diff --git a/.github/workflows/PR.yaml b/.github/workflows/PR.yaml
index 86a5925096..0a599e7cfd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/PR.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/PR.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       testsNeeded: ${{ steps.testsNeeded.outputs.testsNeeded }}
     steps:
       - name: checkout source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: setup
         id: setup
         uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/workflow-setup@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/Push.yaml b/.github/workflows/Push.yaml
index cfcaf50ac9..5db35420bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Push.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       publish: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.publish }}
     steps:
       - name: checkout source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: setup
         id: setup
         uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/workflow-setup@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publishRelease.yaml b/.github/workflows/publishRelease.yaml
index 4f951e23a5..a65099aeac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publishRelease.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publishRelease.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       publish: ${{ steps.workflow-setup.outputs.publish }}
     steps:
       - name: checkout source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: get-release-info
         id: get-release-info
         uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/get-release-info@v1
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         
       - name: Download Plenum deb Artifacts from Github Action Artifacts
         uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v2
@@ -74,17 +74,17 @@ jobs:
           workflow_conclusion: success
           name: third-party-dependencies
           path: artifacts/third-party-dependencies
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: third-party-dependencies
           path: artifacts/third-party-dependencies
           retention-days: 5
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: plenum-deb
           path: artifacts/plenum-deb
           retention-days: 5
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: plenum-python
           path: artifacts/plenum-python
diff --git a/.github/workflows/releasepr.yaml b/.github/workflows/releasepr.yaml
index 5fb3cb38e1..4427434dc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/releasepr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releasepr.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       distribution: ${{ steps.workflow-setup.outputs.distribution }}
     steps:
       - name: checkout source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: get-release-info
         id: get-release-info
         uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/get-release-info@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reuseable_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/reuseable_test.yaml
index cfcb0fe321..e66ff434b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reuseable_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reuseable_test.yaml
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Cache pip
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           # pip cache on the plenum-build image is not in the default location.
           # path: ~/.cache/pip
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload Detailed Test Failure Results
         # The test runner only emits the detailed test results if the tests fail.
         if: (steps.plenum-test.outcome == 'failure') && failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: detailed-test-result-slice-${{ matrix.slice }}
           path: test-result-plenum-${{ matrix.slice }}.txt
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Cache pip
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           # pip cache on the plenum-build image is not in the default location.
           # path: ~/.cache/pip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag.yaml b/.github/workflows/tag.yaml
index da9b19c024..beb458adc0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag.yaml
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           raw=$(git branch -r --contains ${{ github.ref }})
           branch=${raw/origin\/}
-          echo ::set-output\ name=BASE::$branch
+          echo "BASE=$branch" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "::debug::BASE is being set to $branch"
+          echo "::group::DEBUG"
+          echo "BASE is being set to $branch"
+          echo "::endgroup::"
       - name: get-release-info
         id: get-release-info
         uses: hyperledger/indy-shared-gha/.github/actions/get-release-info@v1
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with: