diff --git a/.github/workflows/appstore-build-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/appstore-build-publish.yml
index aa8d7dc54..316ba144f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/appstore-build-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/appstore-build-publish.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [published]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
 jobs:
   build_and_publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -32,10 +35,22 @@ jobs:
           echo "APP_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
+          persist-credentials: false
           path: ${{ env.APP_NAME }}
 
+      - name: Get app version number
+        id: app-version
+        uses: skjnldsv/xpath-action@7e6a7c379d0e9abc8acaef43df403ab4fc4f770c # master
+        with:
+          filename: ${{ env.APP_NAME }}/appinfo/info.xml
+          expression: "//info//version/text()"
+
+      - name: Validate app version against tag
+        run: |
+          [ "${{ env.APP_VERSION }}" = "v${{ fromJSON(steps.app-version.outputs.result).version }}" ]
+
       - name: Get appinfo data
         id: appinfo
         uses: skjnldsv/xpath-action@7e6a7c379d0e9abc8acaef43df403ab4fc4f770c # master
@@ -56,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up node ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
         # Skip if no package.json
         if: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@1e60f620b9541d16bece96c5465dc8ee9832be0b # v4.0.3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@39370e3970a6d050c480ffad4ff0ed4d3fdee5af # v4.1.0
         with:
           node-version: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
 
@@ -134,9 +149,10 @@ jobs:
           unzip latest-$NCVERSION.zip
 
       - name: Checkout server master fallback
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         if: ${{ steps.server-checkout.outcome != 'success' }}
         with:
+          persist-credentials: false
           submodules: true
           repository: nextcloud/server
           path: nextcloud
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cypress.yml b/.github/workflows/cypress.yml
index c6c61bd73..8eaa82dc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cypress.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cypress.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ env:
   # n.b. server will use head_ref, as we want to test the PR branch.
   BRANCH: ${{ github.base_ref || github.ref_name }}
 
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   init:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-low
@@ -42,7 +46,9 @@ jobs:
           exit 1
 
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Check composer.json
         id: check_composer
@@ -62,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
           fallbackNpm: "^10"
 
       - name: Set up node ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@1e60f620b9541d16bece96c5465dc8ee9832be0b # v4.0.3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@39370e3970a6d050c480ffad4ff0ed4d3fdee5af # v4.1.0
         with:
           node-version: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
 
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # Run multiple copies of the current job in parallel
         # Please increase the number or runners as your tests suite grows
-        containers: ['1', '2', '3']
+        containers: ['component', '1', '2', '3']
 
     name: runner ${{ matrix.containers }}
 
@@ -102,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
           path: ./
 
       - name: Set up node ${{ needs.init.outputs.nodeVersion }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@1e60f620b9541d16bece96c5465dc8ee9832be0b # v4.0.3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@39370e3970a6d050c480ffad4ff0ed4d3fdee5af # v4.1.0
         with:
           node-version: ${{ needs.init.outputs.nodeVersion }}
 
@@ -110,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
         run: npm i -g 'npm@${{ needs.init.outputs.npmVersion }}'
 
       - name: Run ${{ matrix.containers == 'component' && 'component' || 'E2E' }} cypress tests
-        uses: cypress-io/github-action@0da3c06ed8217b912deea9d8ee69630baed1737e # v6.7.6
+        uses: cypress-io/github-action@57b70560982e6a11d23d4b8bec7f8a487cdbb71b # v6.7.8
         with:
           record: ${{ secrets.CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY && true }}
           parallel: ${{ secrets.CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY && true }}
@@ -133,7 +139,7 @@ jobs:
           CYPRESS_GROUP: Run ${{ matrix.containers == 'component' && 'component' || 'E2E' }}
 
       - name: Upload snapshots
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@50769540e7f4bd5e21e526ee35c689e35e0d6874 # v4.4.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@6f51ac03b9356f520e9adb1b1b7802705f340c2b # v4.5.0
         if: always()
         with:
           name: snapshots_${{ matrix.containers }}
@@ -144,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
         run: docker logs nextcloud-cypress-tests-${{ env.APP_NAME }} > nextcloud.log
 
       - name: Upload NC logs
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@50769540e7f4bd5e21e526ee35c689e35e0d6874 # v4.4.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@6f51ac03b9356f520e9adb1b1b7802705f340c2b # v4.5.0
         if: failure() && matrix.containers != 'component'
         with:
           name: nc_logs_${{ matrix.containers }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-merge.yml
index efe8bfe37..583fd4810 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-merge.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 name: Dependabot
 
 on:
-  pull_request_target:
+  pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
       - master
@@ -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/lint-eslint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-eslint.yml
index 74c5e9c88..104a05c42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-eslint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-eslint.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Read package.json node and npm engines version
         uses: skjnldsv/read-package-engines-version-actions@06d6baf7d8f41934ab630e97d9e6c0bc9c9ac5e4 # v3
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
           fallbackNpm: '^10'
 
       - name: Set up node ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@1e60f620b9541d16bece96c5465dc8ee9832be0b # v4.0.3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@39370e3970a6d050c480ffad4ff0ed4d3fdee5af # v4.1.0
         with:
           node-version: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-info-xml.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-info-xml.yml
index 736a89502..25b655043 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-info-xml.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-info-xml.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ jobs:
     name: info.xml lint
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Download schema
         run: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nextcloud/appstore/master/nextcloudappstore/api/v1/release/info.xsd
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-php-cs.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-php-cs.yml
index 510834889..519b345ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-php-cs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-php-cs.yml
@@ -25,16 +25,18 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Get php version
         id: versions
         uses: icewind1991/nextcloud-version-matrix@58becf3b4bb6dc6cef677b15e2fd8e7d48c0908f # v1.3.1
 
-      - name: Set up php${{ steps.versions.outputs.php-available }}
+      - name: Set up php${{ steps.versions.outputs.php-min }}
         uses: shivammathur/setup-php@c541c155eee45413f5b09a52248675b1a2575231 # v2.31.1
         with:
-          php-version: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.php-available }}
+          php-version: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.php-min }}
           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
@@ -42,7 +44,9 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: composer i
+        run: |
+          composer remove nextcloud/ocp --dev
+          composer i
 
       - name: Lint
         run: composer run cs:check || ( echo 'Please run `composer run cs:fix` to format your code' && exit 1 )
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-php.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-php.yml
index 104fed644..adaa50b8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-php.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-php.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ jobs:
       php-versions: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.php-versions }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
       - name: Get version matrix
         id: versions
         uses: icewind1991/nextcloud-version-matrix@58becf3b4bb6dc6cef677b15e2fd8e7d48c0908f # v1.0.0
@@ -40,7 +43,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Set up php ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
         uses: shivammathur/setup-php@c541c155eee45413f5b09a52248675b1a2575231 # v2.31.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-stylelint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-stylelint.yml
index 1e9db8f77..9601a972f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-stylelint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-stylelint.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Read package.json node and npm engines version
         uses: skjnldsv/read-package-engines-version-actions@06d6baf7d8f41934ab630e97d9e6c0bc9c9ac5e4 # v3
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
           fallbackNpm: '^10'
 
       - name: Set up node ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@1e60f620b9541d16bece96c5465dc8ee9832be0b # v4.0.3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@39370e3970a6d050c480ffad4ff0ed4d3fdee5af # v4.1.0
         with:
           node-version: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/node.yml b/.github/workflows/node.yml
index 3ca15c8b7..0137e9795 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ jobs:
     name: NPM build
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Read package.json node and npm engines version
         uses: skjnldsv/read-package-engines-version-actions@06d6baf7d8f41934ab630e97d9e6c0bc9c9ac5e4 # v3
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           fallbackNpm: '^10'
 
