diff --git a/.github/workflows/php-simple.yml b/.github/workflows/php-simple.yml
index 3e91c72..69227a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/php-simple.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/php-simple.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
-  PHP_VERSION: '8.x'
+  PHP_VERSION: '8.2'
   WORKING_DIRECTORY: php/simple
 
 permissions:
@@ -28,40 +28,28 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup PHP
-        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@7c0b4c8c8ebed23eca9ec2802474895d105b11bc
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
         with:
           php-version: ${{ env.PHP_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Check if composer.json exists
         id: check_files
-        uses: andstor/file-existence-action@87d74d4732ddb824259d80c8a508c0124bf1c673
+        uses: andstor/file-existence-action@v1
         with:
-          files: '${{ env.WORKING_DIRECTORY }}/composer.json'
-
-      - name: Get Composer Cache Directory
-        id: composer-cache
-        if: steps.check_files.outputs.files_exists == 'true'
-        run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"
-
-      - name: Set up dependency caching for faster installs
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        if: steps.check_files.outputs.files_exists == 'true'
-        with:
-          path: ${{ steps.composer-cache.outputs.dir }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-composer-
+          files: 'composer.json'
 
       - name: Run composer install if composer.json exists
         if: steps.check_files.outputs.files_exists == 'true'
         run: composer validate --no-check-publish && composer install --prefer-dist --no-progress
 
+      - name: Zip artifact for deployment
+        run: zip release.zip ./* -r
+
       - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: php-app
-          path: ${{ env.WORKING_DIRECTORY }}
+          path: release.zip
 
   deploy-php:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -71,10 +59,13 @@ jobs:
       url: ${{ steps.deploy-to-webapp.outputs.webapp-url }}
     steps:
       - name: Download artifact from build job
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: php-app
 
+      - name: Unzip artifact for deployment
+        run: unzip release.zip
+  
       - name: Az CLI Login
         uses: azure/login@v2
         with:
@@ -95,6 +86,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           app-name: ${{ vars.AZURE_WEBAPP_NAME }}-php
           slot-name: 'Production'
+          package: .
 
       - name: Az CLI Logout
         run: az logout