diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yaml b/.github/workflows/backport.yaml
index c17597d2..108e3e2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   backport:
     permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
-    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/backport.yaml@v0.0.4
+      contents: write # for reading and creating branches.
+      pull-requests: write # for creating pull requests against release branches.
+    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/backport.yaml@v0.3.0
     secrets:
       github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-scan.yaml b/.github/workflows/code-scan.yaml
index 06dbe38f..06fd9b4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-scan.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-scan.yaml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ on:
 jobs:
   analyze:
     permissions:
-      contents: read
-      security-events: write
-    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/code-scan.yaml@v0.0.4
+      contents: read # for reading the repository code.
+      security-events: write # for uploading the CodeQL analysis results.
+    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/code-scan.yaml@v0.3.0
     secrets:
       github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       fossa-token: ${{ secrets.FOSSA_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 8a5cab72..819bc30a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -1,36 +1,19 @@
 name: e2e
-
 on:
   pull_request:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-
 jobs:
   kind:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read # for reading the repository code.
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
-      - name: Setup QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@29109295f81e9208d7d86ff1c6c12d2833863392 # v3.6.0
-      - name: Setup Docker Buildx
-        id: buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@e468171a9de216ec08956ac3ada2f0791b6bd435 # v3.11.1
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
+      - name: Test suite setup
+        uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/actions/setup-kubernetes@v0.3.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.25.x
-          cache-dependency-path: |
-            **/go.sum
-            **/go.mod
-      - name: Setup Kubernetes
-        uses: helm/kind-action@a1b0e391336a6ee6713a0583f8c6240d70863de3 # v1.12.0
-        with:
-          version: v0.30.0
-          cluster_name: kind
-      - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@main
       - name: Run tests
         run: make test
       - name: Check if working tree is dirty
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labels-sync.yaml b/.github/workflows/labels-sync.yaml
index ecb0bb32..cc69156a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labels-sync.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labels-sync.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   sync-labels:
     permissions:
-      issues: write
-      contents: read
-    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/labels-sync.yaml@v0.0.4
+      contents: read # for reading the labels file.
+      issues: write # for creating and updating labels.
+    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/labels-sync.yaml@v0.3.0
+    secrets:
+      github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 79ad03f2..33145512 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 name: release
-
 on:
   push:
     tags:
@@ -10,117 +9,19 @@ on:
         description: 'image tag prefix'
         default: 'rc'
         required: true
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-env:
-  CONTROLLER: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
-
 jobs:
   release:
-    outputs:
-      hashes: ${{ steps.hash.outputs.hashes }}
-      image_url: ${{ steps.hash.outputs.image_url }}
-      image_digest: ${{ steps.hash.outputs.image_digest }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
-      contents: write # needed to write releases
-      id-token: write # needed for keyless signing
-      packages: write # needed for ghcr access
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
-      - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@main
-      - name: Prepare
-        id: prep
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}-${GITHUB_SHA::8}"
-          if [[ $GITHUB_REF == refs/tags/* ]]; then
-            VERSION=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}
-          fi
-          echo "version=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.25.x
-          cache-dependency-path: |
-            **/go.sum
-            **/go.mod
-      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@29109295f81e9208d7d86ff1c6c12d2833863392 # v3.6.0
-      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@e468171a9de216ec08956ac3ada2f0791b6bd435 # v3.11.1
-      - uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@d58896d6a1865668819e1d91763c7751a165e159 # v3.9.2
-      - uses: anchore/sbom-action/download-syft@da167eac915b4e86f08b264dbdbc867b61be6f0c # v0.20.5
-      - name: Docker login ghcr.io
-        uses: docker/login-action@184bdaa0721073962dff0199f1fb9940f07167d1 # v3.5.0
-        with:
-          registry: ghcr.io
-          username: fluxcdbot
-          password: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Docker login docker.io
-        uses: docker/login-action@184bdaa0721073962dff0199f1fb9940f07167d1 # v3.5.0
-        with:
-          username: fluxcdbot
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_FLUXCD_PASSWORD }}
-      - name: Docker meta
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@c1e51972afc2121e065aed6d45c65596fe445f3f # v5.8.0
-        with:
-          images: |
-            fluxcd/${{ env.CONTROLLER }}
-            ghcr.io/fluxcd/${{ env.CONTROLLER }}
-          tags: |
-            type=raw,value=${{ steps.prep.outputs.version }}
-      - name: Docker push
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@263435318d21b8e681c14492fe198d362a7d2c83 # v6.18.0
-        id: build-push
-        with:
-          sbom: true
-          provenance: true
-          push: true
-          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
-          context: .
