Merge releases/v4 into releases/v3

.github/actions/prepare-test/action.yml

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ inputs:
     required: true
   use-all-platform-bundle:
     description: "If true, we output a tools URL with codeql-bundle.tar.gz file rather than platform-specific URL"
-    default: 'false'
+    default: "false"
     required: false
   setup-kotlin:
     description: "If true, we setup kotlin"
-    default: 'true'
+    default: "true"
     required: true
 outputs:
   tools-url:
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ runs:
           exit 1
         fi
 
-    - uses: fwilhe2/setup-kotlin@9c245a6425255f5e98ba1ce6c15d31fce7eca9da
+    - uses: fwilhe2/setup-kotlin@b325539ca8f6e1d9ee04efed06f49bdbf5426dbb # v2.1
       if: ${{ inputs.setup-kotlin == 'true' }}
       with:
-        version: 1.8.21
+        # Kotlin is installed on the runners by default, but the version that is pre-installed is too new
+        # to be supported by CodeQL. This Kotlin version is selected to be compatible with both the default Java
+        # version on the `ubuntu-latest` runners and CodeQL.
+        version: 2.1.20

.github/actions/release-initialise/action.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Set up Node
-      uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
+      uses: actions/setup-node@949feb2413d6458794dcd2491c4babbbce0c15c1 # v7.1.0
       with:
         node-version: 24
         cache: 'npm'

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ updates:
       # This might be fixed when we move to eslint v9.
       - dependency-name: "eslint-plugin-import"
         versions: [">=2.30.0"]
+
+      # Some of our dependencies are lagging behind with support for new versions of
+      # `undici` which is why we have to override it in `package.json`. Dependabot
+      # workflows fail when they try to update a dependency that is explicitly
+      # overriden. Since this happens somewhat routinely at the moment, we are
+      # excluding `undici` here and have to manually update it when needed.
+      - dependency-name: "undici"
+        versions: [">=7.30.1"]
     groups:
       npm-minor:
         patterns:
@@ -26,7 +34,7 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: github-actions
     directories:
       - "/.github/workflows"
-      - "/.github/actions"
+      - "/.github/actions/*/"
     schedule:
       interval: weekly
     cooldown: