diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/ansible-lint.yaml
index 8a8f10c3..6ca9e811 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-lint.yaml
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0 # needed for progressive mode to work
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.12'
+          python-version: '3.x'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/backend-lint.yaml
index 2620e35a..a593f6a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-lint.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.10'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-dev.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-dev.yaml
index 5f6261b8..b5b60619 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-dev.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-dev.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.x"
           cache: "poetry"
 
       - name: Install vault decryption dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs-publish.yaml
index 950ccdb6..201f5a2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-publish.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.x
       - run: pip install mkdocs-material mkdocs-redirects requests pyyaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/k3d-nightly-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/k3d-nightly-ci.yaml
index 3060fcba..42ca40d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/k3d-nightly-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/k3d-nightly-ci.yaml
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ jobs:
           helm upgrade --install -f ./chart/values.yaml -f ./chart/test/test.yaml -f ./chart/test/test-nightly-addons.yaml btrix ./chart/
 
       - name: Install Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.x'
 
       - name: Install Python Libs
         run: pip install -r ./backend/test-requirements.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/microk8s-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/microk8s-ci.yaml
index eb1e139c..ec3aede1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/microk8s-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/microk8s-ci.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ on:
     paths:
       - 'backend/**'
       - 'chart/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/microk8s-ci.yaml'
+    workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
   ECHO_SERVER_HOST_URL: http://10.0.1.1:18080
@@ -56,9 +58,9 @@ jobs:
           sudo microk8s helm3 upgrade --install -f ./chart/values.yaml -f ./chart/test/test.yaml -f ./chart/test/microk8s-ci.yaml btrix ./chart/
 
       - name: Install Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.x'
 
       - name: Install Python Libs
         run: pip install -r ./backend/test-requirements.txt