diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..793da8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
+    directory: /
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+      day: friday
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
+    groups:
+      github-actions:
+        patterns: ["*"]
+        update-types: [minor, patch]
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: ci
+      include: scope
diff --git a/.github/workflows/plugin-ci-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/plugin-ci-workflow.yml
index 4c68b7a..cf6416c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/plugin-ci-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/plugin-ci-workflow.yml
@@ -31,12 +31,19 @@ on:
       - main
       - develop
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 env:
   CACTI: 1.2.x
-  COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER: 1
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
 
 jobs:
   integration-test:
+    timeout-minutes: 45
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     strategy:
@@ -47,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
 
     services:
       mariadb:
-        image: mariadb:11.8
+        image: mariadb:11.8@sha256:6422478cb8e159f080fb1d8ccf65101e26fe51385787fde7d16c3b165a331f15
         env:
           MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: cactiroot
           MYSQL_DATABASE: cacti
@@ -67,6 +74,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout Cacti
       uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       with:
+        persist-credentials: false
         repository: Cacti/cacti
         ref: ${{ env.CACTI }}
         path: cacti
@@ -74,6 +82,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout tags Plugin
       uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       with:
+        persist-credentials: false
         path: cacti/plugins/tags
         # patch-coverage.php diffs against the base branch below.
         fetch-depth: 0
@@ -82,6 +91,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: shivammathur/setup-php@f3e473d116dcccaddc5834248c87452386958240 # 2.37.2
       with:
         php-version: ${{ matrix.php }}
+        tools: composer:2.10.3
         extensions: intl, mysql, gd, ldap, gmp, xml, curl, json, mbstring, snmp
         ini-values: "post_max_size=256M, max_execution_time=60, date.timezone=America/New_York"
         coverage: xdebug
@@ -131,29 +141,24 @@ jobs:
         mysql "$MYSQL_AUTH_USR" cacti < ${{ github.workspace }}/cacti/cacti.sql
         mysql "$MYSQL_AUTH_USR" -e "INSERT INTO settings (name, value) VALUES ('path_php_binary', '/usr/bin/php')" cacti
 
-    - name: Validate composer files
-      run: |
-        cd ${{ github.workspace }}/cacti
-        if [ -f composer.json ]; then
-          composer validate --strict || true
-        fi
-
-    - name: Install Composer Dependencies
-      run: |
-        cd ${{ github.workspace }}/cacti
-        if [ -f composer.json ]; then
-          sudo composer config --no-plugins allow-plugins.pestphp/pest-plugin true
-          sudo composer require --no-progress --no-interaction "pestphp/pest: ^3" "pestphp/pest-plugin-drift: ^3.0"
-          sudo rm -f composer.lock
-          sudo composer install --dev --no-progress
-        fi
-
-    - name: Restore vendor ownership for Pest
-      run: |
-        cd ${{ github.workspace }}/cacti
-        if [ -d include/vendor ]; then
-          sudo chown -R runner:runner include/vendor composer.lock
-        fi
+    # Core's release archives exclude .github and tests. Fetch these paths
+    # through Git at the immutable helper revision instead of an Action archive.
+    - name: Checkout shared CI tooling
+      uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      with:
+        repository: Cacti/cacti
+        ref: f3ff777992875740e4665fedfe2eff8335f5b894
+        persist-credentials: false
+        path: ci-tools
+        sparse-checkout: |
+          .github/actions/setup-plugin-dependencies
+          tests/tools/plugin-harness
+
+    - name: Install locked Cacti and plugin test dependencies
+      uses: ./ci-tools/.github/actions/setup-plugin-dependencies
+      with:
+        cacti-directory: cacti
+        install-core-dev: 'false'
 
     - name: Create Cacti config.php
       run: |
@@ -194,7 +199,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run Pest Unit Tests
       run: |
         cd ${{ github.workspace }}/cacti
-        include/vendor/bin/pest --configuration=plugins/tags/phpunit.xml \
+        "$CACTI_PEST_BIN" --configuration=plugins/tags/phpunit.xml \
           --coverage-clover=plugins/tags/coverage/clover.xml
 
     # Whole-file coverage is meaningless here: most of the plugin only runs
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fd3a447..d917b6f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * security: Move the filter selects' inline onChange handlers into the ready block (and bind them via change, not click) so the page no longer trips Cacti's Content-Security-Policy script-src-attr directive
 * dev: Measure CI coverage with xdebug instead of pcov so the plugin's own sources are instrumented (pcov auto-scopes to the Composer root and skipped cacti/plugins/, leaving the patch-coverage gate with nothing to measure)
 * dev: Enforce patch coverage of changed lines in CI and remove the inert COMPOSER_ROOT_VERSION env from the Pest step
+* dev: Pin the CI database image and shared test dependencies, disable persisted checkout credentials, and limit workflow permissions and runtime
 * security: Add a version-safe CSP nonce (`plugin_tags_csp_nonce()`) to every inline `<script>` tag so pages stay compatible with Cacti's Content-Security-Policy nonce enforcement, while falling back cleanly on older Cacti releases that lack the `CactiSecureHeaders` class
 * chore: Harmonize CI workflow, issue/PR templates, and PHP-compatibility test structure with the shared Cacti plugin baseline
 * Initial public release