       - name: Set up node ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@1e60f620b9541d16bece96c5465dc8ee9832be0b # v4.0.3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@39370e3970a6d050c480ffad4ff0ed4d3fdee5af # v4.1.0
         with:
           node-version: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-audit-fix.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-audit-fix.yml
index c3e4f2fd3..ab51e6c48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-audit-fix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-audit-fix.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ on:
     # At 2:30 on Sundays
     - cron: '30 2 * * 0'
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -27,9 +30,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
+          persist-credentials: false
           ref: ${{ matrix.branches }}
+        continue-on-error: true
 
       - name: Read package.json node and npm engines version
         uses: skjnldsv/read-package-engines-version-actions@06d6baf7d8f41934ab630e97d9e6c0bc9c9ac5e4 # v3
@@ -39,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           fallbackNpm: '^10'
 
       - name: Set up node ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@1e60f620b9541d16bece96c5465dc8ee9832be0b # v4.0.3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@39370e3970a6d050c480ffad4ff0ed4d3fdee5af # v4.1.0
         with:
           node-version: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
 
@@ -51,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: nextcloud-libraries/npm-audit-action@2a60bd2e79cc77f2cc4d9a3fe40f1a69896f3a87 # v0.1.0
 
       - name: Run npm ci and npm run build
-        if: always()
+        if: steps.checkout.outcome == 'success'
         env:
           CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY: 0
         run: |
@@ -59,8 +65,8 @@ jobs:
           npm run build --if-present
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        if: always()
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@c5a7806660adbe173f04e3e038b0ccdcd758773c # v6.1.0
+        if: steps.checkout.outcome == 'success'
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5e914681df9dc83aa4e4905692ca88beb2f9e91f # v7.0.5
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.COMMAND_BOT_PAT }}
           commit-message: 'fix(deps): Fix npm audit'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openapi.yml b/.github/workflows/openapi.yml
index cf6d2778c..a70aab5c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openapi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openapi.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Get php version
         id: php_versions
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up node ${{ steps.node_versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
         if: ${{ steps.node_versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@1e60f620b9541d16bece96c5465dc8ee9832be0b # v4.0.3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@39370e3970a6d050c480ffad4ff0ed4d3fdee5af # v4.1.0
         with:
           node-version: ${{ steps.node_versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
 
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ steps.node_versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
         run: npm i -g 'npm@${{ steps.node_versions.outputs.npmVersion }}'
 
-      - name: Install dependencies & build
+      - name: Install dependencies
         if: ${{ steps.node_versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
         env:
           CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY: 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-mysql.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-mysql.yml
index 8f1b65f51..a9c8dd85c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-mysql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-mysql.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ jobs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.sparse-matrix }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Get version matrix
         id: versions
@@ -86,22 +88,17 @@ jobs:
           echo "APP_NAME=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout server
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
+          persist-credentials: false
           submodules: true
           repository: nextcloud/server
           ref: ${{ matrix.server-versions }}
 
-      - name: Checkout Circles
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
-        with:
-          repository: nextcloud/circles
-          ref: master
-          path: apps/circles
-
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
+          persist-credentials: false
           path: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
 
       - name: Set up php ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
@@ -112,6 +109,8 @@ 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 }}
 
@@ -120,10 +119,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "SET GLOBAL sql_mode=(SELECT CONCAT(@@sql_mode,',ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY'));" | mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -P 4444 -u root -prootpassword
           echo 'SELECT @@sql_mode;' | mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -P 4444 -u root -prootpassword
 
-      - name: Set up Circles dependencies
-        working-directory: apps/circles
-        run: composer i
-
       - name: Check composer file existence
         id: check_composer
         uses: andstor/file-existence-action@076e0072799f4942c8bc574a82233e1e4d13e9d6 # v3.0.0
@@ -134,7 +129,9 @@ jobs:
         # Only run if phpunit config file exists
         if: steps.check_composer.outputs.files_exists == 'true'
         working-directory: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
-        run: composer i
+        run: |
+          composer remove nextcloud/ocp --dev
+          composer i
 
       - name: Set up Nextcloud
         env:
@@ -142,7 +139,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mkdir data
           ./occ maintenance:install --verbose --database=mysql --database-name=nextcloud --database-host=127.0.0.1 --database-port=$DB_PORT --database-user=root --database-pass=rootpassword --admin-user admin --admin-pass admin
-          ./occ app:enable --force circles
           ./occ app:enable --force ${{ env.APP_NAME }}
 
       - name: Check PHPUnit script is defined
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-oci.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-oci.yml
index 721af4e36..bc415bb90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-oci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-oci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ jobs:
       server-max: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.branches-max-list }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Get version matrix
         id: versions
@@ -99,22 +101,17 @@ jobs:
           echo "APP_NAME=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout server
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
+          persist-credentials: false
           submodules: true
           repository: nextcloud/server
           ref: ${{ matrix.server-versions }}
 
-      - name: Checkout Circles
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
-        with:
-          repository: nextcloud/circles
-          ref: master
-          path: apps/circles
-
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
+          persist-credentials: false
           path: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
 
       - name: Set up php ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
@@ -125,13 +122,11 @@ 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 }}
 
-      - name: Set up Circles dependencies
-        working-directory: apps/circles
-        run: composer i
-
       - name: Check composer file existence
         id: check_composer
         uses: andstor/file-existence-action@076e0072799f4942c8bc574a82233e1e4d13e9d6 # v3.0.0
@@ -142,7 +137,9 @@ jobs:
         # Only run if phpunit config file exists
         if: steps.check_composer.outputs.files_exists == 'true'
         working-directory: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
-        run: composer i
+        run: |
+          composer remove nextcloud/ocp --dev
+          composer i
 
       - name: Set up Nextcloud
         env:
@@ -150,7 +147,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mkdir data
           ./occ maintenance:install --verbose --database=oci --database-name=XE --database-host=127.0.0.1 --database-port=$DB_PORT --database-user=autotest --database-pass=owncloud --admin-user admin --admin-pass admin
-          ./occ app:enable --force circles
           ./occ app:enable --force ${{ env.APP_NAME }}
 
       - name: Check PHPUnit script is defined
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-pgsql.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-pgsql.yml
index 44a9a85a2..4f8e9027c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-pgsql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-pgsql.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ jobs:
       server-max: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.branches-max-list }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Get version matrix
         id: versions
@@ -89,22 +91,17 @@ jobs:
           echo "APP_NAME=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout server
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
+          persist-credentials: false
           submodules: true
           repository: nextcloud/server
           ref: ${{ matrix.server-versions }}
 
-      - name: Checkout Circles
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
-        with:
-          repository: nextcloud/circles
-          ref: master
-          path: apps/circles
-
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
+          persist-credentials: false
           path: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
 
       - name: Set up php ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
@@ -115,13 +112,11 @@ 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 }}
 
-      - name: Set up Circles dependencies
-        working-directory: apps/circles
-        run: composer i
-
       - name: Check composer file existence
         id: check_composer
         uses: andstor/file-existence-action@076e0072799f4942c8bc574a82233e1e4d13e9d6 # v3.0.0
@@ -132,7 +127,9 @@ jobs:
         # Only run if phpunit config file exists
         if: steps.check_composer.outputs.files_exists == 'true'
         working-directory: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
-        run: composer i
+        run: |
+          composer remove nextcloud/ocp --dev
+          composer i
 
       - name: Set up Nextcloud
         env:
@@ -140,7 +137,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mkdir data
           ./occ maintenance:install --verbose --database=pgsql --database-name=nextcloud --database-host=127.0.0.1 --database-port=$DB_PORT --database-user=root --database-pass=rootpassword --admin-user admin --admin-pass admin
-          ./occ app:enable --force circles
           ./occ app:enable --force ${{ env.APP_NAME }}
 
       - name: Check PHPUnit script is defined
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-sqlite.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-sqlite.yml
index 55b28f494..03d672b98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-sqlite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-sqlite.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ jobs:
       server-max: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.branches-max-list }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Get version matrix
         id: versions
@@ -78,22 +80,17 @@ jobs:
           echo "APP_NAME=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout server
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
+          persist-credentials: false
           submodules: true
           repository: nextcloud/server
           ref: ${{ matrix.server-versions }}
 
-      - name: Checkout Circles
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
-        with:
-          repository: nextcloud/circles
-          ref: master
-          path: apps/circles
-
       - name: Checkout app
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
+          persist-credentials: false
           path: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
 
       - name: Set up php ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
@@ -104,13 +101,11 @@ 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 }}
 
-      - name: Set up Circles dependencies
-        working-directory: apps/circles
-        run: composer i
-
       - name: Check composer file existence
         id: check_composer
         uses: andstor/file-existence-action@076e0072799f4942c8bc574a82233e1e4d13e9d6 # v3.0.0
@@ -121,7 +116,9 @@ jobs:
         # Only run if phpunit config file exists
         if: steps.check_composer.outputs.files_exists == 'true'
         working-directory: apps/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
-        run: composer i
+        run: |
+          composer remove nextcloud/ocp --dev
+          composer i
 
       - name: Set up Nextcloud
         env:
@@ -129,7 +126,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mkdir data
           ./occ maintenance:install --verbose --database=sqlite --database-name=nextcloud --database-host=127.0.0.1 --database-port=$DB_PORT --database-user=root --database-pass=rootpassword --admin-user admin --admin-pass admin
-          ./occ app:enable --force circles
           ./occ app:enable --force ${{ env.APP_NAME }}
 
       - name: Check PHPUnit script is defined
diff --git a/.github/workflows/psalm.yml b/.github/workflows/psalm.yml
index e9258903b..452186eea 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
@@ -21,12 +24,17 @@ jobs:
     name: static-psalm-analysis
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Get php version
         id: versions
         uses: icewind1991/nextcloud-version-matrix@58becf3b4bb6dc6cef677b15e2fd8e7d48c0908f # v1.3.1
 
+      - name: Check enforcement of minimum PHP version ${{ steps.versions.outputs.php-min }} in psalm.xml
+        run: grep 'phpVersion="${{ steps.versions.outputs.php-min }}' psalm.xml
+
       - name: Set up php${{ steps.versions.outputs.php-available }}
         uses: shivammathur/setup-php@c541c155eee45413f5b09a52248675b1a2575231 # v2.31.1
         with:
@@ -34,11 +42,18 @@ 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 }}
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: composer i
+        run: |
+          composer remove nextcloud/ocp --dev
+          composer i
+
+      - name: Install nextcloud/ocp
+        run: composer require --dev nextcloud/ocp:dev-${{ steps.versions.outputs.branches-max }} --ignore-platform-reqs --with-dependencies
 
       - name: Run coding standards check
-        run: composer run psalm
+        run: composer run psalm -- --threads=1 --monochrome --no-progress --output-format=github
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reuse.yml b/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
index b6828556a..0d8e1962a 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 5edf7ac1b..386b63160 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-nextcloud-ocp-approve-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-nextcloud-ocp-approve-merge.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 name: Auto approve nextcloud/ocp
 
 on:
-  pull_request_target:
+  pull_request_target:  # zizmor: ignore[dangerous-triggers]
     branches:
       - main
       - master
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           echo 'Can not approve PRs from forks'
           exit 1
 
-      - uses: mdecoleman/pr-branch-name@bab4c71506bcd299fb350af63bb8e53f2940a599 # v2.0.0
+      - uses: mdecoleman/pr-branch-name@55795d86b4566d300d237883103f052125cc7508 # v3.0.0
         id: branchname
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-nextcloud-ocp.yml b/.github/workflows/update-nextcloud-ocp.yml
index 69498cc33..5592f61ba 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
@@ -26,8 +29,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
+          persist-credentials: false
           ref: ${{ matrix.branches }}
           submodules: true
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -103,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
         if: steps.checkout.outcome == 'success'
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@c5a7806660adbe173f04e3e038b0ccdcd758773c # v6.1.0
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5e914681df9dc83aa4e4905692ca88beb2f9e91f # v7.0.5
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.COMMAND_BOT_PAT }}
           commit-message: 'chore(dev-deps): Bump nextcloud/ocp package'