diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 626cc7f0..4b25247e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
     - name: checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     - name: Get current or bumped version tag
       id: bumpVersion
diff --git a/.github/workflows/shared-build-deploy-container.yml b/.github/workflows/shared-build-deploy-container.yml
index 74fd26c8..b7b4fe62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/shared-build-deploy-container.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/shared-build-deploy-container.yml
@@ -54,20 +54,19 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       environment: ${{ steps.load-environment.outputs.environment }}
-      runnerName: ${{ steps.load-environment.outputs.runnerName }}
       tagPrefix: ${{ steps.load-environment.outputs.tagPrefix }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout calling repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Checkout trakx/github-actions repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: trakx/github-actions
           path: ./github-actions-shared-build-deploy-container
           ref: ${{ inputs.actionsRepoRef }}
 
-      - name: Load environment and runner
+      - name: Load environment
         id: load-environment
         uses: ./github-actions-shared-build-deploy-container/load-environment
 
@@ -98,13 +97,13 @@ jobs:
   build-push-container-image:
     name: "Build and push container image"
     needs: [ prepare-and-validate ]
-    runs-on: ${{ needs.prepare-and-validate.outputs.runnerName }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout calling repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Checkout trakx/github-actions repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: trakx/github-actions
           path: ./github-actions-shared-build-deploy-container
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
   deploy-kubernetes:
     name: "Deploy image to Kubernetes"
     needs: [ prepare-and-validate, build-push-container-image ]
-    runs-on: ${{ needs.prepare-and-validate.outputs.runnerName }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
       always() &&
         (needs.build-push-container-image.result == 'success' || (needs.build-push-container-image.result == 'skipped'
@@ -143,10 +142,10 @@ jobs:
             && github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' ))
     steps:
       - name: Checkout calling repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Checkout trakx/github-actions repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: trakx/github-actions
           path: ./github-actions-shared-build-deploy-container
diff --git a/.github/workflows/shared-deploy-container-kubernetes.yml b/.github/workflows/shared-deploy-container-kubernetes.yml
index e18031be..0b3e022c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/shared-deploy-container-kubernetes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/shared-deploy-container-kubernetes.yml
@@ -40,38 +40,31 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       environment: ${{ steps.load-environment.outputs.environment }}
-      runnerName: ${{ steps.load-environment.outputs.runnerName }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout calling repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Checkout trakx/github-actions repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: trakx/github-actions
           path: ./github-actions-shared-deploy-image
           ref: ${{ inputs.actionsRepoRef }}
 
-      - name: "Detect Environment and Runner"
+      - name: "Detect Environment"
         shell: bash
         id: load-environment
         run: |
           if [[ "${{ inputs.environment }}" == "prod" ]]; then
               DETECTED_ENVIRONMENT="production"
-              RUNNER_NAME="prod-trakx-runner"
           elif [[ "${{ inputs.environment }}" == "stage" ]]; then
               DETECTED_ENVIRONMENT="staging"
-              RUNNER_NAME="stage-trakx-runner"
           else
               DETECTED_ENVIRONMENT="development"
-              RUNNER_NAME="dev-trakx-runner"
           fi
           
           echo "Detected Environment is: $DETECTED_ENVIRONMENT"
-          echo "Detected Runner is: $RUNNER_NAME"
-          
           echo "environment=$DETECTED_ENVIRONMENT" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "runnerName=$RUNNER_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Outputs if this is a workflow_dispatch for production (manual deploy)
         shell: bash
@@ -100,13 +93,13 @@ jobs:
   deploy-kubernetes:
     name: "Deploy image to Kubernetes"
     needs: [ prepare-and-validate ]
-    runs-on: ${{ needs.prepare-and-validate.outputs.runnerName }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout calling repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Checkout trakx/github-actions repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: trakx/github-actions
           path: ./github-actions-shared-deploy-image
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-action.yml b/.github/workflows/test-action.yml
index 72dcdc6e..ad0ff90e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-action.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
     - name: checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     - name: Get current or bumped version tag
       id: bumpVersion