diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 83569f73..e5b67a64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ jobs:
     name: lint and test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32 # v5.0.2
         with:
           go-version: '1.22.5'
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: make sbom
         run: make sbom
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@50769540e7f4bd5e21e526ee35c689e35e0d6874 # v4.4.0
         with:
          name: sbom 
          path: tmp/garm-operator.bom.spdx
diff --git a/.github/workflows/foss.yaml b/.github/workflows/foss.yaml
index 51da05a7..8c616924 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/foss.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/foss.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Jobs to run Blackduck based FOSS scan
 name: FOSS Scan
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
   push:
     branches:
     - main
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       id: go
 
     - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
 
     - name: Synopsys Detect
       run: |
@@ -38,13 +39,13 @@ jobs:
         BLACKDUCK_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BLACKDUCK_TOKEN }}
 
     - name: Archive foss scan notices report
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@50769540e7f4bd5e21e526ee35c689e35e0d6874 # v4.4.0
       with:
         name: 3RD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt
         path: tmp/Black_Duck_Notices_Report.txt
 
     - name: Archive foss scan risk report
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@50769540e7f4bd5e21e526ee35c689e35e0d6874 # v4.4.0
       with:
         name: foss-scan-risk-report
-        path: tmp/BlackDuck_RiskReport.pdf
\ No newline at end of file
+        path: tmp/BlackDuck_RiskReport.pdf
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-lint.yml
index 979b6ae0..40b91d83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-lint.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Validate PR title
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v5
+      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@0723387faaf9b38adef4775cd42cfd5155ed6017 # v5.5.3
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5dcf785b..30ae3a25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - run: git fetch --force --tags
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32 # v5.0.2
         with:
           go-version: '1.22.5'
 
diff --git a/hack/foss-scan.sh b/hack/foss-scan.sh
index 378369b6..ee60c20b 100755
--- a/hack/foss-scan.sh
+++ b/hack/foss-scan.sh
@@ -89,9 +89,16 @@ bash <(curl -s -L https://detect.synopsys.com/detect8.sh) \
     --detect.cleanup=false \
     --detect.risk.report.pdf=true \
     --detect.risk.report.pdf.path=tmp/ \
-    --detect.notices.report=true \
-    --detect.notices.report.path=tmp/ \
+    --detect.wait.for.results=true \
     --insecure
+
+chmod +x ./hack/generate-notices-file.sh
+
+if ! ./hack/generate-notices-file.sh; then
+  echo "Error: generate-notices-file.sh execution failed!"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 RC=$?
 
 # Delete the scan if it completed successfully.
@@ -101,7 +108,6 @@ fi
 set -e
 
 mv tmp/*BlackDuck_RiskReport.pdf tmp/BlackDuck_RiskReport.pdf
-mv tmp/*Black_Duck_Notices_Report.txt tmp/Black_Duck_Notices_Report.txt
 
 exit $RC
 
diff --git a/hack/generate-notices-file.sh b/hack/generate-notices-file.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..74b5175f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/generate-notices-file.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+if [ -z "${BLACKDUCK_TOKEN}" ]; then
+  echo "BLACKDUCK_TOKEN must be set" && exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${BLACKDUCK_URL}" ]; then
+  echo "BLACKDUCK_URL must be set" && exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${BLACKDUCK_PROJECT_NAME}" ]; then
+  echo "BLACKDUCK_PROJECT_NAME must be set" && exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${BLACKDUCK_SCAN_VERSION_NAME}" ]; then
+  echo "BLACKDUCK_SCAN_VERSION_NAME must be set" && exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${MAX_RETRY_COUNT}" ]; then
+  MAX_RETRY_COUNT=12
+fi
+
+
+echo "Get Bearer Token ..."
+bearer_token=$(curl -s -S -X POST "${BLACKDUCK_URL}/api/tokens/authenticate" \
+  -H "Authorization: token ${BLACKDUCK_TOKEN}" \
+  -H "Accept: application/vnd.blackducksoftware.user-4+json" \
+  | jq -rc '.bearerToken')
+echo "Lookup Project ..."
+encoded_project_name=$(jq -rn --arg name "${BLACKDUCK_PROJECT_NAME}" '$name|@uri')
+project_response=$(curl -s -S -X GET "${BLACKDUCK_URL}/api/projects?q=name:${encoded_project_name}" \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${bearer_token}" \
+  -H "Accept: application/json" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/vnd.blackducksoftware.report-4+json")
+
+project_count=$(echo "${project_response}" | jq '.totalCount')
+project_url=""
+if [ "${project_count}" -gt 0 ]; then
+  project_url=$(echo "${project_response}" | jq -r --arg PROJECT_NAME "${BLACKDUCK_PROJECT_NAME}" '.items[] | select(.name==$PROJECT_NAME)._meta.href' | head -n 1)
+  if [ -z "${project_url}" ]; then
+    echo "No matching project with name ${BLACKDUCK_PROJECT_NAME} found."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+else
+  echo "Project lookup returns 0 items."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Lookup Version"
+encoded_version_name=$(jq -rn --arg name "${BLACKDUCK_SCAN_VERSION_NAME}" '$name|@uri')
+version_response=$(curl -s -S -X GET "${project_url}/versions?q=name:${encoded_version_name}" \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${bearer_token}" \
+  -H "Accept: application/json" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/vnd.blackducksoftware.report-4+json")
+
+version_count=$(echo "${version_response}" | jq '.totalCount')
+version_links=""
+if [ "${version_count}" -gt 0 ]; then
+  version_links=$(echo "${version_response}" | jq -r --arg VERSION_NAME "${BLACKDUCK_SCAN_VERSION_NAME}" '.items[] | select(.versionName==$VERSION_NAME) | ._meta')
+  if [ -z "${version_links}" ]; then
+    echo "No matching project version with name ${BLACKDUCK_SCAN_VERSION_NAME} found."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+else
+  echo "Version lookup returns 0 items."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Get License Report URL ..."
+license_report_url=$(echo ${version_links} | jq -r '.links[] | select(.rel=="licenseReports") | .href')
+
+if [ -z "${license_report_url}" ]; then
+  echo "License report URL could not be determined!"
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "License Report URL: ${license_report_url}"
+
+echo "Trigger Report Creation ..."
+report_create_response=$(curl -s -S -i -X POST ${license_report_url} \
+  -H "Accept: */*" \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${bearer_token}" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"reportFormat":"TEXT","categories":["LICENSE_DATA","LICENSE_TEXT","COPYRIGHT_TEXT"]}')
+
+# Check if the response is okay (200 or 201)
+http_status=$(echo "${report_create_response}" | grep HTTP/ | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}')
+echo "HTTP Status: ${http_status}"
+
+if [ "${http_status}" -ne 200 ] && [ "${http_status}" -ne 201 ]; then
+  echo "Failed to create Report, HTTP status: ${http_status}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# get report location
+report_location=""
+report_location=$(echo "${report_create_response}" | grep location | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}' | tr -d '\r')
+if [ -z "${report_location}" ]; then
+  echo "Unable to resolve Report location url from create report response"
+fi
+echo "Got Report Location URL: ${report_location}"
+
+# check report status to be completed
+retry_count=0
+report_status=""
+
+while [ "${report_status}" != "COMPLETED" ] && [ "${report_status}" != "FAILED" ] && [ ${retry_count} -lt ${MAX_RETRY_COUNT} ]; do
+  sleep 10
+  report_status=$(curl -s -S -X GET ${report_location} \
+    -H "Accept: */*" -H "Authorization: Bearer ${bearer_token}" \
+    | jq -r '.status')
+  echo Retry ${retry_count}: Current report status is: ${report_status}
+  let retry_count++ || true
+done
+
+if [ "${report_status}" == "FAILED" ]; then
+  echo "Report creation failed after ${retry_count} retries!"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "${report_status}" != "COMPLETED" ]; then
+  echo "Report creation is not finished after ${MAX_RETRY_COUNT} retries!"
+  echo "Deleting stuck report..."
+  curl -s -S -X DELETE ${report_location} \
+    -H "Accept: */*" \
+    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${bearer_token}"
+  echo "Stuck report deleted."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Get URL for Report Download ..."
+report_download_url=$(curl -s -S -X GET ${report_location} \
+  -H "Accept: */*" \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${bearer_token}" \
+  | jq -r '._meta.links[] | select(.rel=="download") | .href')
+
+echo "Got Report Download URL: ${report_download_url}"
+
+# download licenses.zip
+curl -s -S -X GET ${report_download_url} \
+  -H "Accept: */*" \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${bearer_token}" \
+  -o ${BLACKDUCK_PROJECT_NAME}-licenses.zip
+
+unzip -j ${BLACKDUCK_PROJECT_NAME}-licenses.zip
+
+mv version-license_*.txt tmp/Black_Duck_Notices_Report.txt