diff --git a/.github/workflows/block-unconventional-commits.yml b/.github/workflows/block-unconventional-commits.yml
index a6787719..d6930d37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/block-unconventional-commits.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/block-unconventional-commits.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-merge.yml
index 2ce753bd..1bd39eee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-merge.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' || github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'renovate[bot]'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
-      # for hmarr/auto-approve-action to approve PRs
+      # for auto-approve step to work
       pull-requests: write
       # for alexwilson/enable-github-automerge-action to approve PRs
       contents: write
@@ -44,15 +44,51 @@ jobs:
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      # GitHub actions bot approve
-      - uses: hmarr/auto-approve-action@f0939ea97e9205ef24d872e76833fa908a770363 # v4.0.0
+      - name: Dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
         if: startsWith(steps.branchname.outputs.branch, 'dependabot/')
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@25dd0e34f4fe68f24cc83900b1fe3fe149efef98 # v3.1.0
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: Check for ignored dependencies in the PR
+        id: validate
+        if: startsWith(steps.branchname.outputs.branch, 'dependabot/')
+        env:
+          IGNORE_PATTERN: ${{ env.IGNORE_PATTERN }}
+          DEPENDENCY_NAMES: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.dependency-names }}
+        run: |
+          if [[ -z ${IGNORE_PATTERN} ]]; then
+              echo "ignore=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          elif [[ -z ${DEPENDENCY_NAMES} ]]; then
+              echo "ignore=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          elif [[ ${DEPENDENCY_NAMES} =~ ${IGNORE_PATTERN} ]]; then
+              echo "ignore=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: GitHub actions bot approve
+        id: auto_approve
+        if: ${{
+          startsWith(steps.branchname.outputs.branch, 'dependabot/')
+          && steps.validate.outputs.ignore != 'true'
+          }}
+        run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
       # Enable GitHub auto merge
       - name: Auto merge
-        uses: alexwilson/enable-github-automerge-action@2c32e18a76e0726ffe7a573bfff2d42a20885126 # v3.0.0
-        if: startsWith(steps.branchname.outputs.branch, 'dependabot/')
+        uses: alexwilson/enable-github-automerge-action@2c32e18a76e0726ffe7a573bfff2d42a20885126 # 3.0.0
+        if: ${{
+          startsWith(steps.branchname.outputs.branch, 'dependabot/')
+          && steps.auto_approve.conclusion == 'success'
+          && (github.event.action == 'opened' || github.event.action == 'reopened')
+          && (
+            steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'
+            || (fromJSON(env.ALLOW_MINOR) && steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor')
+            || (fromJSON(env.ALLOW_MAJOR) && steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-major')
+          )
+          }}
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-eslint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-eslint.yml
index c150ca17..ec4bb440 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-eslint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-eslint.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/node-test.yml b/.github/workflows/node-test.yml
index 17cddd71..8fe6b01f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node-test.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run test:coverage --if-present
 
       - name: Collect coverage
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@e79a6962e0d4c0c17b229090214935d2e33f8354 # v6.0.1
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@fb8b3582c8e4def4969c97caa2f19720cb33a72f # v7.0.0
         with:
           files: ./coverage/lcov.info
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/node.yml b/.github/workflows/node.yml
index 2527c3f0..a8e32b87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node.yml
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-name: Node
+# TODO: Remove this after a grace period of 6 months to give everyone the chance to switch to the new workflow name
+# TODO: To be removed end of 2026.
+name: No-op please switch to npm-build.yml
 
 on: pull_request
 
 permissions:
-  contents: read
+  contents: none
 
 concurrency:
   group: node-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index 5b9892b6..cb087d62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
         with:
           node-version: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.node-version }}
+          package-manager-cache: false
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
 
       - name: Set up npm