-          file: ./Dockerfile
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm/v7,linux/arm64
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-      - name: Sign images
-        env:
-          COSIGN_EXPERIMENTAL: 1
-        run: |
-          cosign sign --yes fluxcd/${{ env.CONTROLLER }}:${{ steps.prep.outputs.version }}
-          cosign sign --yes ghcr.io/fluxcd/${{ env.CONTROLLER }}:${{ steps.prep.outputs.version }}
-      - name: Generate release artifacts
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p config/release
-          kustomize build ./config/crd > ./config/release/${{ env.CONTROLLER }}.crds.yaml
-          kustomize build ./config/manager > ./config/release/${{ env.CONTROLLER }}.deployment.yaml
-      - name: GoReleaser publish signed SBOM
-        id: run-goreleaser
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@e435ccd777264be153ace6237001ef4d979d3a7a # v6.4.0
-        with:
-          version: latest
-          args: release --clean --skip=validate
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Generate SLSA hashes
-        id: hash
-        env:
-          ARTIFACTS: "${{ steps.run-goreleaser.outputs.artifacts }}"
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-
-          hashes=$(echo $ARTIFACTS | jq --raw-output '.[] | {name, "digest": (.extra.Digest // .extra.Checksum)} | select(.digest) | {digest} + {name} | join("  ") | sub("^sha256:";"")' | base64 -w0)
-          echo "hashes=$hashes" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          
-          image_url=fluxcd/${{ env.CONTROLLER }}:${{ steps.prep.outputs.version }}
-          image_digest=${{ steps.build-push.outputs.digest }}
-          echo "image_url=$image_url" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "image_digest=$image_digest" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
+      contents: write # for creating the GitHub release.
+      id-token: write # for creating OIDC tokens for signing.
+      packages: write # for pushing and signing container images.
+    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/controller-release.yaml@v0.3.0
+    with:
+      controller: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+      release-candidate-prefix: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
+    secrets:
+      github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      dockerhub-token: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_FLUXCD_PASSWORD }}
   release-provenance:
     needs: [release]
     permissions:
@@ -132,10 +33,10 @@ jobs:
       provenance-name: "provenance.intoto.jsonl"
       base64-subjects: "${{ needs.release.outputs.hashes }}"
       upload-assets: true
-
   dockerhub-provenance:
     needs: [release]
     permissions:
+      contents: read # for reading the repository code.
       actions: read # for detecting the Github Actions environment.
       id-token: write # for creating OIDC tokens for signing.
       packages: write # for uploading attestations.
@@ -146,10 +47,10 @@ jobs:
       registry-username: fluxcdbot
     secrets:
       registry-password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_FLUXCD_PASSWORD }}
-
   ghcr-provenance:
     needs: [release]
     permissions:
+      contents: read # for reading the repository code.
       actions: read # for detecting the Github Actions environment.
       id-token: write # for creating OIDC tokens for signing.
       packages: write # for uploading attestations.
@@ -159,4 +60,4 @@ jobs:
       digest: ${{ needs.release.outputs.image_digest }}
       registry-username: fluxcdbot
     secrets:
-      registry-password: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
+      registry-password: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}