diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency_review.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency_review.yml
index 7bec155..7ff240a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency_review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency_review.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@eef61447b9ff4aafe5dcd4e0bbf5d482be7e7871 # v4.2.1
 
-      - uses: actions/dependency-review-action@5a2ce3f5b92ee19cbb1541a4984c76d921601d7c # v4.3.4
+      - uses: actions/dependency-review-action@a6993e2c61fd5dc440b409aa1d6904921c5e1894 # v4.3.5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 81d5188..e69a140 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python -m pip install build
 
       - run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
index fa991bd..bab3130 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - uses: ossf/scorecard-action@dc50aa9510b46c811795eb24b2f1ba02a914e534 # v2.3.3
+      - uses: ossf/scorecard-action@62b2cac7ed8198b15735ed49ab1e5cf35480ba46 # v2.4.0
         with:
           results_file: results.sarif
           results_format: sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify.yml b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
index 8d40c0b..70aef23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ jobs:
           poetry-version: ${{ matrix.poetry-version }}
 
       - run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           poetry install
 
       - run: |
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python -m pip install build
 
       - run: |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a66e2e9..57edec2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 [![](https://img.shields.io/github/license/muhlba91/onyx-client?style=for-the-badge)](LICENSE)
 [![](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/muhlba91/onyx-client/release.yml?style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/muhlba91/onyx-client/actions/workflows/release.yml)
 [![](https://img.shields.io/coveralls/github/muhlba91/onyx-client?style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/muhlba91/onyx-client/)
+[![](https://api.scorecard.dev/projects/github.com/muhlba91/onyx-client/badge?style=for-the-badge)](https://scorecard.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/muhlba91/onyx-client)
 [![](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/onyx-client?style=for-the-badge)](https://pypi.org/project/onyx-client/)
 [![](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/onyx-client?style=for-the-badge)](https://pypi.org/project/onyx-client/)
 [![](https://img.shields.io/github/release-date/muhlba91/onyx-client?style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/muhlba91/onyx-client/releases)