diff --git a/.github/workflows/buf-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/buf-publish.yml
index 08792c114..623e14a1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buf-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buf-publish.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           input: proto
           buf_token: ${{ secrets.BUF_TOKEN }}
+
   upload_pkl:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
index 27c87bde2..2eb7efda5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
           username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT_TOKEN }}
 
       # make sure to update package to be public in repo ghcr settings
       - name: Build and push Docker image
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-vm-release.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-vm-release.yml
index 1e0292546..7e8aee12f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-vm-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-vm-release.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
           username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Build and push sonrvm image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-goreleaser.yml b/.github/workflows/run-goreleaser.yml
index 8089f9d48..505959065 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-goreleaser.yml
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ jobs:
           version: latest
           args: release --skip-validate --clean
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml
index 9d1e7eec4..edfbe567f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: 1.21
+  GO_VERSION: 1.22
 
 jobs:
   tests: