4529f..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-
-name: Test Suite
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - dev
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.9','3.10','3.11', '3.12']
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: |
-          pip install ".[test]"
-          tox
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-cross-repo-test.yml b/.github/workflows/release-cross-repo-test.yml
index 8708c3422..e99f356e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-cross-repo-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-cross-repo-test.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt --upgrade-strategy only-if-needed
 
       - name: install ansible dependencies
-        run: ansible-galaxy collection install amazon.aws:==6.0.1
+        run: ansible-galaxy collection install amazon.aws:==9.1.0
 
       - name: install collection
         run: |