diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 303eb076..55dc20a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-policy-store: true
           api-key: ${{ secrets.GH_FRESHAENGINEERING_STEP_SECURITY_API_KEY }}
+
       - name: Checkout latest codebase
         uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
         with:
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-policy-store: true
           api-key: ${{ secrets.GH_FRESHAENGINEERING_STEP_SECURITY_API_KEY }}
+
       - name: Checkout latest codebase
         uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
         with:
@@ -184,6 +186,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-policy-store: true
           api-key: ${{ secrets.GH_FRESHAENGINEERING_STEP_SECURITY_API_KEY }}
+
       - name: Checkout latest codebase
         uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
         with:
@@ -238,6 +241,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-policy-store: true
           api-key: ${{ secrets.GH_FRESHAENGINEERING_STEP_SECURITY_API_KEY }}
+
       - name: Checkout latest codebase
         uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
         with:
@@ -280,6 +284,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         use-policy-store: true
         api-key: ${{ secrets.GH_FRESHAENGINEERING_STEP_SECURITY_API_KEY }}
+
     - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
     - name: Install Dependencies
       run: |
@@ -302,6 +307,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-policy-store: true
           api-key: ${{ secrets.GH_FRESHAENGINEERING_STEP_SECURITY_API_KEY }}
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/cron_ci.yml
index be54fb40..052ed5ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron_ci.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron:  '0 0 * * 0'
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   interop-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -11,6 +14,12 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: elixir:1.9
     steps:
+    - name: Harden the runner
+      uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2
+      with:
+        use-policy-store: true
+        api-key: ${{ secrets.GH_FRESHAENGINEERING_STEP_SECURITY_API_KEY }}
+
     - uses: actions/checkout@50fbc622fc4ef5163becd7fab6573eac35f8462e # v1
     - name: Install Dependencies
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/dev-publish.yaml
index 64cfe368..c9e4d6cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-publish.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-policy-store: true
           api-key: ${{ secrets.GH_FRESHAENGINEERING_STEP_SECURITY_API_KEY }}
+
       - name: Checkout latest codebase
         uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
         with: