diff --git a/.github/workflows/conventional-prs.yml b/.github/workflows/conventional-prs.yml
index d926109..e063eb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conventional-prs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conventional-prs.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: PR
+name: Lint PR
 on:
   pull_request_target:
     types:
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ on:
       - synchronize
 
 jobs:
-  title-format:
+  main:
+    name: Validate PR title
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: read
     steps:
-      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v3.4.0
+      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v6
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index ddeb755..d6086aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -3,28 +3,29 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+  issues: write
+
 name: release-please
 
 jobs:
   release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-
-      - uses: GoogleCloudPlatform/release-please-action@v2
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
         with:
-          release-type: go # just no update of version anywhere needed
-          package-name: ${{env.ACTION_NAME}}
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
-
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          release-type: go # just keep a changelog, no version anywhere outside of git tags
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: tag major and minor versions
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         run: |
           git config user.name github-actions[bot]
           git config user.email 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
-          git remote add gh-token "https://${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/google-github-actions/release-please-action.git"
+          git remote add gh-token "https://${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/googleapis/release-please-action.git"
           git tag -d v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} || true
           git tag -d v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} || true
           git push origin :v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} || true
@@ -32,4 +33,4 @@ jobs:
           git tag -a v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} -m "Release v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}"
           git tag -a v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} -m "Release v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}"
           git push origin v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}
-          git push origin v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}
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+          git push origin v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05c4ef2..6147426 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,25 +32,25 @@ Whether used disk space shall be printed if Snakemake fails. Can be either `true
 
 ```yaml
 - name: Linting
-  uses: snakemake/snakemake-github-action@v1
+  uses: snakemake/snakemake-github-action@v2
   with:
-    directory: '.test'
-    snakefile: 'workflow/Snakefile'
-    args: '--lint'
+    directory: ".test"
+    snakefile: "workflow/Snakefile"
+    args: "--lint"
 
 - name: Testing
   uses: snakemake/snakemake-github-action@v2
   with:
-    directory: '.test'
-    snakefile: 'workflow/Snakefile'
-    args: '--cores 1 --sdm conda --conda-cleanup-pkgs cache'
-    stagein: '' # additional preliminary commands to run (can be multiline)
+    directory: ".test"
+    snakefile: "workflow/Snakefile"
+    args: "--cores 1 --sdm conda --conda-cleanup-pkgs cache"
+    stagein: "" # additional preliminary commands to run (can be multiline)
     show-disk-usage-on-error: true
 
-
 - name: Create container file
   uses: snakemake/snakemake-github-action@v2
   with:
-    snakefile: 'workflow/Snakefile'
-    task: 'containerize'
+    directory: ".test"
+    snakefile: "workflow/Snakefile"
+    task: "containerize"
 ```